25km²
An alchemist draws on the power of lightning to create splendid jewels.
7 Days In Havana
Seven short films show unseen sides to Havana through the eyes of locals and visitors.
7 Peaks
Looking down from the mountains of Europe, can one gain an insight into its culture?
The 99 Unbound
An animated adaptation of Naif Al-Mutawa's comic strip 'The 99', this is an action packed adventure story, full of intrigue, conflict and diversity.
The Ambassador
What happens when a very white European man buys his way into being a diplomat in one of Central Africa's most failed nations?
Attractive Illusion
In search of a better life, a boatful of Nigerians wash up on the shores of Greece and head for Athens. There they embark on a precarious new life.
Amok
Everyone is on the take in downtown Manila.
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
TV news channel farce, with bike shed humour and sexist innuendo.
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
Documentary following the work and life of an extraordinary photographer
Au Pair
Exploration of the lives of Filipino au pairs in Denmark.
Barge Dirge
A dystopian look at a barren landscape.
Back To The Future
A time travel classic of supreme comic invention, involving Marty McFly, a mad scientist and a DeLorean motorcar.
Berberian Sound Studio
In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film where his nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche.
Bestiaire
Documentary meditation on man's relationship with animals.
Blood Of My Blood
An intense family melodrama set in the outskirts of Lisbon.
Brave
A princess gets more than she bargains for when she asks for a spell.
Breakfast At Tiffany's
A writer falls for his mysterious socialite neighbour. Re-issue.
Ben And Lump
One Christmas, two friends are forced to acknowledge that their lives are going in very different directions.
Borrowed Time
Low-budget crime drama about two misfits.
Brake
A secret service agent wakes up trapped inside a perspex coffin in the boot of a car.
Buenas noches, España
Experimental film, addresses the shared history of Spain and the Philippines through the idea of time travel.
Cake And Steak
A questioning of the American dream and archetypal American nuclear family. Part one of The Suburban Trilogy.
Camouflage
A make-up artist who specialises in helping patients conceal scars finds herself helping to hide a bigger secret.
California Solo
An ageing, faded Britpop star is forced to confront his past if he wants to avoid deportation from the US.
Carbon
A series of awkward encounters causes escalating tension.
Chapiteau Show
At a Crimean resort, various characters cross paths with one another across an intricate multi-story narrative.
Colour
A young carer's life is brightened by a friendship with an immigrant kid, but there's trouble ahead.
Curious Light
A close up look at Alice In Wonderland.

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Dad, Lenin And Freddy
Daddy is often away from home. Is it Vladimir Lenin's fault, or Freddy Krueger's?
Day Of The Flowers
Two sisters take their late father's ashes to Cuba, encountering comic complications and romance on the way.
Dinosaur Eggs In The Living Room
A recently widowed woman archives the treasures brought back from travels around the world.
Disquiet
A remote figure traverses the landscapes of the mind.
Donnie Darko
Californian teenager is told by imaginary friend in rabbit mask that the world will end in 28 days.
Death In A Nut
Jack battles to stop death from stealing his mother.
Deep Red
An experimental exploration of colour.
Demain?
The short, passionate life of Uruguyan poet Delmira Agustini is stylishly evoked in this film by Christine Laurent, longtime script collaborator of Jacques Rivette.
Dirty Dancing
A lonely girl finds romance with a dance teacher at a holiday resort, but her strict parents disapprove.
Don't Expect Too Much
Documentary on the life of Nicholas Ray’s, featuring his partner Susan Ray on the director's attempts to finish We Can’t Go Home Again.
Dragon
A qi expert detective is suspicious when a seemingly ordinary paper maker fights off notorious bandits.
Dr Seuss' The Lorax
A young man sets out to find the guardian of the forests as a swindler tries to trick people into paying for fresh air.
Easter Eggs
A mother and her children enjoy a spectacular Easter celebration in the shadow of Communism.
Either Way
Finnboeg and Alfred paint lines on a road in this gentle comedy. Re-released to coincide with David Gordon Green's remake Prince Avalanche.
El Casamiento
An elderly couple look forward to their wedding, made possible by Uruguay's changing attitude to gender recognition.
Europa
A vision of Europe's urban landscapes.
Evelyn
A young girl who heads to Spain in hope of work, finds herself trapped in a brothel.
Exit Elena
A live-in nurse moves in with a pleasant yet quietly unsettling family to help look after their ailing grandmother.
Fable Of The Fish
The mythic tale of a woman who gives birth to a fish.
The Future Is Behind You
Found footage is used in a fictional story exploring the development of gender identity. Part two of The Suburban Trilogy.
First Position
A documentary following a group of kids through tough ballet training.
Flicker
When a power cut strikes a small town in Northern Sweden, a chain reaction begins that sees sparks fly and lives change forever.
Flying Blind
A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller, a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student - but can she trust him?
Forever Loved
An examination of the stories of Filipino migrants around the world, and one man's journey to find his missing emigrant wife.
The Fourth Dimension
Triplet of short films, conforming to a fixed 'creative brief'.
Fred Won't Move Out
A family contemplate what to do as the older generation lose their ability to live independently.
Gate #5
A documentary about Beirut's Gate #5 and the people around it.
Grabbers
A small island community is terrorised by monsters from the sea.
God's Got His Head In The Clouds
A small girl challenges God over what she considers to be His dishonest behaviour.
God Bless America
The anti-Ikiru. Terminal cancer patient tries to rid the world of as many morons as possible before he goes.
God Is In The Roots
An actress recounts a strange journey through the Amazon.
Guinea Pigs
A group of test subjects are given a new drug but things don't go quite to plan.
Habitat
The familiar becomes unfamiliar.
Hail
The true story of a man who, fresh out of prison, tries to make a new start.
Heavy Eyes
An experiment in the cinematic experience of multi-layered sound.
Here, Then
An low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation, disillusionment and loss of direction that have become widespread among young people in contemporary China.
Here, There
Small intimate stories reveal three parallel worlds.
Home For The Weekend
A family reunion becomes difficult as secrets are revealed and frustrations expressed.
Hospitalité
A family welcome an unusual guest into their house, who soon assumes control and begins playing the family against each other.
The Human Factor
Correspondence intermingled with manual notes explores themes of work, productivity and integrity.

