Category Archives: Film

Following the success of their Hallowe’en-themed weekend of Drive-in Movies, Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and Unique Events can now confirm the dates and titles for a special Christmas-themed movie event. From Friday 18 December until Wednesday 23 December, some all-time favourite Christmas titles and blockbusters such as Home Alone; Frozen; Elf; Love Actually; It’sContinue reading “Driving In for Christmas Movies”

This year’s Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF), that took place entirely online from 6th to 25th October 2020, presented a total of 16 feature films, 7 shorts, 4 audio visual letters and 10 filmed monologues. Now that it’s by, the organisers are thrilled at the outcome, seeing cineastes from all over Scotland and England tuningContinue reading “Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2020 Winds In Its Last Reel Till 2021”

Despite challenging circumstances, the 28th edition of the French Film Festival UK anticipates opening on 4 November 2020 with the UK premiere in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen of the comedy thriller Mama Weed / La Daronne. It stars one of le cinéma français’s best known names, Isabelle Huppert, who is expected to introduce the film virtually from Paris. The screeningsContinue reading “Vive le Cinéma! French Film Festival UK Reveals 28th Line-up in Cinemas and Online”

I’m probably not best placed to tell you how authentic or otherwise this account of a summer in the lives of 15 year old girls in a village near Valencia actually is, but I have to say it surely convinced me it was the real thing. Lucia Alemany shot this film in her home town,Continue reading “The Innocence Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

In September 2020, the first Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh (TFFE) took place digitally across the UK, showcasing the story of Taiwanese cinema from the ‘60s to the present day and featuring a programme, half of which was made up of UK premieres. Later in 2020, and also a first, will be the Queer East FilmContinue reading “Taiwan Film Festival and Queer East Film Festival Collaboration Announced”

A remarkable film, made even more remarkable by the circumstances of its making. Writer and Director Camila Urrutia’s debut feature is a hard look at life for young women in Guatemala City. Shot on the streets, and constantly on the move, Claudia (Andrea Henry) and Maria (Vanessa Hernandez) are lovers just trying to get by,Continue reading “Gunpowder Heart Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

StudioCanal Vintage Classic            DVD/BluRay             Out Now The latest in this excellently restored collection of Vintage Classics from StudioCanal is, perhaps, one of the lesser known, or at least less fondly remembered examples of ‘50s British cinema. It came as a surprise to me that I had never seen it – being way too young forContinue reading “Yield to the Night”

Ojos Negros is a village in the Teruel region of Aragon and is the setting for this absorbing new film from two young female directors Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo.  Paula, an early pubescent teen immaculately portrayed by Julia Lallana, is the central character who is taken by her Aunt Elba (Anna Sabaté) to stayContinue reading “Ojos Negros Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

A very fine addition to this year’s Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, this – unsurprisingly – was Argentina’s second highest grossing film of 2019. Both an extremely dark comedy and a slightly skewed moral tale, it would sit neatly alongside some of the best Ealing productions from their golden age. With a script both witty andContinue reading “The Weasel’s Tale Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”