James Bond Movies With Sean Connery, Renee Zellweger-Directed Short Set for Edinburgh Fest
Among the movies in the program this year are the likes of Piotr Winiewicz's About a Hero with Vicky Krieps, which was written by an AI system trained in Werner Herzog's works, Eddie Marsan and Sam Claflin-starring 'brooding, stylish thriller' All the Devils Are Here from Barnaby Roper, Jan-Ole Gerster's Islands, 'a mysterious and Highsmith-esque existential thriller,' Urška Djukic's debut feature and coming-of-age film Little Trouble Girls, and Elliot Tuttle's Blue Film, starring Kieron Moore and Reed Birney.
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Documentaries screening at Edinburgh include 'Sepideh Farsi's wrenching and timely documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk [that] chronicles disarmingly frank and intimate video calls with young Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona' and Gar O'Rourke's Sanatorium, 'a thoughtful, humane documentary offering a unique perspective on the current situation in Ukraine.'
The festival is led by CEO and fest director Paul Ridd and fest producer Emma Boa. '43 new feature films, 18 feature film world premieres, including 10 world premieres competing for The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, six special retrospective screenings, James Bond on the big screen and a celebration of the work of filmmaker Budd Boetticher, six short film programs, including The Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence competition, the presentation of new short form work by the inaugural NFTS Sean Connery Lab, and the world premiere of a new animated film by Renée Zellweger,' Edinburgh summarized its lineup.
Also, the popular Midnight Madness screenings will return to the Scottish festival, which runs Aug. 14-20.
All six Connery James Bond films will be shown on the big screen in a special strand dubbed 'Sacred Bonds,' including 4K restorations of Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, and You Only Live Twice. The other films are Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever. 'All [will be] introduced by a series of soon-to-be-announced special guests,' the fest said.
The fest previously unveiled an opening night film, Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby, and a closing film, Paul Sng's Irvine Welsh documentary Reality Is Not Enough.
Check out key parts of the Edinburgh film fest lineup below.
Opening Films Sorry, Baby | UK Premiere Director: Eva Victor. Narrative Feature. Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges. United States, Spain, France. 2025. 1hr 44min. English. Bulk | World Premiere | Midnight Madness Director: Ben Wheatley. Narrative Feature. Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Sam Riley, Noah Taylor, Mark Monero. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 31min. English.
Closing Films Reality Is Not Enough | World Premiere | Midnight Madness Director: Paul Sng. Documentary Feature. Cast: Irvine Welsh, Stephen Graham, Nick Cave, Maxine Peake, Olivia Caw, Ruth Negga. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 28min. English. The Toxic Avenger | World Premiere | Midnight Madness Director: Macon Blair. Narrative Feature. Cast: Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Julia Davis. United States. 2023. 1hr 42min. English. Screening with: TOE | World Premiere Director: Elly Howard. Narrative Short. Cast: Greta Titelman, Mikael Mattsson. United States. 2024. 13min. English
The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence Best Boy | World Premiere Director: Jesse Noah Klein. Narrative Feature. Cast: Lise Roy, Aaron Abrams, Caroline Dhavernas, Dylan Smith, Marc Bendavid. Canada. 2024. 1hr 31min. English. Blue Film | World Premiere Director: Elliot Tuttle. Narrative Feature. Cast: Kieron Moore, Reed Birney. United States. 2025. 1hr 28min. English. Concessions | World Premiere Director: Mas Bouzidi. Narrative Feature. Cast: Rob Riordan, Jonathan Lorenzo Price, Lana Rockwell, Michael Madsen. United States. 2025. 1hr 31min. English. In Transit | World Premiere Director: Jaclyn Bethany. Narrative Feature. Cast: Alex Sarrigeorgiou, Francois Arnaud, Jennifer Ehle. United States. 