Films I might want to watch this week

Mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents' ashes, unaware the property is said to be haunted by a witch.

Two Scottish lads from Dundee conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled.

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm, on the eve of her comeback performance.

A happily-engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on a busy construction site in the centre of London. Chaos ensues as the military and police begin a mass evacuation against a ticking clock.

Amid the political turmoil of 1977 Brazil, a technology expert is forced into hiding and seeks help from the underground resistance as he tries to flee the country with his young son.

A spirit possesses a vacuum cleaner, causing many consequences.

Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents

With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

In post-war Japan's economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life's challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.

A journey over the walls that divide us, to explore the age-old debate of land and power, amid the fight for greater access to nature.

After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family in this special episode of "Kingdom."

Leopoldo is an 11 year old boy who grew up surrounded by artists. During the three months of spring, the boy discovers love in one of his of poetry classmates which she then leaves him with a broken heart.

Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

It all boils down to Snacks when a pimp, a Brazilian sex slave, and a bored young man cross paths after a wrong phone call is placed.

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.

In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.

Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.

The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.

After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy. Screening as part of SI-FAN Film Festival 2026. This screening will have a short introduction and be followed by a Q&A. Bubbling dumpling and piping hot chow-mein aside, we dive deep in the dark side of Asian cinema. From inescapable terror of ancient folklore, the faint memory of what has been lost in the past, the hidden consequences of Western capitalism; this programme uncovers the Asian narratives in identifying, rediscovery, conscious decision-making, amidst the everyday and unthinkable horrors. And yes. There is a bit of kung-fu. FILMS FEATURED: A Bear Remembers The Air We Breathe Foreign Bodies Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts Check Please Taga Mamiko's Poop Indian in a Box

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy. Screening as part of SI-FAN Film Festival 2026. This screening will have a short introduction. Incredible animation craft is met with unleashed imagination. A funeral procession through the ruins of a lost civilisation, a time travelling shaman trying to save his village from extinction, a predatory shrimp finding love from a blind fish and a sealion jumping out of a TV. SI-FANIMATION is a programme of some of the most beautiful and memorable animations with mind-bending yet touching stories that truly celebrates the fantastic genre realm that transports audiences to other worlds. FILMS FEATURED: TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill Road Arachnophobia Sorrow Doesn't Sleep at Night The Bug Princess's Funeral Dreamwalker The Gnawer of Rocks 9 Million Colors God Is Shy Chère fin Fried

Jonathan Melville, author of A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander and the upcoming The Art & Making of Highlander, will introduce the screening and join the director of SI-FAN, Chris Aitken, in conversation after the film. Highlander is a true cult favourite packed with quotable lines, stylish sword-fighting moments and memorable songs from Queen, celebrating its with a majestic . Its interweaving storyline flits around from 1980s New York to World War II, but it has its dramatic origins in the 16th century Scottish Highlands where Connor MacLeod first discovers he is not like other men... Befriended and trained by the charismatic Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez , he finds out he is part of a group of immortals who must do battle until there is only one left alive...

Screening as part of Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival May Weekender 2026. This screening will have a 5-minute introduction from the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival team. Miguel, a landscape architect, travels to Belgium with his girlfriend Marta to attend a conference. There, their relationship comes to an abrupt end and, after the breakup, he decides to stay on his own for a few more days to figure out his future. Lost and heartbroken, he meets Olga, a conference volunteer with whom he begins to rebuild himself and understand what his new life project might be.

Cinetopia:DOC in collaboration with SQIFF presents this Scottish special preview of Queer As Punk ahead of its wider UK release with T A P E Collective. The screening will have an introduction by artist Kai Khidir Hassan and the film will be followed by a 20-minute pre-recorded Q&A. Faris is a transman and the lead singer of "Shh..Diam!" , an openly queer punk band in Malaysia. Together with his bandmates Yon and Yoyo, they use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights in a country where conservative Muslim policies and society severely curtail human rights and freedom of expression. As discrimination against them intensifies, Yoyo chooses to leave the country. However in the face of the many challenges, Faris opts to stay, determined to continue using their music as a platform to advocate for freedom and equality, refusing to let the pressures of society silence their voice. Director Yihwen Chen followed the trio for several years as they toured, documenting their gigs, experiences, and wide-ranging discussions. Queer As Punk continue to use their nonconformist live performances to fight for justice, in the face of intense pressure to and threats to silence their voices. Kai Khidir Hassan is a visual artist, researcher and organiser who primarily works with expanded sculpture, drawing and self-publishing. Rooted in collaborative inquiry and community-building, Aki’s practice extends beyond the studio into organising spaces that foreground collective knowledge, mutual support, and slower modes of active engagement. Cinetopia:DOC is a monthly club bringing audiences together around exceptional documentary films alongside filmmaker Q&As or conversations, followed by continued discussion and networking in the Filmhouse Bar. Cinetopia:DOC is supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI's Film Audience Network, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI and the Scottish Documentary Institute and produced by Cinetopia, a hub of activity around filmgoing and filmmaking based in Edinburgh. SQIFF is a charity formed with the aim of showcasing diverse queer cinema and uplifting creative voices from the LGBTQIA+ community in Scotland and beyond. The organisation runs an annual film festival in Glasgow, pop-up and year-round events, and community-focused programmes across Scotland. T A P E Collective: Reppin’ could-be-cult classics, T A P E is a UK-based film company working across exhibition and distribution to platform the works of global majority filmmakers. Cross-curatorial, but firmly rooted in film, T A P E creates ties with art, music, talks and more, to bring exciting and subversive filmmaking to new and established audiences. With a focus on representation, identity and heritage, we champion the forgotten could-be cult films of the festival circuit. Please note: In order to make this screening more accessible to those on a low income, it uses a sliding scale ticket price. This means you can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Click here for more detailed information on our sliding scale system.