Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle (Moore) is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger (Birney) who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the...
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...
Further cementing his place as one of the UK’s boldest and most distinctive independent filmmakers, Simon Rumley’s latest is an unflinching meditation on faith, grief, and vengeance. When their daughter disappears in suburban Bangkok, a pastor and his wife are...
A young woman finds herself in a strange, derelict hotel as nightmarish visions from her past come to haunt her. As the lines of reality become increasingly blurred, the roots of her trauma come to the fore. Uncompromising, visually striking...
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...
After a traumatic incident, a young woman sleepwalks through life as an academic on campus, but with the arrival of an old friend with exciting news, she begins to question her life and the choices she has made. This beautifully...
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In this bruising, intense and beautifully acted prison drama, a murderer unravels through flashbacks to his youth which expose the history of trauma that...
Director Abdolreza Kahani (A SHRINE) returns to EIFF with another entirely original and gripping character study and puzzle piece. A reclusive mortician faces an...
An ostracised Croatian neuroscientist is drawn out of hiding in Athens by an activist group of idealistic young scientists fascinated by his previously discredited...
