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 taut psychological crime thriller where guilt festers, loyalties shift, and the codes that bind men begin to break. When a group of London criminals retreat to a rural hideout, it’s meant to be a brief stay. But as days...
A troubled young girl begins a new life with her tough aunt and discovers a supernatural talent that might help her win the contentious local pumpkin-growing contest. Director John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse) returns with this exuberant and thoroughly...
In Dead Lover, Grace Glowicki crafts a macabre yet tender reimagining of Frankenstein, where a gravedigger’s grief leads to madcap resurrection experiments. Shot on 16mm within minimalist black-box sets, the film blends horror, comedy, and romance, echoing influences from German...
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 wind of change moves through a remote Iranian village in the form of Sara Shahverdi—its first elected councilwoman. With unwavering determination, she challenges patriarchal norms, by fighting for womens’ right to property and to participate in decisions that affect...
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...
Two disillusioned 15-year-old girls, Doe and Muna, make a pact to leave their troubled lives in the UK to embark on a life-changing journey to the Syrian border, after being influenced by propaganda on social media. Though danger and uncertainty...
A quintessential midnight movie, Ben Wheatley’s wildly inventive, darkly funny and completely unpredictable new film draws on a wealth of references from Airfix and Thunderbirds to Philip K Dick and Zelda in a delightful melting pot of ideas, noirish conspiracy...
17-year-old Christy has been kicked out of his latest foster home and is stuck staying with his hotheaded half-brother Shane. Met with many estranged family members, the past begins to catch up with him. The neighbourhood of Knocknaheeny provides many...
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A young woman finds herself in a strange, derelict hotel as nightmarish visions from her past come to haunt her. As the lines of...
Screening as part of Sacred Bonds. Join us every morning of the Festival as we celebrate the remarkable original six James Bond films starring...
An affecting, gorgeously crafted documentary about the remaining people in Malmberget in north Sweden, a small town slowly collapsing into the mines beneath it....
