The UK Premiere of Daniel Goldhaber’s wildly entertaining Faces of Death will be the Closing Night film of this year’s Midnight Madness strand at Edinburgh International Film Festival.
In this eagerly awaited reboot by the provocative filmmaker behind recent cult hits Cam and How to Blow Up A Pipeline, a website content moderator becomes obsessed with a series of disturbing videos that seem to recreate scenes from the iconic Faces of Death film series.
With a terrific cast including Euphoria’s Barbia Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery and Charli xcx, this slick, stylish and wildly entertaining thrill ride will have you on the edge of your seat right through to its shocking conclusion.
Faces of Death will have its UK Premiere at EIFF 2026 on 18 August.
Midnight Madness strand runs throughout EIFF and presents the very best in new genre cinema from around the world. The World Premiere of Chee Keong Cheung’s riotous action thriller Bad Day at the Office will open the strand on 13 August.
EIFF CEO and Festival Director, Paul Ridd said: “Midnight Madness is all about bold voices, movies that take risks and filmmakers who embrace provocation. It is perfect that we close off this year’s selection with such a stylish and ingenious movie from director Daniel Goldhaber and co-screenwriter Isa Mazzei. These two have quietly been making some of the most exciting, edgiest movies of the past decade, and with Faces of Death they have crafted a reboot that is fresh, modern and full of ideas. It is also a total blast to watch with an audience. We are thrilled.”
The full EIFF programme will be announced on 1 July. Tickets on sale 2 July.
Edinburgh International Film Festival, the home of independent cinema in the UK, returns this year for its 79th edition, running from 13 – 19 August 2026.
