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Out of Competition, Animation, Experimental and Documentary shorts programmes We highlighted impactful filmmaking, animations to arouse the senses, ephemeral experiences and documentaries from Scottish...

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A programme of special events and retro titles at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024. We welcomed industry legends and celebrated new collaborations with Gaspar...

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In Conversation: Thelma Schoonmaker

Special Events

In Conversation: Gaspar Noé

In Conversation: Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald

Gaspar Noé presents: Surprise Film

28 Days Later

The Outrun

Alien: Romulus

The Mountain Within Me

Lilies Not For Me

Oddity

Experimental Shorts

Sing Sing

My Favourite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man)

A New Kind of Wilderness

Fugue (Fuga)

Steppenwolf

Mongrel (白衣蒼狗)

Between the Temples

Blue Sun Palace

Sunlight

Timestalker

Lilies Not For Me

A New Kind of Wilderness

Sing Sing

The Mountain Within Me

All The Mountains Give

Fugue (Fuga)

Black Dog (狗阵 Gou Zhen)

Between the Temples

Animation Shorts

Gaspar Noé presents: Suspiria

Fugue (Fuga)

Acting

Sunlight

Between the Temples

28 Days Later

Timestalker

Competition Shorts

To Kill A Wolf

Phantom of the Paradise

Mongrel (白衣蒼狗)

Xibalba Monster (Monstruo de Xibalba)

All The Mountains Give

Xibalba Monster (Monstruo de Xibalba)

Gaspar Noé presents: Surprise Film

To Kill A Wolf

Ali Plumb’s Untitled Film Quiz Project

A Shrine

King Baby

Sunlight

*smiles and kisses you*

Sunlight

*smiles and kisses you*

Competition Shorts

All The Mountains Give

Lollipop

The Radleys

Fugue (Fuga)

Xibalba Monster (Monstruo de Xibalba)

And Mrs

My Favourite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man)

A Shrine

Acting

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Thelma Schoonmaker presents: I Know Where I’m Going!

Lilies Not For Me

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands

The Radleys

Lollipop

The Ceremony

Timestalker

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Armand

The Substance

Unmissable events

Closing Night

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