This year's Bootleg Film Festival will be held in the Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh, with ten features and 56 shorts screening over a packed three-day weekend. It will include the première of Pale Horse by festival founder Tom Wilton, plus a special screening of Rob Savage's underground hit Strings, introduced by the director himself. All films are free to attend but restricted to over-18s.

The festival runs from 22 to 24 March.

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Judge Minty
Judge Minty
A Judge prepares for retirement in Mega City One - and for a new, still more dangerous life beyond it.
The Waster
The Waster
A man who has wasted his life playing video games is approached by sinister strangers who ask why it shouldn't be taken away and given to someone more deserving.
Supply
Supply
A supply teacher is determined simply to survive his first day at a new school.
Alex
Alex
A teenager left to roam the streets by his heroin-addicted mother dicovers he has a remarkable gift.
Lock Up
Lock Up
As a man turns out he lights and closes his business premises for the night, he gets the feeling that something is watching him from the shadows.
Prey
Prey
Awakening after a dimly remembered one night stand, Tom can't shake the feeling that something terrible has happened - or is about to happen.
Notes
Notes
Flatmates who never meet communicate entirely through the written word.
The Last Page
The Last Page
As the last page of The Steadfast Tin Soldier is missing, a little girl has to dream its ending.
The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective
The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective
A documentary tracking global hitchhikers as they discuss what travel means to them.
The Last Human
The Last Human
On a barren planet, the last remaining human strives to implant dna and seed new life in the universe before it's too late.
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