2025. 1hr 22min. English. Low Rider | World Premiere Director: Campbell X. Narrative Feature. Cast: Emma McDonald, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Martin Kluge. United Kingdom, South Africa. 2025. 1hr 33min. English. Mortician | World Premiere Director: Abdolreza Kahani. Narrative Feature. Cast: Nima Sadrzadeh, Gola, Canada. 2025. 1hr 35min. Persian (Farsi) with English subtitles Novak | World Premiere Director: Harry Lagoussis. Narrative Feature. Cast: Ella Rumpf, Yannis Papadopoulos, Elena Topalidou. Greece, Switzerland. 2025. 1hr 51min. English, Greek with English subtitles. On the Sea | World Premiere Director: Helen Walsh. Narrative Feature. Cast: Barry Ward, Lorne Macfadyen, Celyn Jones, Liz White. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 51min. English. Once You Shall Be One Of Those Who Lived Long Ago | World Premiere Director: Alexander Rynéus, Per Bifrost. Documentary Feature. Sweden. 2025. 1hr 44min. Swedish with English subtitles. Two Neighbors | World Premiere Director: Ondine Viñao. Narrative Feature. Cast: Chloe Cherry, Anya Chalotra, Ralph Ineson. United Kingdom, United States. 2025. 1hr 44min. English. Out of Competition About A Hero | UK Premiere Director: Piotr Winiewicz. Documentary Feature. Denmark, Germany, United States. 2024. 1hr 25min.English, German with English subtitles. All The Devils Are Here | World Premiere Director: Barnaby Roper. Narrative Feature. Cast: Eddie Marsan, Sam Claflin, Burn Gorman, Tienne Simon, Suki Waterhouse, Rory Kinnear. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 27min. English Lynda Myles Celebrates After This Death | UK Premiere Director: Lucio Castro. Narrative Feature. Cast: Mia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend. United States. 2025. 1hr 36min. English, Spanish with English subtitles. Brides | European Premiere Director: Nadia Fall. Narrative Feature. Cast: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 33min. English, Turkish with English subtitles. Case 137 | International Premiere Director: Dominik Moll. Narrative Feature. Cast: Léa Drucker, Yoann Blanc, Guslagie Malanda. France. 2025. 1hr 55min. French with English subtitles. Christy | UK Premiere Director: Brendan Canty. Narrative Feature. Cast: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis. Ireland, United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 34min. English. Crushed | World Premiere Director: Simon Rumley. Narrative Feature. Cast: Steve Oram, Margaux Dietrich, Sahajak Boonthanakit. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 41min. English. Cutting Through Rocks | UK Premiere Director: Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni. Documentary Feature. Featuring: Sara Shahverdi. Iran, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada. 2025. 1hr 34min. Persian (Farsi), Azerbaijani with English subtitles. Deaf | UK Premiere Director: Eva Libertad. Narrative Feature. Cast: Alvaro Cervantes, Miriam Garlo. Spain. 2025. 1hr 39min. Spanish with English subtitles. Screening with: Bumblebee | UK Premiere Director: Fon Cortizo. Narrative Short. Cast: Cory Mañá, Machi Salgado. Spain. 2024. 19min. Galician with English subtitle Dragonfly | UK Premiere Director: Paul Andrew Williams. Narrative Feature. Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Jason Watkins, Brenda Blethyn. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 38min. English. Fires of the Moon | World Premiere Director: Christopher Forster. Narrative Feature. Cast: Huw Ynyr, Elin Prichard, Annes Elwy, Dylan Morrison Jones. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 25min. Welsh with English subtitles. The Golden Spurtle | UK Premiere Director: Constantine Costi. Documentary Feature. Featuring: Charlie Miller, the people of Carrbridge. United Kingdom, Australia. 2025. 1hr 15min. English. Grow | World Premiere Director: John McPhail. Narrative Feature. Cast: Priya-Rose Brookwell, Golda Rosheuvel, Nick Frost, Jane Horrocks, Alan Carr, Joe Wilkinson, Sanjeev Kohli, Dominic McLaughlin. