Category Archives: Film

Set in Barcelona’s Modelo 77 – built in the 1800s and only closed a few years ago, Alberto Rodriguez’s film is inspired by real events from the late 1970s. The picture it paints comes across as so authentic that you could be watching a docudrama rather than a tale of fictional characters. It opens withContinue reading “Prison 77 (Modelo 77) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

Post Franco Spain, and in particular the beautiful Andalusian city of Seville, is the setting for the directorial feature debut of Alejandro Marín. It is June 1977 and homosexuality is still illegal in Spain but a burgeoning movement to change that is the driver of this film. The opening scene is of a neighbourhood weddingContinue reading “Love and Revolution (Te estoy amando locamente) Spanish Film Festival 2023”

Following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2023, this film version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde will be shown at selected cinemas in Scotland and UK. Based on the original 19th century novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, this version has been reworked for contemporary audiencesContinue reading “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Comes to Cinemas This October”

Catalan director Silvia Munt has set her latest film, Las Buenas Compañías (In the Company of Women), in Errenteria in the Basque country in 1976, a time just after Franco’s rule when abortion is illegal in Spain.  Bea, played by Alicia Falcó who beautifully captures the quietly angry rebel, is an androgynous 16 year oldContinue reading “In The Company of Women            Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

An after dark phone conversation where Alfredo (Karra Elejalde) is telling his daughter Luisa (Alexandra Jiménez) that he has a homeless Bulgarian man sleeping on his couch, opens Avelina Prat’s awarding winning 2022 film, Vasil/Wasyl. Vasil (Ivan Barnev) is a champion chess, bridge and backgammon player, thanks to his Soviet style education in Bulgaria. HeContinue reading “Vasil/Wasyl     Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2023”

The BFI Film Academy Short Course for Edinburgh and South East Scotland, delivered by Screen Education Edinburgh (SEE), and SEE Young Filmmakers Hub, are both projects designed to help aspiring young filmmakers gain practical knowledge and experience, while highlighting the various pathways into the screen industries Supported by the Sean Connery Foundation, the SEE YoungContinue reading “Screen Education Edinburgh Announces Opportunities for Young Filmmakers”

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for its 10th edition on the big screen in Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh and Inverness   Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 30th September to 26th October 2023 Full programmme announced on Monday 11th September. The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) welcomes film fans from all over Scotland to its 10th edition. The festival is delighted to offer cinema screenings and cultural events featuringContinue reading “Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for its 10th edition”

This is one of those films that you hope and pray gets wide distribution so that as many people as possible get the chance to see it worldwide. But given that Indian cinema generally gets limited release in the UK, I suspect that that isn’t going to happen. Initially coming across as kin to TheContinue reading “Joram                         EIFF”

It’s natural, I suppose, to be partisan about the artistic merits of a work that emanates from your own country, be it music, theatre, art or as in this case, film. Kill was my first pick at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, and although it suffers from a couple of major flaws that preventContinue reading “Kill                  EIFF”

There’s worse ways to spend a Monday morning than in a cinema, although you may sometimes think that the film you see might just set the standard for the week to come. If that is indeed the case, then those of us who saw Chuck Chuck Baby this morning are in for a damn goodContinue reading “Chuck Chuck Baby EIFF”