Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018
Here are the films I have seen from The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018. This list is fed from my Edinburgh International Film Festival Interest List 2018.
I saw #1 to #9 before the festival and #10 to #24 at the festival itself.
I saw #1 to #9 before the festival and #10 to #24 at the festival itself.
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- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsMasatoshi NagaseAyame MisakiTatsuya FujiA passionate writer of film versions for visually impaired people meets an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight.Seen at Cannes
- DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourStarsElle FanningBel PowleyOwen RichardsLife and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.Seen at Toronto
- DirectorBrie LarsonStarsBrie LarsonSamuel L. JacksonJoan CusackKit, a twenty-something dreamer, receives an invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.Seen at Toronto
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsJean-Pierre BacriJean-Paul RouveGilles LelloucheA hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff.
- DirectorMarc TurtletaubStarsKelly MacdonaldIrrfan KhanDavid DenmanAgnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world - where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.Seen at Sundance
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsJon HammJay PotterKhalid BenchagraCaught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Seen at Sundance
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsNick OffermanKiersey ClemonsBlythe DannerA father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.Seen at Sundance
- DirectorMadeleine OlnekStarsMolly ShannonSusan ZieglerAmy SeimetzDramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.Seen at SXSW
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsJemima KirkeSarah SolemaniRichard ElisGillian is an aspiring playwright married to Oliver, a small-time DJ for all occasions. Their marriage has hit the Seven Year Itch, and this neurotic pair want to scratch that itch until it bleeds.Seen at SXSW
- DirectorJamie JonesStarsMarcus RutherfordSophie Kennedy ClarkMichael QuarteyAs London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London a young man's life is torn apart by love for a girl from a different place.
- DirectorVaughn SteinStarsMargot RobbieSimon PeggDexter FletcherA film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, a female assassin, a waitress, a teacher, a janitor, and a crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
- DirectorToby MacDonaldStarsAlex LawtherJonah Hauer-KingPauline EtienneIn the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
- DirectorSam HoffmanStarsJoey SlotnickBernie McInerneyElliott GouldWith an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is forced to move into his father's retirement community.
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsCobie SmuldersRichard ElisJessica HynesA rock musician enrolls in college after she breaks up with her boyfriend and her band falls apart.
- DirectorMatthew HolnessStarsSean HarrisAlun ArmstrongAndy BlitheAfter returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children's puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life.
- DirectorTom BeardStarsSamantha MortonBillie PiperDaniel MaysA troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
- DirectorStephen MoyerStarsDenis O'HareAnna PaquinCynthia NixonA family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsRuth Bader GinsburgAnn KittnerHarryette HelselThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
- DirectorSimon FellowsStarsAndrew ScottBronagh WaughDenise GoughWhen a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
- DirectorAdam MorseStarsLaurie Paul CalvertSophie Kennedy ClarkFelicity GilbertZel, a lonely young man's life changes when his enigmatic neighbour offers to help him overcome social anxiety.
- DirectorEric BilitchStarsJosh PeckFinn WittrockAubrey SheaLovelorn graduate Daniel Willingham (Josh Peck) heads into the post-college abyss without a dime or connection to search for his place in the story he has longed to be a part of.
- DirectorNicolas PesceStarsChristopher AbbottLaia CostaMia WasikowskaA man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute.
- DirectorDavid JacksonStarsFrancis MageeCarole WeyersDoon MackichanWhen his estranged son is left on the doorstep of his caravan, a poacher living on the margins of society must change his feral lifestyle or risk losing his son forever.
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsRob BrydonRupert GravesThomas TurgooseA man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsCraig T. NelsonHolly HunterSarah VowellThe Incredibles family takes on a new mission which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
- DirectorMatt PalmerStarsJack LowdenMartin McCannTony CurranA shocking deed turned their weekend trip into a nightmare. Now their only hope is to swallow their paranoia and act normal.
- DirectorAneesh ChagantyStarsJohn ChoDebra MessingJoseph LeeAfter his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
- DirectorMichael NoerStarsCharlie HunnamDamijan OklopdzicChristopher FairbankWrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
- DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsEvan RosadoRaúl CastilloSheila VandManny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
- DirectorKyle RideoutStarsJudy GreerDaniel DohenySiobhan WilliamsA socially awkward home-schooled kid forces his way into public-school against his suffocating but loving mother's wishes.