Festival Programme

Films by Strand

Nocturnal

A late-night strand devoted to films that revel in genre, irreverence, and the unexpected.

Bring Them Down

Christopher Andrews

Set amongst the rugged countryside of Western Ireland, Christopher Abbot (Poor Things) and Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) deliver standout performances in a thriller that is as shocking as the landscape is serene.

Harvest

Athina Rachel Tsangari

Greek arthouse original Athina Rachel Tsangari turns her hand to phantasmagoric folkloric unease, in an unusual vision of a village in pre-industrial Britain that is set to tear itself apart.

Lesbian Space Princess

Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese

Set in a gay-laxy far, far away this crowd pleasing and proudly queer Aussie adult animation delights with its vivid, candy-coloured palette, kinky sense of humour and catchy, upbeat musical numbers.

Lurker

Alex Russell

Writer Alex Russell, whose credits include small screen hits Beef and The Bear, graduates to the big screen with this darkly compelling thriller about a desperate wannabe who attaches himself to a singer on the rise.

Magic Farm

Amalia Ulman

A clueless US film crew stranded in rural Argentina desperately search for a story in Amalia Ulman’s savvy culture-clash comedy that offers biting satire, off-kilter cinematography and a wigged-out soundtrack.

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

La misteriosa mirada del flamenco

Diego Céspedes

A small mining town avoids the truth behind what plagues a trans community in this prize-winning debut told through the eyes of a young girl, as a myth entrenched in prejudice penetrates beyond words.

OBEX

Albert Birney

A reclusive nerd must enter a video game to fight a demon and rescue his dog in this quirky feast of horror, comedy and sci-fi with old-school gaming aesthetics thrown into a blender with Lynchian dread.

The Shrouds

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg’s sardonic self-portrait of his own struggle with grief is couched within a chilly and unsettling story of a tech-savant and his morbid invention which brings bereavement into the app age.