With all the more famous festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and Toronto International getting all the attention, Scotland's most famous city has it's fourth film festival. Starting on 14th of February and concluding on the 24th, the festival has everything from the latest that Europe has to offer to a jam packed Fright Fest including the first UK showing of the full Grindhouse experience. Because of time limitations and cost I have decided to only see 10 films out of the 40+ films that are showing. Take a look below at the films I will be seeing and stay tuned for full reviews of each of them as the festival progresses.
Date: 14th February
Film: The 11th Hour
Director: Nadia Connors, Leila Connors Petersen
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Narrator), (Rest as themselves) Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai, Sandra Postel,
Paul Stamets, David Orr, Stephen Hawking
Official synopsis: A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the
planet's ecosystems.
Date: 15th February
Film: My Brother Is An Only Child (Mio fratello è figlio unico)
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Cast: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Zingaretti
Official synopsis: Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.
Date: 16th February
Film: Michou D'auber
Director: Thomas Gilou
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric, Samy Seghir, Medy Kerouani, Mohamed Fellag
Official synopsis: Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his
father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel
in foster care.
Date: 17th February
Film: Teeth
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Cast: Jess Weixlar, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Lenny von Dohlen, Vivienne Benesch, Ashley Springer
Official synopsis: Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she
becomes the object of male violence.
Date: 18th February
Film: My Blueberry Nights
Director: Wonk Kar Wai
Cast: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz
Official synopsis: A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about
love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
Date: 20th February
Film: Redacted
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Izzy Diaz, B.B. Rush, Patrick Carroll, Mike Figuero, Ty Jones, James Sweet, Rob Devaney, Kel O'Neil, Zahara Al Zubaidi
Official synopsis: A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of
media covering the war.
Date: 21st February
Film: Funny Games
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Brady Corbet, Michael Pitt, Deavon Gearhart
Official synopsis: Two psychotic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
Date: 22nd February
Film: Charlie Bartlett
Director: Jon Poll
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Ishan Dave, Megan Park, Jonathan Malen
Official synopsis: A rich kid (Yelchin) becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
Date: 23rd February
Film: Grindhouse
Director: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Michael Biehn, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews
Official synopsis: Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
Date: 24th February
Film: Lars and the Real Girl
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Nancy Beatty
Official synopsis: A delusional young guy strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.
