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The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

Retrospective Screening

The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

EIFF welcomes legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker in person to introduce her late husband Michael Powell’s classic 1937 film presented in a digital restoration.  Set on an isolated Scottish island, Powell’s beautifully filmed and stirring film dramatises the shifts in...

Retrospective Screening
Michael Powell
1937
1hr 30 mins

In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell

Special Event

In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell

EIFF welcomes legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker for an in-depth and fascinating discussion of her late husband Michael Powell’s life and filmmaking.  Beginning his career directing low budget films in the 1930s prior to his acclaimed 1937 film The Edge...

Special Event
1hr 30 mins
18+

Blue Film

World Premiere

Blue Film

Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle (Moore) is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger (Birney) who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the...

World Premiere
Elliot Tuttle
2025
1hr 30 mins
15+

About A Hero

UK Premiere

About A Hero

An AI version of Werner Herzog narrates a crime mystery generated by AI in an absurd, deep fake universe. When small town factory worker Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Herzog travels to Germany to investigate, yet nothing is as...

UK Premiere
Piotr Winiewicz
2024
1hr 25 mins
U

Grow

World Premiere

Grow

A troubled young girl begins a new life with her tough aunt and discovers a supernatural talent that might help her win the contentious local pumpkin-growing contest. Director John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse) returns with this exuberant and thoroughly...

World Premiere
John McPhail
2025
1hr 50 mins
PG

Goldfinger (1964)

Retrospective Screening

Goldfinger (1964)

Screening as part of Sacred Bonds. Join us every morning of the Festival as we celebrate the remarkable original six James Bond films starring Sean Connery in his most famous role as the suave secret agent. Featuring daring stunts, elaborate...

Retrospective Screening
Guy Hamilton
1964
1hr 50 mins
18+

Go (1999)

Retrospective Screening

Go (1999)

Selected by our special guest, Nia Da Costa, as a film that has influenced her filmmaking career, Doug Liman’s black comedy thriller about a drug deal gone wrong is a kinetic ride stacked with 90s pop culture references. Luminous performances...

Retrospective Screening
Doug Liman
1999
1hr 45 mins
15+

Fires Of The Moon (Tanau’r Lloer)

World Premiere

Fires Of The Moon (Tanau’r Lloer)

As a writer takes a train journey home at night, he is forced to confront the memory of events which led to his mother’s institutionalisation decades before. This gorgeous black-and-white Welsh language film with music by renowned composer Gareth Glyn...

World Premiere
Christopher Forster
2025
1hr 25 mins
PG

From Russia with Love (1963)

Retrospective Screening

From Russia with Love (1963)

Screening as part of Sacred Bonds. Join us every morning of the Festival as we celebrate the remarkable original six James Bond films starring Sean Connery in his most famous role as the suave secret agent. Featuring daring stunts, elaborate...

Retrospective Screening
Terrence Young
1963
1hr 55 mins
15+

Dead Lover

UK Premiere

Dead Lover

In Dead Lover, Grace Glowicki crafts a macabre yet tender reimagining of Frankenstein, where a gravedigger’s grief leads to madcap resurrection experiments. Shot on 16mm within minimalist black-box sets, the film blends horror, comedy, and romance, echoing influences from German...

UK Premiere
Grace Glowicki
2025
1hr 35 mins

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Out of Competition Shorts

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2hr 15 mins