Mission

Valid crashout when your boss asks you why you like your dead end job. Visually great. Personally liked it less and less as it went on, but see its appeal.

Ryan

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026 #26 The mixed-format delve into a character's psyche to examine grief, or at least a significant loss, is nothing new at this point. In this aspect, the film didn't really feel like anything new, but that's not to say that I can't…

DanCar

EIFF Film #8 Mission exists in this space of frustration with the modern world. It is a specific story of this individual man that we follow. However, the film feels nonspecific enough so as to be as relatable as possible to those navigating the complications of living in…

Jack (foundinframes)

I cried while holding the boom on set filming this and I cried again watching it. George Mackay is a master of his craft. This review is heavily biased because I got to play with a monkey while filming it.

Ashley Manning

Q+A with the legendary Paul Wright (who has been one of the most supportive and lovely people in my filmmaking career) and George MacKay after this screening. Phenomenal film, didn’t know what was happening from start to finish - the best out of the festival for sure!

Matthew Wilkie

pretty good! it's a bit aftersun in a sense, which makes me reconsider why I marked that film down when it was better than this ahaha not set in the real world, but definitely in conversation w our modern times. Also it has a weird sense of place, as it could be anywhere…

Carlin 🇵🇸

A beautiful film about isolation and alienation while struggling to know who you are, what you are, where you belong in the world and who is really there for you. The third act lacked that punch it felt like it was gearing up to, but the nostalgic flashback scenes reminding…

Ethan Neville

I get it, the modern world and modern employment is a depressing and soul-crushing ordeal, I really see where you’re coming from, but dear god this thing is overwrought to the point of parody.

Andrew Ross

EIFF #5 George MacKay gives another refreshing performance truly exploring physicality in this character. The editing is nauseating and repetative to the point where I had to turn away from the screen. I understand that this protagonists feels as though they are owed…

Sarah