Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmEIFF blog: Kinship, Sacrifice, Diplomacy
A roundup of the trio of docs in Edinburgh International Film Festival's Focus on Denmark strand, which was one of the highlights of this year's event Read more »| 28 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: The Ambassador
It sounds like the start of a bad joke: how does a “caucasian, pigment-challenged” Dane become Liberia’s diplomatic representative in the C... Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
FilmEIFF 2012: The Lifeguard
A documentary that's as precisely plotted as any fiction Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
FilmEIFF 2012: Sun Don't Shine
Amy Seimetz's delightfully oblique road-movie neatly sidesteps any potential fears of yet another generic lo-fi couple-with-issues indie. Crystal (Kate Lyn S... Read more »| 25 Jun 2012 -
FilmEIFF 2012: Isn't Anyone Alive? (Ikiteru mono inai no ka)
Who'd have thought the world coming to an end would be so much fun? Read more »| 24 Jun 2012 -
FilmEIFF 2012: Dr Seuss' The Lorax
The Lorax continues the trend of poor cinematic adaptations of Dr Seuss Read more »| 24 Jun 2012
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EIFF 2012: Maja Borg on Future My Love
Maja Borg's Future My Love is competing for the coveted Michael Powell award at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival. We spoke to the filmmaker about her film, a poetic blend of doc, road trip and love story Read more »| 24 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Exit Elena
This highly accomplished, micro-budget drama from Nathan Silver offers a rich study of loneliness and its different effects. Newly qualified nurse Elena (Kia... Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Girimunho
An evocative portrait of life in rural Brazil Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF blog: Unique Voices, Distant Lives
After the first few days of screenings at EIFF, a number of distinct cinematic points-of-view are emerging Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Here, There (Zheli, nali)
An elegant meditation on Chinese Diaspora Read more »| 23 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus
Fun doc about the world's finest eight legged football pundit Read more »| 22 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Kid-Thing
We are introduced to Kid-Thing’s titular tyke via a pair of scenes that effectively distil the film as a whole. In a dream-like opening, Annie (Sydney ... Read more »| 21 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Sleepless Night
A tender, emotionally raw study of marriage from Jang kun-jae Read more »| 21 Jun 2012 -
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EIFF 2012: Lovely Molly
Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez struggles to keep the wire of terror and suspense taut in this impressive but flawed horror Read more »| 20 Jun 2012