A selection of the finest new short films from across the world, ranging from biting realism to surreal satire. Board games, Thanksgiving dinners and a dictator’s dog all play a part in this year’s short film competition, which explores the...
An assured debut from director Harry Sherriff unfurls a darkly comic missing person tale set in a once-grand, now fading seaside hotel. When staff member Elle disappears overnight, her co-workers, led by restless longterm resident Leonard, grapple with unsettling dread...
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...
Acting as a vivid and disturbing video testimony to life under the bombs in Gaza, this powerfully raw and affecting film proves testament to the resilience and bravery of Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona who was killed in an Israeli airstrike...
A broken, grieving mother finds herself trapped in a loop of unfulfilling vengeance. Traveling through the Multiverse, she has but one purpose: to kill the man who murdered her daughter in every universe. Her quest is upended, however, when she...
The clientele of a rundown Soviet-era health resort search for love, health and happiness in war-torn Ukraine where air raid sirens and plumes of smoke from nearby Russian bombing raids disturb their much sought-after peace. ‘The country isn’t the same...
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Screening as part of Sacred Bonds. Join us every morning of the Festival as we celebrate the remarkable original six James Bond films starring...
Screening as part of Budd Boetticher: The Ranown Cycle. EIFF presents six compact and beautiful films directed by Budd Boetticher, which present the apotheosis...
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...
