CFF2013: Estonian shorts programme
A great line up of Estonian shorts this year, not least the animation. Snowdrifts, nightmares, a cannabis farm… Hugh Paterson reviews.
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Thomas Dolby: The Invisible Lighthouse
Tom Dolby’s half-hour elegy-doc was filmed over a year and is still a work-in-progress. It’s much more than a motion picture, writes Huw Oliver.
Supermarkt
Roland Klick has the rare gift of infusing a very dark humour into a tragic tale, writes Mike Levy.
In The Shadow Of A Man
Hanan Abdalla’s portrait of women in Egyptian society offers a more complex picture than we might expect, writes Alison Hicks.
Marius and Fanny
Joe De-Vine hopes that this dazzling double-bill of MARIUS and FANNY will delight and surprise audiences as much as it did him.
As If We Were Catching A Cobra
Hala Alabdalla’s haunting film looks at Middle Eastern political cartoonists during the Arab Spring. Mike Levy wonders whether images can change the world.
No Surrender
This film with its climatic violence but redemptive message shows that serious social issues can be portrayed in comical ways, says Mike Levy.
Sing me the Songs that Say I Love You
Kim Pearce reviews this fascinating documentary and concert film giving insight into the life, death and family of singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle.
Gold
There are impressive elements to Thomas Arslan’s GOLD, even if they don’t quite work together as often as they should, writes Dan Harling.
Young Critics: Just Before Losing Everything
JUST BEFORE LOSING EVERYTHING throws you right in with its characters and commands you to feel, writes Young Critic Kirstie Mather.