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If We Dead Awaken
A former KGB agent seeks out the ballerina he loved, but he cannot escape the past.
The Imposter
In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas, but three and a half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in Spain with a shocking story of kidnap and torture... but all is not what it seems in this tale that is truly stranger than fiction.
The Invader
A immigrant struggling to fit into Belgian society becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman.
I Own A Carousel
A meditation on hidden, unused treasure.
Isn't Anyone Alive?
Multiple unexplained deaths inspire absurd comedy.
It's The Earth Not The Moon
Documentary charting the lives of residents on the isolated Azores island of Corvo.
It Looks Pretty From A Distance
When a scrap merchant vanishes from a small Polish town, it sets in motion an unexpected chain of events.
Jackpot
A man tells a detective how he came to be in a Lotto trouble.
Jerry And Me
Autobiographical musings on history, gender, ethnicity and cultural identity as understood through the director's connection with comedian Jerry Lewis.
Killer Joe
Life-insurance crime thriller.
The King Of Pigs
This animation portrays the brutal world of school bullying as the starting point for a lifelong perpetuation of the instinct for violent revenge.
Kid-Thing
A rebellious girl whose existence is devoid of parental guidance, hears a woman calling from a mysterious hole in the ground, asking for help.
(k)now (t)here
A series of journeys breaks down into patterns of movement in this experimental short.
Kotoko
A single mother clings to life amid nightmarish mental problems and self-mutilation.
Letter Tape
Old tape recorded messages of love are resurrected to provide a glimpse back in time.
The Lifeguard
A documentary which begins as a quirky character study of lifeguards and beachgoers, but becomes something altogether darker and more shocking when events take a dramatic turn.
Life Just Is
Love, death and the meaning of life figure among the preoccupations of a group of uni graduates in London.
Landfill
Something doesn't quite fit about an apparently idyllic landscape.
Landfill 16
Old film that has been buried in the ground is resurrected for an exploration of decay.
Lawrence Of Arabia
A biopic of TE Lawrence focused on role in the Arab/Turkish conflict during the First World War.
Life Without Principle
To narrates the intertwining fates of three people desperate to get their hands on money fast, all set around a robbery haul.
Los Marziano
A bittersweet family comedy about two long-estranged brothers and the tense friction arising between them when they’re forced together for a family celebration.
Lovely Molly
Alone in the house she grew up in, Molly uses a camera to try and capture the thing she thinks is stalking her.
Low Definition Control - Malfunctions #0
Documentary considering state surveillance, even before birth and beyond the grave.

