Film Festival Category

Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: The Turin Horse

Even in a world where festival programmes are full to the brim with works belonging to the so-called ‘slow cinema’ form of arthouse filmmaking, the

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Film Festival

EIFF2011: The Bang Bang Club

  At the start of The Bang Bang Club the South African photojournalist Kevin Carter (as portrayed in the film by actor Taylor Kitsch) is asked what makes

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: Mourning for Anna

Perhaps more than any other film I saw at the festival, the title of Catherine Martin’s Mourning for Anna serves as an effective summary for the film

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: Tomboy

What happens if you take Kimberly Peirce’s Oscar-winning Boys Don’t Cry, exchange small town America for the suburbs of Paris and make Hilary

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Documentary, Film Festival

EIFF2011: Artist Documentaries

Ever since it started out with a programme consisting solely of documentaries back in 1947, EIFF has always retained a special interest in non-fiction work,

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Documentary, Film Festival

EIFF2011: Quality Control

After a few brief introductory images, Kevin Jerome Everson’s Quality Control settles on a shot soaking in a small area of the factory-like dry

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: Jack Goes Boating

Philip Goes Film Directing, finally, and it turns out he’s pretty darn good at it. After several years of directing theatre, predominantly (if not

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: My Brothers

Perhaps if Paul Fraser – writing partner of choice as far as Shane Meadows is concerned, having helped pen Dead Man’s Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass and all

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Film Festival

EIFF2011: All Change

As regular readers of DN may well know, this year will mark my third annual visit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Around this time last year I

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Animation, Film Festival

RE:PLAY Films 01

The collective DN obsession with DANIELS after Pigeons and Simple Math is something we’ll be seeking professional help for soon. It did, however,

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Documentary, Film Festival

Hot Docs 2011: Day 4

The day began with the summit talk where top commissioners and broadcasters discussed the ways in which they open up funding opportunities and slots in support

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Documentary, Film Festival

Hot Docs 2011: Day 3

After a late night hanging out with the SDI, I went up to the Rogers industry centre to listen to a talk from some of the filmmakers who have feature docs in

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