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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025

Films competing for £50,000 prize

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Mortician Mortician
Mortician and On The Sea
Best Boy (Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Jesse Noah Klein; Stars: Lise Roy, Aaron Abrams, Caroline Dhavernas, Dyland Smith, Marc Bendavid)
Three adult children and their mother reunite after the death of the kids abusive father and engage in a strange competition.
Blue Film (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elliot Tuttle; Stars: Kieron Moore, Reed Birney)
A queer camboy agrees to spend the night with a mysterious stranger.
Concessions (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Mas Bouzidi; Stars: Rob Riordan, Jonathan Lorenzo Price, Lana Rockwell, Michael MAdsen)
Oddball staff, wacky clientele and ageing Hollywood idols cross paths in a small town cinema on the day of its closure.
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In Transit (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jaclyn Bethany; Stars: Alex Sarrigeorgiou, Francois Arnaud, Jennifer Ehle)
When an enigmatic artist invites a young bartender to pose for her a strange, confusing elationship develops.
Low Rider (Country: UK, South Afrida; Year: 2025; Director: Campbell X; Stars: Emma McDonald, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Martin Kluge)
A young woman embarks on a road trip to find her estranged dad, aidd by a charismatic stranger.
Mortician (Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Abdolreza Kahani; Writer: Abdolreza Kahani; Stars: Nima Sadr, Gola, Pouya Razavi, Erfan Bokaei)
A mild-mannered Iranian mortician in Canada forms an unexpected bond with a dissident singer in exile.
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Novak (Country: Greece, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Harry Lagoussis; Stars: Ella Rumpf, Yannis Papadopoulos, Elena Topalidou)
An ostracised neuroscientist is drawn out of hiding by an activist group of young scientiests fascinated by his discredited theories.
Once You Shall Be One Of Those Who Lived Long Ago (Year: 2025; Director: Alexander Ryneus, Per Bifrost)
Documentary about a small town that is collapsing into the mines beneath it.
On The Sea (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Helen Walsh; Stars: Barry Ward, Lorne Macfadyen, Celyn Jones, Liz White)
Love story about a married mussel farmer who falls in love with a handsome newcomer.
Full Review See: On The Sea's Barry Ward and Lorne MacFadyen on bonding, intimacy and drawing on their roots
Two Neighbors (Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: Ondine Vinao; Stars: Chloe Cherry, Anya Chalotra, Ralph Ineson)
Modern retelling of an Aesop's fable about two wome nfrom different worlds who collide at a party and are faced by an offer from a charismatic stranger.
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