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Mediterraneans
A documentary portrait of an Algerian family settling in France, made using old Super 8 films.
The Metamorphosis
An exploration of the mythology around the story of Nosferatu.
The Mirror Never Lies
A young girl grieves for her missing father.
Mr And Mrs Gunya
Both sight and memory are called into question in this documentary short.
MNL 143
A taxi driver picks up an assortment of quirky customers.
Mondomanila, Or: How I Fixed My Hair After A Rather Long Journey
A gang of friends get in and out of trouble in Manila's vibrant and bizarre slums.
Música Campesina
A Chilean tries to find his way in Nashville.
Never Too Late
A man returns to Israel after an eight-year absence and embarks on a trip that makes him confront his memories.
New Cross
A troubling tale of forbidden love.
No Fixed Abode
A man wakes up to a homeless nightmare.
No Man's Zone
A journey through the stark post-tsunami landscape around Fukushima.
Nuclear Nation
Survivors of the 2011 Japanese tsunami discuss their experiences and reveal the nature of their lives as refugees.
One.Two.One
Through a series of episodes, set in locations ranging from a skin-treatment clinic to a fortune-teller’s salon to a prison visiting room, a narrative of love, loss and renewal unfolds, centering on a beautiful woman who has been disfigured in an accident.
One Mile Away
Documentary on gang violence, its victims and its perpetrators.
Of Skies and Earth
Life is tough for a gang of Filipino street children.
The Ollaparo
Two Galician villagers use ancient rituals to challenge the will of a monster.
Papirosen
Documentary studies the lives and memories of four generations of Solnickis.
Pilgrimage
A stroll through the Parc Lafontaine in Montreal reveals moments of wonder.
Postcards From The Zoo
Magic realist fairytale of a girl who is raised in a zoo.
Passage Upon The Plume
A series of observations of buildings and inventions, everything rising up into the sky.
A Place To Come
Descriptions and realities are at odds in this experimental short.
Postcode Lottery
Unable to access cancer treatment, Jed resorts to desperate measures.
Pusher
A London drugs dealer finds himself on the wrong side of a ruthless Mr Big. Remake of the 1996 feature.

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Rent-A-Cat
A young woman rents out cats to lonely people.
The Rest Of The World
A grieving woman finds no comfort in turning to her family, whose members all have their own dark secrets.
Riding Zorro
Who was that masked horse? This documentary tells a killer's tale.
Rose
A relationship develops between a widow and a former soldier in post-war Poland.
Revolutionary Memories Of Bahman Who Loved Leila
Photographs recall a love story played out against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.
Rujak
An experimental short film questioning our interpretation of images.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
A man finds he has to defeat his girlfriend's evil ex-boyfriends.
The Search For Emak Bakia
In 1926, Man Ray filmed a cinepoem in the southeast of France, and called it Emak Bakia, which is a Basque expression meaning 'Leave me alone' - now Filmmaker Oskar Alegria embarks upon an exploration of the film and its title.
Sexual Chronicles Of A French Family
Three generations of a French family and their sex lives.
Siblings - For Better Or Worse
Four short films allow children from around the world to describe their feelings about their siblings.
Sleepless Night
A young couple decide whether or not to have a baby.
Shadow Dancer
A woman caught up in the Troubles is forced to become a informant for MI5.
Sodankylä Forever: The Century Of Cinema
The Century of Cinema is a documentary which focusses on World War II in relation to filmmaking.
Spoof Or Die
A troubled Belfast boy befriends an English kid, with disturbing results.
The Suburban Trilogy
An anthology of three short films about suburban American life.
Surf And Turf
The story of Syrian Orthodox Jews living on the coast of New Jersey. Part three of The Suburban Trilogy.
Swirl
Snapshot of the life of a widowed octogenarian.
Sun Don't Shine
Tension between two lovers escalates as one of them seems to be losing her mind.
Tabu
Past and present consideration of a woman with a privileged colonial past.
Tahrir: Liberation Square
Documentary on the Egyptian revolution.
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
A conspiracy of a gang of cyborgs.
Three Warning Signs
An experimental look at the gathering and release of tension.
Tokyo Drifter
A man wanders the streets of Tokyo by night, singing to indifferent people.
Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born?
A deprived family's day-to-day survival in Manila.
Tricolor
Experimental interference with celluloid creates bizarre images.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
The seminal work of extreme Japanese cyberpunk, newly restored from the original negative by cult director Shinya Tsukamoto, who will be in attendance at EIFF.
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
After two guys are given a billion dollars to make a movie, their Hollywood dreams run off course and they decide to rehabilitate a run-down shopping mall in an attempt to make the money back.
Toy Story 3
When their owner grows up and leaves home, his toys have to adapt to a new way of life in a day care centre.
Unconditional
A teenager finds himself in a dangerous relationship with a charismatic older man.
The Unspeakable Act
Adolescent anxiety inspires a "love that dare not speak its name" in Dan Sallitt's frank and patient family drama.
Untitled
Time unwinds in a rapid flash of colour.

V

¡Vivan las Antipodas!
A documentary looking at four pairs of countries exactly opposite one another: Argentina and China; Spain and New Zealand; Hawaii and Botswana; and Russia and Chile.
V/H/S
A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
We Can't Go Home Again
A companion piece to Don't Expect Too Much, We Can't Go Home Again is an experimental vision of disillusioned American youth in the Seventies.
What Is This Film Called Love?
Together with Sergei Eisenstein, his imaginary companion on a walking tour of Mexico City, Mark Cousins contemplates historical change, shot composition, and his own identity.
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