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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2022

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022

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15 films · 10 reviews

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32 Sounds

Review preview for 32 Sounds

If you listen closely to what this film has to say, you won’t listen to the world the same way afterwards.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.

(Country: Cuba, Germany, Italy, UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Sam Green)

Full review See: Interview with Sam Green about 32 Sounds

Anonymous Club

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An emotionally honest if slight documentary that is most likely to appeal to existing fans of Barnett's work.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
'Anti-rock doc’ captures the sights, sounds and insecurities of Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2021; Director: Danny Cohen; Writer: Danny Cohen; Stars: Courtney Barnett)

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Give Me Pity!

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It’s a wonderful experiment, and often very funny, but it is also, perhaps intentionally, exhausting.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment. But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Amanda Kramer; Writer: Amanda Kramer; Stars: Sophie von Haselberg, Cricket Arrison, M Diesel, Reshma Gajjar, Tess Hewlett, Annie Kyle)

Full review See: Interview with Amanda Kramer about Give Me Pity

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

Review preview for Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

The end result could do with less tangent and more of the gent himself.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine; Writer: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine; Stars: Leonard Cohen, Glen Hansard, Bob Dylan, Clive Davis, Brandi Carlile, Rufus Wainwright, Judy Collins, Vicky Jenson, Regina Spektor, Jeff Buckley, Myles Kennedy, Amanda Palmer, John Cale, Eric Church, Hal Willner)

Full review See: Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller in conversation on Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Hal Willner, Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman, and connecting to Leonard Cohen

Heading West: A Story About A Band Called Shooglenifty

Portrait of the Edinburgh band.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Don Coutts)

Huesera (Huesera: The Bone Woman)

Review preview for Huesera

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.

(Country: Peru, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Michelle Garza Cervera; Writer: Michelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo; Stars: Alfonso Dosal, Samantha Castillo, Martha Claudia Moreno, Mayra Batalla, Sonia Couoh, Aida López, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Mercedes Hernández, Enoc Leaño, Anahí Allué, Natalia Solián, Gabriela Velarde)

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Kung Fu Zohra

Charismatic newlywed Zohra arrives in France full of joy. When things don’t go to plan, she turns to her beloved kung fu movies and a mysterious martial arts mentor.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Mabrouk El Mechri; Writer: Mabrouk El Mechri; Stars: Sabrina Ouazani, Ramzy Bedia, Eye Haidara, Tien Shue, Lina Hachani, Matthieu Burnel, Olivia Côte, Ali El Mechri Efira, Franck Ropers, Achref Mazhoud, Karim Belkhadra, Nang Cao Deo, Saïd Benchnafa, Mabrouk El Mechri, Violaine Papi)

Morvern Callar

Review preview for Morvern Callar

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
After her boyfriend commits suicide, Samantha Morton runs away to Spain with her best pal.

(Country: UK, Canada; Year: 2002; Director: Lynne Ramsay; Writer: Lynne Ramsay, Liana Dognini, based on the novel by Alan Warner; Stars: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Raife Patrick Burchell, Carolyn Calder, Dan Cadan, Jim Wilson)

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Neon Spring

With her parents barely on speaking terms, aching to connect to an emotionally cold father and tasked with caring for her little brother more often than not, a 20-year-old finds release and her own sense of place in the underground techno scene.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2022; Director: Matiss Kaza; Writer: Matiss Kaza, Marija Luize Melke; Stars: Alise Gelze, Igors Selegovskis, Marija Luize Melke, Greta Trusina, Ivars Krasts, Gerds Laposka, Arnis Ritups, Leonarda Klavina-Kestere, Jana Civzele, Agnese Ruksane, Timotejs Pelle Kalnins, Janis Skutelis, Matiss Ozols)

Nosferatu (Nosferatu eine Symphonie des Grauens, Nosferatu - A Symphony Of Horrors)

Review preview for Nosferatu

The movie's two main strengths are Max Schreck's compelling performance, as the eerily inhuman vampire, and Murnau's unparallelled ability to blend naturalistic and expressionistic elements.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
F W Murnau's silent adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1922; Director: FW Murnau; Writer: Henrik Galeen; Stars: Max Schreck, Gustav Von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder, Georg Heinrich Schnell, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav Botz, Alexander Granach, John Gottowt)

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Out Of Sync (Tres)

Review preview for Out Of Sync

Beyond the enjoyably unpredictable narrative, you can feel Giménez's love of the possibilities of cinema more widely.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A sound designer finds herself out of step with the world as her brain begins to deliver sound on a delay.

(Country: Spain, Lithuania, France; Year: 2021; Director: Juanjo Giménez; Writer: Juanjo Giménez, Pere Altimira; Stars: Marta Nieto, Julius Cotter, Miki Esparbé, Cris Iglesias, Fran Lareu, Luisa Merelas, Carmen Méndez)

Full review See: Perfect timing - Juanjo Giménez on Out of Sync

Resurrection

Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Soon, her teenage daughter, who Margaret raised by herself, will be going off to a fine university, just as Margaret had intended. Everything is under control. That is, until David returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Andrew Semans; Writer: Andrew Semans; Stars: Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone, Jaime Zevallos, Patrick Klein, Rocco Palmieri)

Saloum

Three mercenaries manage to capture a drug dealer along with his loot but as they flee they are forced to make an emergency landing in a mystical island region filled with violence and supernatural forces.

(Country: Senegal; Year: 2021; Director: Jean Luc Herbulot; Writer: Jean Luc Herbulot, Jean Luc Herbulot, Pamela Diop; Stars: Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Bruno Henry, Marielle Salmier, Babacar Oualy, Ndiaga Mbow, Cannabasse, Renaud Farah, Alvina Karamoko)

Sissy

Review preview for Sissy

Barlow and Senes let the situation simmer, with plenty going on to keep viewers entertained.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Travelling to a remote location to celebrate the hen night of her childhood best friend, a woman re-encounters her childhood bully, who is once again determined to make her suffer.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes; Writer: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes; Stars: Aisha Dee, Hannah Barlow, Emily De Margheriti, Daniel Monks, Yerin Ha, Lucy Barrett, Shaun Martindale, Amelia Lule, April Blasdall, Camille Cumpston)

Full review See: Interview with Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes about Sissy

Special Delivery

Review preview for Special Delivery

Alongside the thrilling driving sequences, there are some great fight scenes of the variety which shun polish and show us characters who really look like they’re suffering.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
"I deliver everything that the post office service does not handle." Eun-ha, who is a normal junkyard employee, secretly works as a delivery clerk that deals with unusual delivery requests.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Park Dae-min; Writer: Park Dae-min; Stars: Park So-dam, Heo Dong-won, Kim Eui-sung, Jo Hee-bong)

Full review See: Interview with Park Dae-min about Special Delivery