Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
Here are the films I have seen from The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 in chronological viewing order. Films #1 to #6 were seen ahead of the festival and #7-#18 at the festival itself.
Titles are fed from my Edinburgh International Film Festival Interest List 2024.
Titles are fed from my Edinburgh International Film Festival Interest List 2024.
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- DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsWendy HillerRoger LiveseyPamela BrownA young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsPaul WilliamsWilliam FinleyJessica HarperA disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
- DirectorNathan SilverStarsJason SchwartzmanCarol KaneDolly De LeonA cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorAlice LoweStarsAlice LoweJacob AndersonNick FrostThe hapless heroine Agnes reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man.Originally seen at a special BFI screening with Alice Lowe
- DirectorCoralie FargeatStarsDemi MooreMargaret QualleyDennis QuaidA fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.Originally seen at Cannes
- DirectorGreg KwedarStarsColman DomingoClarence MaclinSean San JoseDivine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsCailee SpaenyDavid JonssonArchie RenauxWhile scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
- DirectorWill SeefriedStarsFionn O'SheaRobert AramayoErin KellymanA gay novelist and his psychiatric nurse bond over a series of doctor-ordered 'dates' as he tells the story of a friendship which spiraled out of control when they turned to a risky procedure to cure themselves of feelings for each other.
- DirectorNina ContiStarsShenoah AllenEstrella AvilaAsha BeeA hilariously dark and unconventional love story, following two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight.
- DirectorAbdolreza KahaniStarsSholeh LajevardiMasoud MotehaverShahrooz RezaniaA mobile religious shrine acts as a get-rich-quick scheme for an ambitious man. But there may be consequences. (EIFF)
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsKevin CostnerSean ConneryRobert De NiroDuring Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.(re-watched here with the Connery family; seen many times since, but originally seen on its initial release in October 1987)
- DirectorKelsey TaylorStarsMaddison BrownIvan MartinKaitlin DoubledayIn a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon Wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home - a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption.
- DirectorAxel Cheb TerrabStarsAgustina CaboBruno CocciaCarmen FillolOn the night of their reunion after years without seeing each other, Gala and Kiwi discover between drinks and laughter why they should never see each other again.
- DirectorsMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsLili FarhadpourEsmaeel MehrabiMansoore IlkhaniSeventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
- DirectorDaisy-May HudsonStarsPosy SterlingIdil AhmedTerriAnn CousinsMolly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realize their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsKelly MacdonaldDamian LewisSophia Di MartinoA seemingly ordinary family actually has a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarTilda SwintonExploring the pivotal 1949 experience atop Switzerland's Grindelwald glacier that reshaped British modernist painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's artistic perspective for decades to come.
- DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsSaoirse RonanPaapa EssieduNabil ElouahabiAfter living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up.
- DirectorGuan HuStarsEddie PengLiya TongJia Zhang-keReleased from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.
- DirectorDamian Mc CarthyStarsCarolyn BrackenJohnny FrenchSteve WallA psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime.
- DirectorPolly SteeleStarEd JacksonWhen faced with life changing injuries, Ed Jackson harnessed the power of positivity and determination to deliver a future for himself, that most thought impossible.