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  • The Ceremony
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    ‘The Ceremony’: Edinburgh Review 3q5171

    2024-08-20T14:32:00Z 652e3d

    Two undocumented migrants take a strange road trip through the wilds of Yorkshire in this black-and-white British debut

  • Smiles And Kisses You
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    ‘Smiles And Kisses You’: Edinburgh Review 70n2w

    2024-08-19T17:15:00Z

    Sensitive documentary explores the relationship between a North Carolina man and his AI-enhanced sex doll

  • A Shrine
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    ‘A Shrine’: Edinburgh Review 61l6q

    2024-08-19T12:25:00Z

    Mobile phone-shot drama about an Iranian ex-pat in Montreal and a dubious get-rich-quick scheme he comes to regret 

  • At The Door Of The House, Who Will Come Knocking
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    ‘At The Door Of The House, Who Will Come Knocking’: Sarajevo Review 22261m

    2024-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Maja Novakovic’s award-winning documentary is an enigmatic portrait of life in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • To Kill A Wolf
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    ‘To Kill A Wolf’: Edinburgh Review 4i41f

    2024-08-18T23:05:00Z

    Strong debut effectively updates Little Red Riding Hood to the modern day forests of Oregon

  • Acting
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    ‘Acting’: Edinburgh Review 6z2ps

    2024-08-18T21:45:00Z

    Documentarian Sophie Fiennes teams with theatre company Cheek By Jowl for this illuminating exploration of the acting process

  • Dad's Lullaby
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    ‘Dad’s Lullaby’: Sarajevo Review 3b3oo

    2024-08-18T17:00:00Z

    The impact of the war in Ukraine is felt through the experiences of a single family in this debut documentary

  • Xibalba Monster
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    ‘Xibalba Monster’: Edinburgh Review 1h5g4s

    2024-08-18T11:16:00Z

    The Mayan ruins in Yucatan are fertile ground for a young boy’s fascination with death in this Edinburgh highlight

  • Sunlight
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    ‘Sunlight’: Edinburgh Review 264z4y

    2024-08-17T22:50:00Z

    British comedian Nina Conti’s feature debut is an off-kilter road trip romance between a man and a woman dressed as a monkey

  • Toxic
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    ‘Toxic’: Locarno Review q6d4s

    2024-08-17T14:58:00Z

    Golden Leopard-winner hones in on teenage girls and what they’ll do to get out of their dead-end town

  • All The Mountains Give
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    ‘All The Mountains Give’: Edinburgh Review 5c2d3f

    2024-08-17T12:30:00Z

    Kurdish smugglers eke out an existence in the Iran/Iraq borderlands in this impressive documentary filmed over six years

  • Lilies Not For Me
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    ’Lilies Not For Me’: Edinburgh Review 62z2h

    2024-08-16T17:39:00Z

    Fionn O’Shea is a gay novelist struggling with the homophobia of 1920s England in this surprisingly staid period debut

  • Holy Electricity
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    ‘Holy Electricity’: Sarajevo Review 4l4a2w

    2024-08-16T15:55:00Z

    Colourful, uneven Georgian debut explores the city of Tbilisi through the exploits of two door-to-door salesmen

  • Fugue
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    ‘Fugue’: Edinburgh Review 20331y

    2024-08-16T12:30:00Z

    A man must return the body of his transgender lover to a remote Peruvian Amazon village for burial in this enigmatic Competition film

  • Family Therapy
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    ‘Family Therapy’: Sarajevo Review 6z3i3p

    2024-08-16T08:00:00Z

    A glass house in a Slovenian forest plays host to Sonia Prosenc’s satire of the nouveau riche

  • Alien: Romulus
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    ‘Alien: Romulus’: Review 4d292l

    2024-08-14T19:00:00Z

    Cailee Spaeny picks up the cudgel in this efficient, derivative addition to the Alien franchise

  • A Sister's Tale
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    ‘A Sister’s Tale’: Locarno Review l4h12

    2024-08-13T10:03:00Z

    Iranian documentarian Leila Amini follows her sister over seven years as she attempts to make it as a singer in Tehran

  • Mexico 86
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    ‘Mexico 86’: Locarno Review 343qv

    2024-08-10T21:00:00Z

    Bérénice Béjo stars as a Guatemalan activist exiled to Mexico who must rebuild her relationship with her 10-year-old son

  • The Sparrow In The Chimney
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    ‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review 4v83s

    2024-08-10T12:00:00Z

    A family celebration proves a melting pot for sisterly tension in the final part of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s animal trilogy

  • Fréwaka
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    ’Fréwaka’: Locarno Review 1b135z

    2024-08-09T16:00:00Z

    Aislinn Clarke follows up The Devil’s Doorway with another atmospheric Irish horror