Hippopotamus, 2018 Directed by Edward A. Palmer Starring Ingvild Deila, Tom Lincoln, Jonathan Cobb, Stuart Mortimer SYNOPSIS: When Ruby (Ingvild Deila) wakes from a dream, she finds herself in a sterile basement, with her knees bandaged, unable to walk, and no recollection of who she is, or how she got there. When she comes face-to-face […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2018)
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts, 2018. Directed by Mouly Surya. Starring Marsha Timothy, Dea Panedra, Egy Fedley, Yoga Pratama, and Haydar Salishz. SYNOPSIS: When Marlina (Marsha Timothy) is confronted with the prospect of a horrific assault by a man named Markus (Egy Fedley) and his gang, the widower takes action into her own hands, […]
Movie Review – Sodom (2017)
Sodom, 2017. Written and Directed by Mark Wilshin. Starring Pip Brignall and Jo Weil. SYNOPSIS: British soccer hopeful Will finds himself naked and handcuffed to a streetlight in Berlin after his stag night goes awry. He is rescued by Michael, a dashing local, and the two head back to Michael’s apartment for a night of […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – The Isle (2018)
The Isle, 2018 Directed by Matthew Butler Hart Starring Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell, Tori Butler Hart, Fisayo Akinade, Alix Wilton Regan, Joe Bannister SYNOPSIS: When three survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of 1840’s Scotland wash up on a sparsely populated island, they’re taken in by the residents before they can be rescued by […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – Charismata (2018)
Charismata, 2018 Directed by Andy Collier and Toor Mian Starring Sarah Beck Mather, Jamie Satterthwaite, Adonis Anthony, Johnny Vivash, Ross Mullan, Sean Knopp SYNOPSIS: When a troubled police detective (Sarah Beck Mather) gets embroiled in the case of a potential serial killer, whose motivation appears to be driven by Satanism, she struggles to maintain her […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – West of Sunshine (2018)
West of Sunshine, 2018 Directed by Jason Raftopoulos Starring Damian Hill, Ty Perham, Arthur Angel, Kat Stewart, Faye Smythe SYNOPSIS: Jim (Damian Hill) has been given a deadline to pay back a substantial debt to a dangerous loan shark or face the consequences. His escape plan consists of backing a race horse, borrowing off friends, […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – Waiting for You (2018)
Waiting for You, 2018 Directed by Charles Garrad Starring Colin Morgan, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Bastien, Adelkrim Bahloul SYNOPSIS: When Paul’s (Colin Morgan) father utters some deathbed clues to a past his son knew nothing about, it triggers a journey of discovery that leads him to a house situated amongst the foothills of the French countryside. […]
East End Film Festival Movie Review – Sand and Blood (2018)
Sand and Blood, 2018 Directed by Matthias Krepp and Angelika Spang SYNOPSIS: Using anonymous testimonies from refugees who’ve fled to Austria, Sand and Blood tells the personal tales that have emerged from the Iraq and Syria conflicts, all supported by amateur footage and archive from the very heart of these their wartorn paradise. When it […]
