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Content Warnings: Pregnancy and childbirth

15+

Deaf (Sorda)

UK Premiere

Deaf (Sorda)

An intimate and emotional drama about the challenges of starting a family. Miriam Garlo stars as Ángela, a deaf pottery artist, who has to find her own way through the difficulties of pregnancy and raising a daughter in a world...

UK Premiere
Eva Libertad
2025
2hr 0 mins
18+

Experimental Shorts

European Premiere, International Premiere, UK Premiere, World Premiere

Experimental Shorts

A journey from the microscopic to the planetary, these ten works collectively map an unsettled present and an unknown future. Beginning in the quiet, observational terrain of nature, light, and breath, and unfolding through questions of memory, identity, and power,...

European Premiere, International Premiere, UK Premiere, World Premiere
Various
2024, 2025
1hr 30 mins
18+

NFTS Sean Connery Lab Shorts

World Premiere

NFTS Sean Connery Lab Shorts

EIFF is delighted to partner with NFTS Scotland and The Sean Connery Foundation to present the World Premiere of six short films created via the inaugural Sean Connery Talent Lab. These rich, vibrant and diverse films showcase six new filmmakers...

World Premiere
Various
2025
1hr 25 mins
18+

Out of Competition Shorts

UK Premiere

Out of Competition Shorts

A powerhouse shorts programme showcasing some of the most extraordinary storytelling from across the globe, from Scotland and America to Sweden and Brazil. Reckonings with the past connect this year’s selection of astonishing short films, including meditative documentaries and heartbreaking...

UK Premiere
Various
2024, 2025
2hr 15 mins
15+

Young Mothers (Jeunes Mères)

International Premiere

Young Mothers (Jeunes Mères)

The intersecting and colliding lives of the women at a shelter for young mothers form the subject of this beautiful and poetic film from the Dardennes. With typical formal precision and grace, this richly moving and often troubling new film...

International Premiere
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
2025
1hr 45 mins

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Constantine Costi
2025
1hr 15 mins

Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Screening as part of Budd Boetticher: The Ranown Cycle. EIFF presents six compact and beautiful films directed by Budd Boetticher, which present the apotheosis...

Budd Boetticher
1958
1hr 20 mins

Reality Is Not Enough

Whether discussing his writing process, experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs or mixing music in his life as a DJ, acclaimed Scottish author and outsider icon...

Paul Sng
2025
1hr 30 mins