Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2021
10 films · 10 reviews
Every moment of Bosco carries in it the opportunity to reminisce, to feel.
(Country: Uruguay, Italy; Year: 2020; Director: Alicia Cano Menoni; Writer: Alicia Cano Menoni)
UK premiere
The kind of film that immediately after watching I find myself trying to determine how I can get it in front of my parents to watch.
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Devin Chanda, Matt Mitchener, Charles Todd; Stars: Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Carlos Santana)
UK premiere
The two basic tenets of documentary - find something interesting, tell its story in an interesting way. Faceless absolutely achieves the former, to the point that it starts to highlight its difficulties in the latter.
(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2021; Director: Jennifer Ngo)
UK premiere
If you're cynical about non-human intelligence and inclined to associate an interest in whale song with sentimental hippies, Fathom will waste no time in setting you right.
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Drew Xanthopoulos)
UK premiere
There are several places where statistics are given without context, and the background reading is a gloss of imagery.
(Country: France, Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Shannon Walsh)
UK premiere
There are scores of interviewed figures, all sorts of tall tales, but the line between biography and hagiography can be a slim one.
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Gabin Rivoire; Stars: Laurent Garnier, Abd Al Malik, Ellen Alien, Madonna The Blessed, Kerri Chandler, Matthieu Chedid, Carl Cox, Carl Craig, Charlotte de Witte, Lenny Dee, Stéphane Dri, Quentin Dupieux, Peggy Gou, Dave Haslam, Richie Hawtin)
Scottish premiere
Sadness lurks at the edge of the film, not just the grief of family loss but of a passing era that Lawrence is unwilling to let go.
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2021; Director: Cindy Jansen)
World premiere
Although an intensely personal document, it's possible to see inside it, the bones of wider tensions in society.
(Country: Norway, Iran, Switzerland; Year: 2020; Director: Firouzeh Khosrovani; Writer: Firouzeh Khosrovani; Stars: Soheila Golestani, Christophe Rezai, Farahnaz Sharifi)
UK premiere
A piece that is deeply personal, punk in its aesthetic, and all the more powerful for both.
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Harri Shanahan, Siân A Williams)
Scottish premiere
Jeremaiah Marobyane is a guide on the winding roads of broken memory – courageously entering the heart of darkness deeper and deeper in a search of a girl who went missing a few years ago.
(Country: Poland; Year: 2021; Director: Tomasz Wysokinski; Writer: Tomasz Wysokinski; Stars: Jeremaiah Marobyane, Jeremaiah Marobyane)
UK premiere
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