Bulk buy tickets and save up to 35% visit edfilmfest.org.uk or see p3 Pale Star Graeme Maley/UK, Iceland/2015/80 min Cast: Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir, Isabelle Joss, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Iain Robertson, Freyja Björk Guðmundsdóttir WED 22 June 20:35 Cineworld THU 23 June 20:35 CineworlD PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 concs) A dark and brooding Icelandic noir thriller. Acclaimed Scottish theatre director Graeme Maley makes an impressive transition to the big screen with this mean and moody thriller, which perfectly suits its remote and atmospheric Icelandic backdrop. Tourist Molly escapes her abusive husband Kurt, leaving him locked in their caravan and is helped by troubled local Solveig. Kurt escapes and is picked up by her lover Ari, who ends up taking him to Solveig’s nearby house. Secrets are revealed and violence never far away in this brooding drama. [15]
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A Patch of Fog
Pikadero
A Reykjavík Porno
Michael Lennox/UK/2015/92 min
Ben Sharrock/UK, Spain/2015/97 min
Graeme Maley/UK, Iceland/2016/81 min
Cast: Stephen Graham, Conleth Hill, Lara Pulver
Cast: Joseba Usabiaga, Barbara Goenaga, Lander Otaola, Zorion Equileor, Itziar Lazkano, Peio Arnaez
Cast: Alfa Edenstein, Albert Halldórsson
MON 20 June 20:35 Cineworld WED 22 June 20:50 Cineworld PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 concs) An enthralling and intriguing Belfast-set thriller. An elegantly structured and shrewdly tense thriller, this feature debut from Michael Lennox (who made the Oscar®-nominated and BAFTA-winning short Boogaloo And Graham) is rich on atmosphere and intrigue. Conleth Hall (best known for his role of eunuch Lord Varys in Game of Thrones) stars as literary celebrity Sandy Duffy who dabbles in supermarket shoplifting but runs into stalker/blackmailer security guard Robert (Stephen Graham) who wants friendship with Duffy. As Sandy tries to extricate himself he is simultaneously drawn into loner Robert’s life. [15]
SUN 19 June 20:55 Cineworld WED 22 June 18:00 Cineworld PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 concs) A wry Basque comedy directed by a new Scottish talent. Writer/director Ben Sharrock’s awardwinning debut film is a real deadpan delight, gently paced and brimming with astutely observed and often melancholic humour. The film follows the fumbling attempts by would-be lovers Gorka (Joseba Usabiaga) and Ane (Barbera Geonaga) as they seek to find a private place (‘pikadero’ is Spanish slang for a secluded place for ‘romance’) only to be blocked or interrupted at every attempt. A wonderfully absurdist comedy romance. [15]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 70th edition | 15-26 June 2016
THU 23 June 18:05 Cineworld FRI 24 June 20:35 Filmhouse 2 PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 concs) Nordic noir on the freezing streets of Reykjavík. Scottish director Graeme Maley (whose film Pale Star also screens at the festival) takes a dip into the dark side of Iceland – especially appropriate given that his twisted story is set over three nights in the permanent winter darkness. Ingvar becomes obsessed with a local teen who has been uploading ‘parent porn’ after hacking his mother’s webcam, but it sets him on a path of violence and danger, while two very different women (his agoraphobic landlady and his girlfriend) fight for his attentions. [15]
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