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My Name is Hmmm…
A disappointingly superficial exploration of serious themes, which will leave you unsatisfied and confused.
Night of the Comet
An exceptional post-apocalyptic parody that shows horror doesn’t have to take itself too seriously.
Finding Fela
A fascinating glimpse of this eccentric figure and his world of music, radical politics and African spiritualism.
Interview: Bush Mouzarkel
Playwright Bush Mouzarkel talks about meaninglessness and the role of theatre in dealing with real events.
Interview – Henry Maynard
Neil McEwan chats to Henry Maynard of Flabbergast Theatre about puppetry and people.
A River Changes Course
A beautiful documentary that shows the effects rapid industrialisation is having on Cambodia’s more traditional ways of life.
Musicwood
An informative and heartwarming documentary with a slightly misleading theme set in the picturesque Tongass Forest.
Planet Ocean
A thought-provoking film illustrating the effect we have on our planet’s seas.
Venus in Fur
Roman Polanski’s raunchy and enjoyable battle of the sexes revels in its own metafictional nature.
Magic Magic
A picturesque yet dull portrayal of a young American’s mental collapse in a foreign country.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival at Hidden Door
A selection of films from the 2013 programme showing at a one off screening.
Competition – Eternal Love
Your chance to win a pair of tickets to Eternal Love at Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre in March.
August: Osage County
A tragic but entertaining family drama based on Tracy Letts’ 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning play.
Van Veeteren Series 2
Snow, blood and Swedish serial killers in this adaptation of Håkan Nesser’s novels.
Interview: Anna Devin
Irish soprano Anna Devin talks about the role of Zerlina in Scottish Opera’s season opener Don Giovanni.
Interview: Love of Lesbian
Callum Madge puts some questions to guitarist and singer Julian Saldarriaga.
Mark Thomas leads LGBT protest
Comedy-as-protest, as performers, activists and Festival-goers gather round the Russian Consulate.
Solomon and Marion
Touching and powerful South African set drama of connection and confusion.