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Qulture’s film writers report on screenings and festivals in Scotland, from the Glasgow Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival to smaller independent events in Leith. Read the original reviews and interviews below.
Edinburgh and Leith
Festival reporting from Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Leith Short Film Festival at The Pitt.
Words: Kenny Ross There is something wonderfully fitting about a film festival finding its home in Leith. A place built on stories, characters and a healthy disregard for doing things the…
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Words: Toni Faulds Chee Keong Cheung’s first-person action thriller throws John Hannah and its audience headfirst into a day of complete carnage. There are bad days at work, and then…
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Original reviews of films shown as part of Glasgow Film Festival, including fiction and documentary work.
Words: @lightninrosemedia Next up on our review roster from Glasgow Film Festival and I was sent a screening link to the film ‘Couture’, written and directed by Anna Winocour. Starring…
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Words: Kenny Ross My Fathers Island (Sukkwan Island) is one of those films that strides into a festival pretending to be a quiet, reflective father‑and‑son retreat and then slaps you cold…
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Words: @lightninrosemedia How do you talk about the highs and lows of such an iconic person’s life, like Marianne faithful then round it all up into 96 minutes of cinema that leaves your…
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Words: Jessica Rose Kerr There’s something almost disarming about Midwinter Break. It doesn’t shout for your attention, Instead, it allows emotions to unfold naturally and before you know…
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Qulture’s roundtable interview and coverage of the Scottish film California Schemin’.
Words: Madi Briggs What do you get when you combine one of the most unbelievable true stories from Scotland’s music history and a directorial debut from one of Scotland’s most revered…
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