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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

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

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

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

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+

Animation Shorts

UK Premiere, World Premiere

Animation Shorts

Explore the infinite possibilities of animation with this global tour of a medium being used to tell a stunning variety of inventive, expressive, entirely unique tales.This collection of shorts includes everything from a daring lunar adventure, to a family-friendly parable...

UK Premiere, World Premiere

Various

2023, 2024, 2025

1hr 30 mins

15+

Bridging the Gap Shorts

World Premiere

Bridging the Gap Shorts

EIFF is delighted to partner with Scottish Documentary Institute to present the short documentary films created through the Bridging the Gap training programme. Inner forces and outside influences shape this collection of short documentaries which take us into intimate, poetic...

World Premiere

Various

2025

1hr 15 mins

15+

Brides

UK Premiere

Brides

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...

UK Premiere

Nadia Fall

2025

1hr 35 mins

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