10 Most Exciting Movies Coming Out of LFF 2020
6. Herself
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Screenwriters: Clare Dunne, Malcolm Campbell
Starring: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill
“Jam-packed with powerful performances by leading women, Herself is a beautiful story of determination and strength set in a country (Ireland) that struggles to support those who need it most.” – Charlie Gardiner
Herself Review
7. Relic
Director: Natalie Erika James
Screenwriters: Natalie Erika James, Christian White
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote
“It’s a cerebral type of horror, asking you to delve into your own mind for the worst type of scary you can imagine, placing you in the position of a person fighting the fears that exist within their own brain; appropriate for a film allegorically exploring the effects of dementia.” – Joseph Wade
Relic Review
8. Limbo
Director: Ben Sharrock
Screenwriter: Ben Sharrock
Starring: Amir El-Masry, Kwabena Ansah, Ola Orebiyi, Vikash Bai, Grace Chilton, Kenneth Collard
“the film doesn’t attempt to offer any grand proclamations as to the complexities of war and humanitarian politics. The film rests its eye on an individual’s experience of Scotland, revealing the isolated purgatory of being misplaced in such a location.” – Leoni Horton
