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Shutterbug

World Premiere

Shutterbug

Am ambitious young music photographer experiences a long dark night of the soul as he is confronted with the sordid reality and dark power games played by the musician he looks up to in this clear-eyed rumination on fame, power...
World Premiere
Fin Bain
2026
14 mins
15+

PANG

World Premiere

PANG

Two friends since childhood wrestle with the ambiguities and complexities of their relationship when a lazy afternoon by the pool evolves into something unexpected in this elegant and unpredictable story of queer longing and adolescent uncertainty. - Paul Ridd...
World Premiere
Lara Delmage
2026
12 mins
12A

The Angel In The House

World Premiere

The Angel In The House

A woman trapped in a loveless marriage and domestic drudgery takes steps to break away in this sharply composed and haunting character study full of ambiguity, unspoken feelings and quiet rage. - Paul Ridd...
World Premiere
Missy McNaught
2026
12 mins
18+

Abandoned

World Premiere

Abandoned

In an effort to recover their failing channel and friendship, two urban explorers delve deep into the forests of northern England following a tip-off from a new subscriber. After crashing their drone on top of an abandoned facility, they are...
World Premiere
Joby Stephens
2026
81 mins
15+

Sea of Glass

World Premiere

Sea of Glass

After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman struggling with her own fractured relationship with her violent...
World Premiere
Alexis Alexiou
2026
130 mins
18+

Trainspotting

No Premiere

Trainspotting

Choose life. Choose to celebrate the most iconic Scottish film of all time back on the big screen and lovingly restored for its 30th anniversary. The film has quite simply never looked or sounded better....
No Premiere
Danny Boyle
1996
94 mins
15+

BRUVVAS

World Premiere

BRUVVAS

SHE’s in a hole. Being with HE again is the only thing that can pull her out. As she re-enters the playground of their last morning together, she must accept that some endings can’t be changed, baked beans or not....
World Premiere
Katie McGuinness
2026
15 mins
15+

The State of Us

World Premiere

The State of Us

Boisterous tearaway Frankie, struggling to come to terms with the inevitability of losing best friend Taylor, impulsively breaks him out of hospice care for one final night of fun and debauchery. But what promises to be a night of hedonism...
World Premiere
Ollie Gardner, Jake Harvey
2026
90 mins
18+

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon

UK Premiere

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon

Blurring the boundary between documentary and artistic experiment, this hypnotic film immerses audiences in the world of influential Scottish artist Douglas Gordon. Combining archival footage, disorientating imagery and candid exchanges filled with humour and honesty, the film explores artistic identity...
UK Premiere
Finlay Pretsell
2026
88 mins
15+

Little Miss Sunshine

UK Premiere

Little Miss Sunshine

In Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s glorious debut feature, a dysfunctional family embark on a ragtag road trip so that 10 year old Olive can compete in a beauty pageant. A breakout smash at Sundance Film Festival in 2006, this...
UK Premiere
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
2006
101 mins

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