Certificate: 15+

15+

Screen Academy Scotland Shorts

EIFF is delighted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Screen Academy Scotland with a selection of new films emerging from the academy. – Paul Ridd

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109 mins

15+

NFTS Sean Connery Lab Shorts

EIFF is honoured to partner with NFTS Scotland and The Sean Connery Foundation for a second year to present the World Premiere of six short films created via the NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab. These enterprising, innovative shorts showcase the...

95 mins

15+

Animation Shorts

Imaginative, unsettling, inspiring. This collection of global animation explores human connection in distinct, memorable ways, acting as a powerful reminder of how the medium can surprise and challenge in every genre. – Jake Cunningham The screening at 13:30 at Cineworld...

120 mins

15+

The Rock

No Premiere

The Rock

Hollywood superstar Sean Connery joins Academy Award(R)-winner Nicolas Cage in this action-packed thriller. All of San Francisco is taken hostage when a vengeful general (Ed Harris) seizes control of Alcatraz Island, threatening to launch missiles loaded with deadly poison gas!...

No Premiere

Michael Bay

137 mins

15+

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

World Premiere

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

Three seemingly disconnected stories unfold across New York City. Gus Birney stars as Violet, a jaded arcade worker, Sinopia, an upper-class professor bored with her marriage, and Jade, an endlessly cool young woman who decides to help a stranger out...

World Premiere

Theodore Schaefer

2026

81 mins

15+

The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman

World Premiere

The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman

A vivid, immersive and visually striking portrait of the founder of the satirical publication Mad magazine and its far-reaching influence on some of the most prominent artists of our time. Kurtzman’s commitment to integrity and challenging the status quo with...

World Premiere

Bart Simpson

2026

92 mins

15+

First Zone

World Premiere

First Zone

Living out existence in an abandoned wind turbine high above an endless ocean, ultra tough Fenna (Minis) has become used to surviving alone in the aftermath of a climate catastrophe. But when a violent storm separates her from home, she...

World Premiere

Thom Lunshof

2026

84 mins

15+

BEL

World Premiere

BEL

A raw tribute celebrating the late Scottish-Kenyan singer and songwriter Beldina Odenyo. Revealing the fierce talent and struggles that shaped Bel’s short yet defiant life. Bel may be gone, but her story and her music survives. And for audiences discovering...

World Premiere

Louise Lockwood

2026

92 mins

15+

Mission

World Premiere

Mission

Dylan (George MacKay) has reached the end of his tether with his dead-end job and lonely, unfulfilling existence. Over the course of a week he blows his life up, pushing boundaries and seeking meaning in the wake of extreme chaos...

World Premiere

Paul Wright

2026

87 mins

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