My process for picking films from this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival is as follows:
– Forget the workshops, talks, and shorts. I feel this one too may seem harsh to some, as the shorts are usually by directors whose films you will see featured in years to come. There really is no offence intended, as I do like shorts, and if I have the spare time I will check them out in the basement viewing library. But as I previously stated, it’s the films I’m interested in, and I will watch as many films as is humanly possible!
– Read every synopsis of every other film and rank them. Usually this will take about a week to do, as I like to take the time to read everything over once or twice. Then I’ll rank them into the following categories: Must See, Probably, Maybe, No. Then, I’ll score out everything with a no attached. Those films are not going to be seen by me, at least not here. I’ll then highlight the Must sees and tag the rest.
– Go! This one is the most important.
With that in mind, here is a rundown of all the films I’m hoping to catch:
Phew! Looks like a good week! More Soon!
