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A kind but naive man loses his job, his girlfriend and his home on the same day but his warmth and honesty set him on the road to unexpected good fortune.
Ten trafficked women attempt to escape from a ruthless gang after being abducted from a holiday resort.
Honeymooners are persuaded to give a ride to a stranger who wants to be dropped off on an uninhabited planet, but they're not prepared for what they find there.
A dramatisation of events in 1990 when diplomats in the South Korean embassy found themselves trapped when war broke out in the Somali capital.
In 1979 apartheid-era South Africa, two men imprisoned in Pretoria Prison plot to escape.
Six strangers wake up trapped in a seemingly endless cornfield and discover that something mysterious is hunting them.
A mother, worried that her daughter has developed symptoms of a fatal genetic disease, takes her to the family farm, deep in the woods, so they can spend some time together - but does she have another motive?
A lonely man confronts zombies in a poorly fortified building, missing his wife - but what is going on in the world beyond this?
A student gets involved in roleplaying games and is drawn into a vampire cult.
A director is driven to madness during a regional production of Julius Caesar.
Three stories set in wildly different terrain reflect lives haunted by the spectre of colonialist violence.
A teenager goes looking for the man who killed his girlfriend.
An investigation into the quality of air breathed by passengers and crew on most aeroplanes.
An animated exploration of a true physical, psychological, and familial trauma.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
A personal, visual essay about gender transition.
In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.
A portrait of four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s ground-breaking, six-decade career in the theatre, fight for LGBTQ rights, and triumph over addiction.
An unassuming office worker at an online periodical becomes entangled in a conspiracy after witnessing a murder.
Two years after a zombie apocalypse, two women set off on a long journey in search of a safe haven.
The reunion of two estranged sisters is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Death threats see suspicion grow between four women in an NGO.
A documentary about the life and work of the artist Raphael.
Insurance agent Max is in the midst of an existential crisis. Whilst investigating the claim made by a suspected widow he chances upon the secretive Hotel Aurora, a luxury resort which specialises in suicide.
A troubled actor begins to exhibit a disruptive behaviour while shooting a remake of The Exorcist. His estranged daughter wonders if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play.
A mother fights to save her child, who may be possessed by a demon.
At a wilderness camp for troubled youth, two girls form a bond that gets tested by love, money and experiences beyond their perceived realm of existence.
A man with a flamethrower hunts down a drug gang.
Four high school seniors feel their day-to-day lives at school are getting a little dull, so they made a pact to plan and execute a series of perfect, elaborate murders and get some thrills behind them before heading off to college.
During their final weekend together, two best friends test the limits of their friendship while making a double-meta film.
A young Russian artist makes an anti-war statement by swapping food labels with pacifist messages in a Moscow supermarket, leading to her arrest and the threat of a 10-year prison sentence.
Eugene's home is quiet and peaceful as he goes to sleep, but when he feels something travelling up his body, he realises that it's not going to stay that way.
A documentary about one of Scotland’s most gifted painters, James Morrison.
An agoraphobic young man hacks the webcams of local women and comes to suspect that one of them is a serial killer.
An animated tale about a little boy who finds that the characters in the books in his deceased Aunt Eleanor's library are alive, and must battle to save them.
Two comic fans desperate to save their shop are delighted to find a rare first edition of Electric Man - but others are after it too.
A privileged young man invites his friends to his parents' lakeside mansion where the party doesn't stop, but what is the price of excess?
A troubled boy learns to believe in himself through playing chess.
Biographical tale of the director's own youth.
A documentary portrait of a big game hunter who is determined to kill a cape buffalo.
A retelling of one of the UK's most famous real life paranormal investigations.
Two women clean out their apartment and say goodbye to the life they shared.
A young man with a dodgy past takes up residence in a large house by seducing his landlady and her brother.
After an accident abroad leaves her amnesiac and dependent on a wheelchair, a woman needs help from a family she cannot remember, and gradually discovers why she left in the first place.
Discovering photography provides an abused woman with a new way of experiencing life.
A documentary about growing up in Muirhouse and the challenges faced by people living in housing schemes.
A documentary about the 25 year career of Fishbone, the unique punk/funk underground band considered by many fans to be the best in the world.
A divorced father's routine time with his daughter takes a turn she didn't expect.
A young would-be DJ is frustrated by his family's traditional values and the hypocrisy he sees around him.
Putting a festival in the frame Georgis Grigorakis on shooting a hybrid documentary about Thessaloniki Film Festival
Encouraging reel growth How Spanish/Greek co-production Yerma took root at the Evia Project
Age and urgency Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard on Welcome To Tool Shed
Little games Alicia Scherson on adapting Bolaño and making The Summer War
Without context Matt Eames on declining political discourse, life without social media, and Deepfake
Such a suff'ring Joe Fria on exploring his personal fears in Shadows Of Willow Cabin
McGregor, Branagh and Vachon bound for Edinburgh Film festival launches 79th programme of premieres and encounters
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