Highlights of the 2025 Edmonton International Film Festival
For the first time since 2019, I had the opportunity to attend the Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF), where I watched 23 films in nine days, mostly in the company of one or more close friends. Based on the average of my ratings, it was the best film festival I have ever attended (I have attended about fifteen festivals this century at which I watched at least seven films). As a result, my highlight list will be a top-ten list, counting down (and at least half of these films will be on my list of top fifteen films of 2025, coming in late January). Observations: Two films that would have been in my top six at EIFF were two of my three favourite films at TIFF ( Sentimental Value & The President’s Cake ), which I watched again. I have not included them here as my comments can be found in my previous post of TIFF highlights. I watched seven Canadian films at EIFF and three of them made my top ten. My favourite of those was yet another excellent film made by a Canadian In...