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 47min. English. Growing Down | UK Premiere Director: Bálint Dániel Sós. Narrative Feature. Cast: Szabolcs Hajdu, Ágoston Sáfrány, Anna Hay. Hungary. 2025. 1hr 25min. Hungarian with English Subtitles. Hysteria | UK Premiere Director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay. Narrative Feature. Cast: Devrim Lingnau, Mehdi Meskar. Germany. 2025. 1hr 44min. German, English, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic with English subtitles. Islands | UK Premiere Director: Jan-Ole Gerster. Narrative Feature. Cast: Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Dylan Torrell. Germany. 2025. 2hr 3min. English, Spanish with English subtitles. Little Trouble Girls | UK Premiere Director: Urška Djukic. Narrative Feature. Cast: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Saša Tabaković. Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, France. 2025. 1hr 40min. Slovenian with English Subtitles. The Memory Blocks | World Premiere Director: Andrew Kötting. Experimental Feature. Cast: Eden Kötting, Charlie Stephens. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 17min. English. Misper | World Premiere Director: Harry Sherriff. Narrative Feature. Cast: Samuel Blenkin, Emily Carey, Christine Bottomley. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 13min. English. Screening with: Terence | UK Premiere Director: Edem Kelman. Narrative Short. Cast: Terence Nzaji-Egnie. United Kingdom. 2024. 15min. English Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk | UK Premiere Director: Sepideh Farsi. Documentary Feature. Featuring: Fatma Hassona. France, Palestine, Iran. 2025. 1hr 50min. Sanatorium | UK Premiere Director: Gar O'Rourke. Documentary Feature. Ireland, Ukraine, France. 2025. 1hr 31min. Ukrainian with English subtitles. Surviving Earth | European Premiere Director: Thea Gajić. Narrative Feature. Cast: Slavko Sobin, Olive Gray, Stuart Martin. United Kingdom. 2024. 1hr 40min. English, Serbian with English subtitles. Screening with: Truckload | U.K. Premiere Director: Aella Jordan-Edge. Narrative Short. Cast: Evie Jones, Jodie Whittaker, Joe Dempsie. United Kingdom. 2025. 19min. English. Walk With Me | UK Premiere Director: Heidi Levitt. Documentary Feature. Featuring: Heidi Levitt, Charlie Hess. United States.2024. 1hr 30min. Young Mothers | International Premiere Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne. Narrative Feature. Cast: Babette Verbeek, Janaina Halloy Fokan, Samia Hilmi, Elsa Houben, Lucie Laruelle. Belgium, France. 2025. 1hr 45min. Zodiac Killer Project | UK Premiere Director: Charlie Shackleton. Documentary Feature. United Kingdom, United States. 2025. 1hr 32min. English. Midnight Madness See above for The Toxic Avenger Dead Lover | UK Premiere Director: Grace Glowicki. Narrative Feature. Cast: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Lowen Morrow. Canada. 2025. 1hr 22min. English. Screening with: Death's Peak | World Premiere Director: Willy Fair. Animation Short. Cast: Simon Pavelich. United Kingdom. 2025. 9min I Live Here Now | The Evolution of Horror and EIFF present | UK Premiere Director: Julie Pacino. Narrative Feature. Cast: Lucy Fry, Matt Rife, Madeline Brewer, Sheryl Lee. United States. 2025. 1hr 32min. English. Screening with: Drainomania | UK Premiere Director: Christopher Greenslate. Narrative Short. Cast: Gabrielle Maiden, Sally Maersk. United States. 2025. 15min. English. Odyssey | European Premiere Director: Gerard Johnson. Narrative Feature. Cast: Polly Maberly, Mikael Persbrandt, Jasmine Blackborow. United Kingdom. 2025. 1hr 50min. English. Screening with: Sleazy Tiger | World Premiere Director: James Ley. Narrative Short. Cast: Jay Newton, Jack Douglas, Alan Cumming. United Kingdom. 2024. 15min. Redux Redux | UK Premiere Directors: Matthew McManus, Kevin McManus. Narrative Feature. Cast: Michaela McManus, Stella Marcus. United States. 2025. 1hr 47min. English. Screening with: Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting | UK Premiere Director: Alex Thompson. Narrative Short. Cast: Pollyanna McIntosh, Milly Shapiro. United States. 2025. 18min. English.
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