Edinburgh Reviews
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‘Lollipop’: Edinburgh Review
A woman fights to regain her children in this affecting British debut drawn from personal experience
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‘The Ceremony’: Edinburgh Review
Two undocumented migrants take a strange road trip through the wilds of Yorkshire in this black-and-white British debut
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‘Smiles And Kisses You’: Edinburgh Review
Sensitive documentary explores the relationship between a North Carolina man and his AI-enhanced sex doll
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‘A Shrine’: Edinburgh Review
Mobile phone-shot drama about an Iranian ex-pat in Montreal and a dubious get-rich-quick scheme he comes to regret
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‘To Kill A Wolf’: Edinburgh Review
Strong debut effectively updates Little Red Riding Hood to the modern day forests of Oregon
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‘Acting’: Edinburgh Review
Documentarian Sophie Fiennes teams with theatre company Cheek By Jowl for this illuminating exploration of the acting process
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‘Xibalba Monster’: Edinburgh Review
The Mayan ruins in Yucatan are fertile ground for a young boy’s fascination with death in this Edinburgh highlight
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‘Sunlight’: Edinburgh Review
British comedian Nina Conti’s feature debut is an off-kilter road trip romance between a man and a woman dressed as a monkey
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‘All The Mountains Give’: Edinburgh Review
Kurdish smugglers eke out an existence in the Iran/Iraq borderlands in this impressive documentary filmed over six years
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’Lilies Not For Me’: Edinburgh Review
Fionn O’Shea is a gay novelist struggling with the homophobia of 1920s England in this surprisingly staid period debut
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‘Fugue’: Edinburgh Review
A man must return the body of his transgender lover to a remote Peruvian Amazon village for burial in this enigmatic Competition film
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’Choose Irvine Welsh’: Edinburgh Review
Rambling exploration of the life and lurid times of Scottish author Irvine Welsh
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‘Kill’: Edinburgh Review
A forest hunting trip takes a dark turn in this effective Scottish genre debut
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‘Chuck Chuck Baby’: Edinburgh Review
Janis Pugh’s musical debut is a feel-good second-time-lucky romance set in small-town Wales
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‘Silent Roar’: Edinburgh Review
Edinburgh’s opening film is set on a beautifully-shot Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides
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‘La Sagrada Familia’: Edinburgh Review
A fractious family goes on a road trip across Peru in Borja Alcalde’s beautifully-shot doc
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‘Nude Tuesday’: Edinburgh Review
Plenty to understand - and laugh at - in this all-gibberish comedy from New Zealand
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‘The Narrow Road’: Edinburgh Review
Lam Sum’s moving tribute to the hard-working people of Hong Kong is set during the Covid-19 pandemic
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‘A Bunch Of Amateurs’: Edinburgh Review
The Bradford Movie Makers club grapples with its fate and that of its ageing members in Kim Hopkins’ winning documentary
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‘Neon Spring’: Edinburgh Review
A spotlight on Riga’s rave scene through the eyes of a sheltered young girl