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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023

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Fremont and Silent Roar
Fremont (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Babak Jalali; Writer: Babak Jalali; Stars: Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington)
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
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Silent Roar (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Johnny Barrington; Writer: Johnny Barrington; Stars: Louis McCartney, Ella Lily Hyland, Mark Lockyer, Fiona Bell)
A young surfer struggles to accept his father's disappearance at sea.
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