Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019
Here are the films I have seen from The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019. This list is fed from my Edinburgh International Film Festival Interest List 2019.
I saw #1 to #10 before the festival and #11 to #27 at the festival itself.
I saw #1 to #10 before the festival and #11 to #27 at the festival itself.
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- DirectorTom DonahueStarsReese WitherspoonMira NairShonda RhimesAn investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.Originally seen at TIFF
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiSanya MalhotraSachin KhedekarA struggling street photographer in Mumbai, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they could not expect.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorWayne BlairStarsBrooklyn DoomadgeeHelena JohnsonDan CollinsLauren and Ned, in love and engaged, have just ten days to find Lauren's mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia, reunite her parents, and pull off their dream wedding.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorBritt PoultonDan Madison SavageStarsOlivia ColmanKaitlyn DeverAlice EnglertSet deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear apart her community.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorMichael TyburskiStarsPeter SarsgaardRashida JonesTony RevoloriA successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.Originally seen at Sundance
- DirectorMark JenkinStarsEdward RoweGiles KingChloe EndeanMartin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.Seen at a private screening
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayAdam DriverTilda SwintonThe peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.Originally seen at Cannes
- DirectorDavid YaroveskyStarsElizabeth BanksDavid DenmanJackson A. DunnWhat if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?Seen on general release after the festival premiere
- DirectorJosh CooleyStarsTom HanksTim AllenAnnie PottsWhen a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.Seen on general release after the festival premiere
- DirectorAdam RandallStarsHelen HuntJon TenneyOwen TeagueA policeman and his doctor wife have some marriage problems and the son blames the mother. For his job, the policeman investigates a case of a missing boy. The possible kidnapping looks like some cases from a few years ago.
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsSuki WaterhouseJennifer GreyPoppy DelevingneIris Evans (Suki Waterhouse) stars as a musician who has just completed her first soundtrack to a Hollywood feature and who finds her personal life getting complicated.
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsLaura HarrierBria VinaiteKate DickieCaitlin, an art student at the Glasgow School of Art, struggles with the recent death of her father. Consumed with her loss, she finds herself re-examining both her life and inner circle.
- DirectorRuth PlattStarsRobert HandsHattie LadburyAleksandar MikicTwo families go on holiday together to Europe. Whilst the children enjoy their new found freedom, little secrets start to unravel from within the quartet of adults, sparking conflict.
- DirectorDave McleanStarsConor BerryTara LeeSean ConnorHis football career over, Davie starts promoting gigs in Dundee with two friends, leading to a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden show. Out of his depth and in debt with gangster Fergie, Davie needs to pull off the biggest scheme of his life.
- DirectorGuy NattivStarsJamie BellDanielle MacdonaldDaniel HenshallA destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
- DirectorShelagh McLeodStarsRichard DreyfussLyriq BentKrista BridgesA lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
- DirectorAnke BlondéStarsKim SnauwaertJelle De BeuleRobrecht Vanden ThorenDorien has everything - two children, a husband, her own veterinary practice. But suddenly everything is different: her mother has been having an affair for years.
- DirectorEmily HarrisStarsHannah RaeDevrim LingnauJessica RaineAn atmospheric, coming-of-age love story steeped in eerie mystery and inspired by the gothic novel of the same name.
- DirectorGreta BellamacinaStarsGreta BellamacinaSadie BrownNicholas RoweA film about a poet and a girl with big hair. Together they find friendship as the possibility of their dreams dwindles.
- DirectorNicole PaloStarsMonia ChokriFabrice AddeStéphanie CrayencourAfter 10 years of struggle in Paris, Emma Peeters has to face the facts: she will never be an actress. She decides to commit suicide on her 35th birthday. That is when she meets Alex, a funeral home employee.
- DirectorMatt RobertsStarsSarah OvensEleanor FanyinkaOwen RobertsEmmy (Sarah Oven) struggles with her impending marriage to Samantha (Eleanor Fanyinka). Her brother Josh (Owen Roberts) is reeling from the revelation that his girlfriend of five years has been sleeping with other people. Niall (Ciarán Dowd) - Josh's roommate - wanders aimlessly from one fling to another. The four friends navigate the tests and trials of mastering love in the modern world. An engaging, smart and wry take on the British rom-com, offering dark comic twists as it explores love and isolation in our technological age.
- DirectorJosephine MackerrasStarsEmilie PiponnierMartin SwabeyChloé BorehamAlice, a happy and perfect wife and mother, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.
- DirectorRobert BudreauStarsEthan HawkeNoomi RapaceMark StrongBased on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
- DirectorNick HammStarsJason SudeikisLee PaceJudy GreerIntense thriller where politics, big business and narcotics collide.
- DirectorJasmin MozaffariStarsMichaela KurimskyKarena EvansCallum ThompsonA teenage girl and her friend run into problems when they plan to leave town.
- DirectorAdrian NobleStarsVanessa RedgraveTimothy SpallWendy MorganA portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
- DirectorRob GarverStarsPauline KaelJohn GuareLili AnolikA portrait of the work and life of controversial film critic Pauline Kael, and her battle to achieve success and influence in the 20th century movie business.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsTom SchillingSebastian KochPaula BeerGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
- DirectorWilliam McGregorStarsEleanor Worthington-CoxJodie InnesKobna Holdbrook-SmithA folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
- DirectorJohn ChesterStarsJohn ChesterMolly ChesterToddDocumentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
- DirectorDamon GameauStarsDamon GameauEva LazzaroZoë GameauPractical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
- DirectorAndrew PattersonStarsSierra McCormickJake HorowitzGail CronauerOne night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s, a switchboard operator and radio DJ discover a strange audio frequency which could change the future forever.
- DirectorRiley StearnsStarsJesse EisenbergAlessandro NivolaImogen PootsAfter being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsHimesh PatelLily JamesSophia Di MartinoA struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.
- DirectorRowan AthaleStarsNick RobinsonAmy RyanGreg KinnearA woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
- DirectorAdewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeStarsLeke AdebayoAdemola AdedoyinAdejola AdeyemiBased on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he joins a white skinhead gang.
- DirectorEmma TammiStarsCaitlin GerardJulia Goldani TellesAshley ZukermanA plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.