EIFF

Certificate: 15+

15+

Case 137 (Dossier 137)

International Premiere

Case 137 (Dossier 137)

Powered by a topical resonance and quiet anger at institutional corruption, Dominik Moll’s excellent new thriller explores the murky moral maze surrounding a civilian casualty on the streets of Paris during a riot, and the excessive force that may have...

International Premiere
Dominik Moll
2025
1hr 55 mins
15+

Christy

UK Premiere

Christy

17-year-old Christy has been kicked out of his latest foster home and is stuck staying with his hotheaded half-brother Shane. Met with many estranged family members, the past begins to catch up with him. The neighbourhood of Knocknaheeny provides many...

UK Premiere
Brendan Canty
2025
1hr 35 mins
15+

Animation Shorts

UK Premiere, World Premiere

Animation Shorts

Explore the infinite possibilities of animation with this global tour of a medium being used to tell a stunning variety of inventive, expressive, entirely unique tales.This collection of shorts includes everything from a daring lunar adventure, to a family-friendly parable...

UK Premiere, World Premiere
Various
2023, 2024, 2025
1hr 30 mins
15+

Best Boy

World Premiere

Best Boy

Three adult children and their mother reunite after the death of their abusive father, engaging in a strange, cruel competition that shaped their childhood. As the games play out, hidden truths emerge, relationships crumble and violence ensues. Sharply scripted and...

World Premiere
Jesse Noah Klein
2024
1hr 35 mins
15+

Lynda Myles celebrates: After This Death

UK Premiere

Lynda Myles celebrates: After This Death

Isabel begins a passionate affair with Elliot, the eccentric frontman of an underground band. After a devastating personal loss and the mysterious disappearance of Elliot, she finds herself the unwilling focus of his obsessive fan base. Cryptic messages and eerie...

UK Premiere
Lucio Castro
2025
1hr 40 mins
15+

Low Rider

World Premiere

Low Rider

A young British woman embarks on a road trip in South Africa to find her estranged father, aided by a charismatic stranger on the way. The elusiveness of her father forms the foundation of her fragile sense of self as...

World Premiere
Campbell X
2025
1hr 35 mins
15+

In Transit

World Premiere

In Transit

An enigmatic painter (Ehle) invites a young bartender to pose for her as a strange, confusing relationship develops that will change both women forever. Beautifully written by Sarrigeorgiou (who also stars) and gorgeously shot with painterly compositions, its crisp, visual...

World Premiere
Jaclyn Bethany
2025
1hr 25 mins
15+

Novak

World Premiere

Novak

An ostracised Croatian neuroscientist is drawn out of hiding in Athens by an activist group of idealistic young scientists fascinated by his previously discredited theories about electromagnetic pollution. As egos swell and actions take momentum, the community they form starts...

World Premiere
Harry Lagoussis
2025
1hr 50 mins
15+

Islands

UK Premiere

Islands

Spending his days teaching tennis to distracted families and his nights partying with strangers, aimless former tennis champion Tom (Sam Riley) has resigned himself to a life of boredom and hedonism on the rugged island of Fuerteventura. When he meets...

UK Premiere
Jan-Ole Gerster
2025
2hr 5 mins
15+

Mortician

World Premiere

Mortician

Director Abdolreza Kahani (A SHRINE) returns to EIFF with another entirely original and gripping character study and puzzle piece. A reclusive mortician faces an unusual request from a dissident singer in hiding, their bond providing the beating heart of this...

World Premiere
Abdolreza Kahani
2025
1hr 35min mins

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