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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2024

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

The Sean Connery Prize

Programme

10 films · 2 reviews

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All The Mountains Give

Documentary about the covert goods trade between Kurdish cities and towns and the Iraq borders.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2024; Director: Arash Rakhsha)

World premiere

The Ceremony

A fight over stolen property and a tragic death bring together two migrant workers as they search for a suitable burial place.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jack King; Writer: Jack King; Stars: Erdal Yildiz, Liam Thomas, Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu, Arnold Baksi, Catalin Vasile, Mo'min Swaitat, Mihai Visan, Mustafa Husseini)

World premiere

Fugue (Fuga)

Drama set in the Peruvian Amazon, where a lover must be laid to rest.

(Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2024; Director: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Writer: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Stars: Valentina Linares Gonzalez, Saor Sax)

World premiere

Lilies Not For Me

Two men wrestle with their sexuality in Twenties England.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Will Seefried; Writer: Will Seefried; Stars: Fionn O'Shea, Robert Aramayo, Erin Kellyman, Louis Hofmann, Jodi Balfour, Celeste Loots, Aidan Scott, Alexander Maniatis, Jacques Bessenger, Albert Pretorius, Nicholas Pauling, Gabe Gabriel, Adrienne Pearce, Michael Everson, Marc Pleass)

World premiere

Lollipop

Review preview for Lollipop

Although the emotions in this story are raw, she approaches them with sensitivity and a strong respect for people who are trying hard even if they don’t always succeed.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A mum is desperate to regain custody of her children after release from jail.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Daisy-May Hudson; Writer: Daisy-May Hudson; Stars: Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Aliyah Abdi, Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads, Luke Howitt, Johanna Allitt, Brenda Birungi, Mandy Ogunmokun, Andrea Lowe, Melanie Wilder, Kasha Bajor, Chloe Driver, Alannah Southerton, Oriana White)

Full review

World premiere

A Shrine

Comedy drama centred on a mobile religious shrine.

(Country: Canada, France, Iran; Director: Abdolreza Kahani; Writer: Abdolreza Kahani; Stars: Nima Sadr, Farhad Zarei, Kamelia Simab, Shahrooz Rezania, Mojan Safari, Keyvan Safari, Sholeh Lajevardi, Masoud Motehaver)

World premiere

Smiles And Kisses You

Drama about a man and his lifesize AI-animated doll.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bryan Carberry)

World premiere

Sunlight

A woman in a monkey suit strives to break free from a toxic relationship.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nina Conti; Writer: Shenoah Allen, Nina Conti; Stars: Nina Conti, Melissa Chambers, Bill Wise, Rachel Kylian, William Sterchi, Shenoah Allen, Asha Bee, William Troy Ford, Dyron C Thompson)

World premiere

To Kill A Wolf

Review preview for To Kill A Wolf

Mostly shot at close quarters, inside the Woodsman’s cabin or car or amid the trees, the film is heavy with shadows and mist and chill air.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, set in present day Oregon.

(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kelsey Taylor; Writer: Kelsey Taylor; Stars: Kaitlin Doubleday, Michael Esper, David Knell, Maddison Brown, Dana Millican, Ivan Martin, Jessica Catalano, Annika Cowles, Grant Jay, Julie Elizabeth Knell)

Full review See: Interview with Kelsey Taylor and Adam Lee about To Kill A Wolf

World premiere

Xibalba Monster (Monstruo De Xibalba)

A young boy forms an unlikely friendship with an ageing hermit while coming to terms with the death of his parents.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Manuela Irene; Writer: Manuela Irene; Stars: Gibran Alonzo, Leonel Pat Yeh, Manuel Irene, Rogelio Ojeda, Socorro Loeza, Teresa Sanchez)

World premiere