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Raindance Film Festival · 2009

Raindance Film Festival 2009

Homegrown

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9 films · 5 reviews

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At The Foot Of A Tree

One boy's 'poetic' revenge.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Ricky Shane Reid; Writer: Ricky Shane Reid; Stars: Anna Blades, Kelly Jo Reid, Nicola Borthwick, Neil Summerville, Reece Reid) , Official site

Borges And I

An actor investigates the 'perception of self'.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jonathan Bentovim, Emily Harris; Writer: Chris McColl; Stars: Saul Reichlin, James McNeill, Sally Scott, Chris McColl, Tim Harris, Simeon Willis, Angus Lindsay, Alastair Trevill, Tony Sax)

Colin

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This is an intelligent, moving depiction of a world gone to hell, dripping with the melancholy of a ‘hero’ still driven by a yearning from his past that he is incapable any longer of understanding.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
One man's journey into the realm of the undead... from the wrong side of life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Marc Price; Writer: Marc Price; Stars: Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Leanne Pammen, Kate Alderman, Tat Whalley, Leigh Crocombe)

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Crying With Laughter

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Much of the plot reads as a barely tempered collection of cliches, but in the hands of writer/director Justin Molotnikov, and McCole's runaway success, becomes a highly effective character study and a well-constructed psychological thriller.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
Black comedy about a comedian whose past is unearthed.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Justin Molotnikov; Writer: Justin Molotnikov; Stars: Stephen McCole, Malcolm Shields, Andrew Neil, Jo Hartley, Niall Greig Fulton) , Official site

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The Cry of the Owl

A man who becomes obssessed with the domestic life of a woman he doesn't know, embarks on a disastrous relationship with her.

(Country: UK, Canada, Germany, France; Year: 2009; Director: Jamie Thraves; Writer: Jamie Thraves, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner, Phillip MacKenzie, Gord Rand, James Gilbert, R.D. Reid, Caroline Dhavernas, Alex Karzis, Marcia Laskowski, Krista Bridges, Charlotte Sullivan, Robbie Campbell, Jennifer Kydd, Dru Viergever) , Trailer

Down Terrace

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By mixing the situations of a crime drama with dysfunctional family dynamics, the everyday becomes accentuated, meaning that outbreaks of violence are absurdly comic but still retain a nasty edge.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Killers consider retribution round the kitchen sink.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Wheatley; Writer: Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley; Stars: Julia Deakin, Michael Smiley, David Schaal, Tony Way, Mark Kempner, Gareth Tunley, Kali Peacock, Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Kerry Peacock) , Trailer

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Desire

When an agoraphobic writer invites a French nanny into the lives of his family it has unexpected implications for them all.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Gareth Jones; Writer: Gareth Jones; Stars: Oscar Pearce, Tella Kpomahou, Daisy Smith, Adam Slynn) , Official site

Exam

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Exam drifts from being genuinely enigmatic and moody to derivative, disappointing, even ridiculous.

Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
Eight strangers are sitting the final exam for a top-level position... but little do they know the stakes are higher than they imagine.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Stuart Hazeldine; Writer: Stuart Hazeldine, based on a story by Stuart Hazeldine and Simon Garrity; Stars: Luke Mably, Colin Salmon, Jimi Mistry, Nathalie Cox, Pollyanna McIntosh, Gemma Chan, Chris Carey, Chukwudi Iwuji, John Lloyd Fillingham, Adar Beck)

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Resurrecting The Street Walker

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A strangely compelling and, at times, disturbing watch.

Paul Griffiths · 3 out of 5
A wannabe filmmaker becomes obssessed with an unfinished snuff film.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ozgur Uyanik; Writer: Ozgur Uyanik; Stars: Christina Helena)

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