Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019
by Col Needham | created - 05 Jun 2019 | updated - 10 Apr 2020 | PublicHere 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.
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1. This Changes Everything (2018)
TV-PG | 96 min | Documentary
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.
Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Mira Nair, Shonda Rhimes, Tracee Ellis Ross
Votes: 1,884
Originally seen at TIFF
2. Photograph (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Sachin Khedekar, Denzil Smith
Votes: 5,863 | Gross: $0.34M
Originally seen at Sundance
3. Top End Wedding (2019)
TV-14 | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
Lauren 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.
Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Brooklyn Doomadgee, Helena Johnson, Dan Collins, Antonio Tipiloura
Votes: 2,342
Originally seen at Sundance
4. Them That Follow (2019)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Set 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.
Directors: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage | Stars: Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan
Votes: 3,908 | Gross: $0.16M
Originally seen at Sundance
5. The Sound of Silence (I) (2019)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Michael Tyburski | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 1,537
Originally seen at Sundance
6. The Souvenir (2019)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Frankie Wilson
Votes: 14,497 | Gross: $1.04M
Originally seen at Sundance
7. Bait (I) (2019)
89 min | Drama
Martin 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.
Director: Mark Jenkin | Stars: Edward Rowe, Giles King, Chloe Endean, Janet Thirlaway
Votes: 5,316
Seen at a private screening
8. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits
Votes: 85,432 | Gross: $6.56M
Originally seen at Cannes
9. Brightburn (2019)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
What 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?
Director: David Yarovesky | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Abraham Clinkscales
Votes: 107,866 | Gross: $17.30M
Seen on general release after the festival premiere
10. Toy Story 4 (2019)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When 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.
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale
Votes: 280,440 | Gross: $434.04M
Seen on general release after the festival premiere
11. I See You (II) (2019)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Adam Randall | Stars: Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague, Judah Lewis
Votes: 66,883
12. Bittersweet Symphony (2019)
80 min | Drama
Iris 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.
Director: Jamie Adams | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jennifer Grey, Poppy Delevingne, Keiron Self
Votes: 175
13. Balance, Not Symmetry (2019)
87 min | Drama
Caitlin, 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.
Director: Jamie Adams | Stars: Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite, Kate Dickie, Tamsin Egerton
Votes: 150
14. The Black Forest (2019)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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.
Director: Ruth Platt | Stars: Robert Hands, Hattie Ladbury, Aleksandar Mikic, Sirine Saba
Votes: 21
15. Schemers (2020)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
His 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.
Director: Dave Mclean | Stars: Conor Berry, Tara Lee, Sean Connor, Grant Robert Keelan
Votes: 734
16. Skin (V) (2018)
R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Guy Nattiv | Stars: Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall, Bill Camp
Votes: 18,802
17. Astronaut (2019)
97 min | Drama
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Director: Shelagh McLeod | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Colm Feore
Votes: 1,540
18. The Best of Dorien B. (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Dorien has everything - two children, a husband, her own veterinary practice. But suddenly everything is different: her mother has been having an affair for years.
Director: Anke Blondé | Stars: Kim Snauwaert, Jelle De Beule, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Wine Dierickx
Votes: 348
19. Carmilla (2019)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An atmospheric, coming-of-age love story steeped in eerie mystery and inspired by the gothic novel of the same name.
Director: Emily Harris | Stars: Hannah Rae, Devrim Lingnau, Jessica Raine, Tobias Menzies
Votes: 942
20. Hurt by Paradise (2019)
83 min | Drama
A film about a poet and a girl with big hair. Together they find friendship as the possibility of their dreams dwindles.
Director: Greta Bellamacina | Stars: Greta Bellamacina, Sadie Brown, Nicholas Rowe, Natalie Hand
Votes: 98
21. Emma Peeters (2018)
90 min | Comedy
After 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.
Director: Nicole Palo | Stars: Monia Chokri, Fabrice Adde, Stéphanie Crayencour, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 300
22. Masters of Love (2019)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emmy (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 ... See full summary »
Director: Matt Roberts | Stars: Sarah Ovens, Eleanor Fanyinka, Owen Roberts, Bekka Bowling
Votes: 300
23. Alice (II) (2019)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alice, a happy and perfect wife and mother, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.
Director: Josephine Mackerras | Stars: Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey, Chloé Boreham, Jules Milo Levy Mackerras
Votes: 1,324
24. Stockholm (2018)
R | 92 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based 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'.
Director: Robert Budreau | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong, Christopher Heyerdahl
Votes: 14,715 | Gross: $0.30M
25. Driven (I) (2018)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Intense thriller where politics, big business and narcotics collide.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Isabel Arraiza
Votes: 8,390
26. Firecrackers (2018)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
A teenage girl and her friend run into problems when they plan to leave town.
Director: Jasmin Mozaffari | Stars: Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans, Callum Thompson, David Kingston
Votes: 612
27. Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, History
A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
Director: Adrian Noble | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Wendy Morgan, Stephen Lord
Votes: 2,255
28. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)
98 min | Documentary, Biography
A 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.
Director: Rob Garver | Stars: Pauline Kael, John Guare, Lili Anolik, David Edelstein
Votes: 1,034
29. Never Look Away (2018)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
German 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.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes: 25,359 | Gross: $1.30M
30. Gwen (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, Horror
A folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
Director: William McGregor | Stars: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jodie Innes, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mark Lewis Jones
Votes: 5,760
31. The Biggest Little Farm (2018)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Family
Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
Director: John Chester | Stars: John Chester, Molly Chester, Todd, Alan York
Votes: 8,893 | Gross: $4.37M
32. 2040 (2019)
92 min | Documentary
Practical 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.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Davini Malcolm
Votes: 1,408
33. The Vast of Night (2019)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
One 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.
Director: Andrew Patterson | Stars: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, Bruce Davis
Votes: 44,931
34. The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After 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.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada
Votes: 40,910 | Gross: $2.41M
35. Yesterday (III) (2019)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A 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.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell
Votes: 167,785 | Gross: $73.29M
36. Strange But True (2019)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Director: Rowan Athale | Stars: Nick Robinson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brian Cox
Votes: 5,571
37. Farming (2018)
R | 101 min | Drama
Based 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.
Director: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Stars: Leke Adebayo, Ademola Adedoyin, Adejola Adeyemi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Votes: 2,082
38. The Wind (II) (2018)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee
Votes: 9,492 | Gross: $0.03M
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