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EIFF presents a wide selection of World, International and UK Premieres of feature films from all over the world, representing a diverse genres, forms and perspectives.

PG

End of Times

European Premiere

End of Times

The members of a film workshop at a psychosocial rehabilitation center for people with schizophrenia come together to create a movie about the end of the world....
European Premiere
Ismael Morales, Mao Osorio
2026
19 mins
12A

Amaretti

World Premiere

Amaretti

When septuagenarian Lenny's reality is devastated by the discovery of a prolonged, pernicious crime committed against her by her own son, an unexpected connection helps her to begin a journey towards re-forging her fractured identity....
World Premiere
Stacy Martin
2026
14 mins
15+

Homing

UK Premiere

Homing

A man is in the garden. Does he need help or is he a threat?...
UK Premiere
Hansel Rodrigues, Lizzie Atherton
2026
17 mins
PG

Pigeon

UK Premiere

Pigeon

When a pigeon breaks into Frances’ flat and refuses to leave, she starts to believe that this bird is actually her dead sister, Billy, reincarnated....
UK Premiere
Chloe Culpin
2025
12 mins
12A

DINGO

UK Premiere

DINGO

An 81-year-old undiscovered street photographer prodigy, named Dingo, and his daughter confront how photography affects their memories and grief....
UK Premiere
James Marcus Haney
2026
18 mins
15+

Lesbian Ditch Day

World Premiere

Lesbian Ditch Day

Lesbian Ditch Day starts as a rom-com-y, coming-of-age tale of two high school lesbians playing hooky, but through a fourth wall break, the film reveals itself to be just another queerbaiting tragedy....
World Premiere
Olivia Cade
2025
14 mins
U

The Best Summer

UK Premiere

The Best Summer

Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music....
UK Premiere
Tamra Davis
2025
84 mins
12A

Sheep in the Box

UK Premiere

Sheep in the Box

In an attempt to come to terms with their grief, a couple welcome a humanoid robot version of their deceased son into their home. Under

...
UK Premiere
Hirokazu Kore-eda
2026
126 mins
PG

These Violent Delights

World Premiere

These Violent Delights

Juliet's dance on the edge of eternity....
World Premiere
Christopher Hampson, Oscar Sansom
2025
70 mins
12A

The Peril At Pincer Point

UK Premiere

The Peril At Pincer Point

A sound recordist is sent to a strange island in this spectacularly eccentric British comedy-horror....
UK Premiere
Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine
2026
83 mins
15+

Sea of Glass

World Premiere

Sea of Glass

A woman in her mid-60s and a girl in her early 20s, both stuck in a run-down off-season seaside resort, come together to fight the past, family stereotypes and the closed provincial community, in a blend of social thriller, road...
World Premiere
Alexis Alexiou
2026
130 mins
15+

Queen at Sea

UK Premiere

Queen at Sea

When Amanda (Binoche) walks in on her elderly parents in the throes of what appears to be a consensual sexual encounter her instinct is to

...
UK Premiere
Lance Hammer
2026
121 mins
15+

Northbound

World Premiere

Northbound

Arthur is about to be thrown out of a nursing home. Again. When the octogenarian rogue ropes his grandson into driving him from Arizona to a cabin in Northern Ontario, mayhem ensues. Asses get kicked. Bullets fly. And things go...
World Premiere
William Scoular
2026
92 mins
15+

My NDA

International Premiere

My NDA

Bound by non-disclosure agreements that forbid them from even acknowledging they signed one, three individuals risk everything by breaking silence to expose how NDAs have been weaponized to conceal rape, racial discrimination, corporate crimes, and other unlawful activity — reclaiming...
International Premiere
Miriam Shor, Juliane Dressner
2026
102 mins
18+

Mi Amor

UK Premiere

Mi Amor

Romy, a young electro DJ, travels to the Canary Islands with a friend. The next morning, she wakes up alone in her hotel room....
UK Premiere
Guillaume Nicloux
2026
113 mins
15+

The Education of Jane Cumming

UK Premiere

The Education of Jane Cumming

Edinburgh, 1810: Two teachers find themselves at the centre of a scandal when one of their students accuses them of having a love affair. A drama about prejudice, survival and the courage to stand up for the truth....
UK Premiere
Sophie Heldman
2026
114 mins
The Incomer
15+

The Incomer

International Premiere

The Incomer

Set on a remote Scottish island, two siblings survive by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories of their ancestors, and defending the isle from dreaded ‘Incomers’. Their world is upended with the arrival of an awkward council worker who has come...
International Premiere
Louis Paxton
2025
102 mins
15+

The Last Resort

UK Premiere

The Last Resort

A couple accidentally hit a man with their car. When he later shows up and asks for help, they decide to assist him. But their well-intentioned values are soon put to the test....
UK Premiere
Maria Sødahl
2026
98 mins
18+

I Want Your Sex

UK Premiere

I Want Your Sex

Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse....
UK Premiere
Gregg Araki
2025
90 mins
18+

Her Private Hell

UK Premiere

Her Private Hell

As a strange mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis and unleashes an elusive deadly presence, a troubled young woman sets out in search of her father. In this quest, her fate crosses with that of an American GI engaged in a...
UK Premiere
Nicolas Winding Refn
2026
109 mins
15+

Goodbye Cruel World

UK Premiere

Goodbye Cruel World

Otto, a 14-year-old boy, disappears after sending a farewell letter to each of his classmates. While everyone believes he is dead, Léna, a girl from his high school, recognizes him one night wandering the city streets....
UK Premiere
Félix de Givry
2026
93 mins
12A

Extra Geography

UK Premiere

Extra Geography

Set in an English girls’ boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood - friendship, boys, studies, and growing up - and embark on their summer project, falling in love....
UK Premiere
Molly Manners
2026
94 mins
15+

Empty Heaven

World Premiere

Empty Heaven

A lonely Iranian immigrant becomes involved in a secret scheme by stranded Iranian regime agents in Canada....
World Premiere
Abdolreza Kahani
2026
87 mins
18+

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon

UK Premiere

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon

Artist portrait exploring control, performance and the blurred line between filmmaker and subject....
UK Premiere
Finlay Pretsell
2026
88 mins
15+

Borges and Me

World Premiere

Borges and Me

When a young, aspiring poet is roped into driving the brilliant Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges, through the Scottish Highlands, the trip becomes the journey of a lifetime....
World Premiere
Marc Turtletaub
2026
109 mins
18+

Bodyhackers

World Premiere

Bodyhackers

When ideals of perfection shift, the surgically transformed body becomes the ultimate object of desire....
World Premiere
Carlos Conceição
2026
83 mins
15+

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

World Premiere

The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight

A satirical triptych that follows three young women, who all look identical. One girl stages a heist, another discovers her secret lover is also sleeping with her boyfriend, while the third sets out to save a woman from suicide....
World Premiere
Theodore Schaefer
2026
81 mins
15+

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

UK Premiere

Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern

A close look at Bruce Dern-tireless, uncompromising Hollywood legend-whose perseverance has defined both his tumultuous life and lasting career. A constant runner on and off

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UK Premiere
Mike Mendez
102 mins

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