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The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

Retrospective Screening

The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

EIFF welcomes legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker in person to introduce her late husband Michael Powell’s classic 1937 film presented in a digital restoration.  Set on an isolated Scottish island, Powell’s beautifully filmed and stirring film dramatises the shifts in...

Retrospective Screening
Michael Powell
1937
1hr 30 mins

In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell

Special Event

In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell

EIFF welcomes legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker for an in-depth and fascinating discussion of her late husband Michael Powell’s life and filmmaking.  Beginning his career directing low budget films in the 1930s prior to his acclaimed 1937 film The Edge...

Special Event
1hr 30 mins

Ali Plumb’s Untitled Film Quiz Project

Special Event

Ali Plumb’s Untitled Film Quiz Project

That’s right, the geeky movie guy with the specs off BBC Radio 1 is BACK BACK BACK with another big screen film quiz, on the road once again to ask you “Can you recognise the film from the out-of-context LEGO...

Special Event
3 hrs 0 mins

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Retrospective Screening

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

Ken Loach’s 2006 Palme D’Or winning film is a heartfelt and stirring epic exploring the rift that emerges between two brothers who find themselves fighting against one another in the conflict over Irish independence in the early 1920s. Presented from...

Retrospective Screening
Ken Loach
2006
2hr 13 mins

In Conversation: Ken Loach, Paul Laverty & Rebecca O’Brien

Special Event

In Conversation: Ken Loach, Paul Laverty & Rebecca O’Brien

We are thrilled to welcome legendary British filmmaker Ken Loach and his long time creative collaborators, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien for a conversation event. The trio will discuss the acclaimed films they have created together over the...

Special Event
1hr 30 mins
18+

Blue Film

World Premiere

Blue Film

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...

World Premiere
Elliot Tuttle
2025
1hr 30 mins
PG

Comanche Station (1960)

Retrospective Screening

Comanche Station (1960)

Screening as part of Budd Boetticher: The Ranown Cycle. EIFF presents six compact and beautiful films directed by Budd Boetticher, which present the apotheosis of the Western genre and all star classic Hollywood golden age movie icon Randolph Scott. Presented...

Retrospective Screening
Budd Boetticher
1hr 15min mins
15+

Christy

UK Premiere

Christy

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...

UK Premiere
Brendan Canty
2025
1hr 35 mins
15+

Case 137 (Dossier 137)

International Premiere

Case 137 (Dossier 137)

Powered by a topical resonance and quiet anger at institutional corruption, Dominik Moll’s excellent new thriller explores the murky moral maze surrounding a civilian casualty on the streets of Paris during a riot, and the excessive force that may have...

International Premiere
Dominik Moll
2025
1hr 55 mins
15+

Bulk

World Premiere

Bulk

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...

World Premiere
Ben Wheatley
2025
1hr 35 mins

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From Russia with Love (1963)

Screening as part of Sacred Bonds. Join us every morning of the Festival as we celebrate the remarkable original six James Bond films starring...

Terrence Young
1963
1hr 55 mins