Another strong contender for best title of the festival, this is a cute, funny little Korean film about a guy struggling to get his feature film debut made – or indeed, written.


Encounters with two very different geek icons today: Ray Harryhausen in person, and Harlan Ellison on film.


Bananaz are good.


A good selection here (better overall quality than the McLaren selection).


Cheerfully lo-fi Z-movie.


Roger Deakins & Seamus McGarvey: In Conversation – I should really have been taking notes, but we’ve already established this isn’t a good idea in the dark.


Ah, they can take our rocks, but they’ll never take our freedom.


I don’t know that I have much to add to my tweet on this – Tiramisu is cute but insubstantial.


A gentle, picaresque film from Iran, from director Majid Majidi.


Just trying to make sense of my notes on the short animated films (I’m trying not to type ‘animated shorts’) from the first selection up for the McLaren Award (the award is for best British animation, and (but?) is voted for by the EIFF audience, which in this case was distinctly small). Mostly I’m getting [...]