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Edinburgh International Film Festival

24 June – 5 July 2020

Saint Frances
Saint Frances

The 2020 edition of Edinburgh Film Festival was postponed and ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but an EdFilmFest At Home collaboration between the festival and Curzon ran from June 24 to July 5, featuring Q&As with some of the filmmakers.

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  • Perfumes
    Review preview for Perfumes

    There's a gentle feel-good sweep to Grégory Magne's French dramedy, which though it is built of familiar elements, remains a very watchable blend.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A friendship begins to blossom between a stressed chauffeur and his aloof client.
  • Saint Frances
    Review preview for Saint Frances

    As the sunny days pass and Bridget finds herself sinking into the job of caring for Frances more than she imagined, the warmth trickles into the corners of the film leaving cynicism no place to lurk.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting
  • Capital In The Twenty-First Century
    Review preview for Capital In The Twenty-First Century

    It's the people least likely to go and see this who stand to get the most out of it.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of the book concerning modern wealth and power.
  • Last And First Men
    Review preview for Last And First Men

    Jóhann Jóhannsson has created something that successfully captures the spirit of the book whilst feeling like a memorial to humanity.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Loosely based on the 1930 Olaf Stapledon novel of the same name, Tilda Swinton voices a human from its 18th distinct evolution from some two billion years in the future (the Last Men), reaching back to the First Men (us) for help, as the end of time approaches.
  • Fanny Lye Deliver'd
    Review preview for Fanny Lye Deliver'd

    With formal narration which captures the style of the period and similarly distinctive dialogue, the film quickly immerses viewers in its small but volatile world.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The story of a woman living with her puritanical husband in 17th Century Shropshire and the two strangers who cause upheaval in her world.
  • A White, White Day
    Review preview for A White, White Day

    A White, White Day mingles some very dark dramatic moments with the comedy of the absurd.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An off-duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
  • White Riot
    Review preview for White Riot

    White Riot is as brisk, to the point and direct as any punk song of the period.

    Sunil Chauhan · 4.5 out of 5
    Profiling punk reggae protest movement Rock Against Racism.
  • Young Ahmed
    Review preview for Young Ahmed

    Their provision of few motivational details makes for an unsatisfactory narrative.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    A teenager becomes radicalised.
  • Clemency
    Review preview for Clemency

    Despite the raw power of its performances, the film suffers from an impulse to spell out some of its points.

    Jeremy Mathews · 3.5 out of 5
    Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
  • Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
    Review preview for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

    Having delivered shock and awe in the first half on the film, Baichwal turns in the second half to projects that are small but growing fast, new approaches to old ways of doing things.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The filmmakers have traversed the globe to document the evidence and experience of human planetary domination.

A–Z of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2020 reviews

Features

  • Lost in the fog
    Ingvar Sigurdsson on braving the elements to make A White, White Day
  • A radical vision
    Thomas Clay on England's forgotten history and Fanny Lye Deliver’d
  • Avoiding imagery
    Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne on Young Ahmed
  • An enigma
    Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne on Young Ahmed

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