New
The Great Arch N/C 18
SCREENING FROM FRI 3 JUL / Stéphane Demoustier / France, Denmark / 2025 / 1h 44m / French, Danish, English and Italian with English subtitles
Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula) leads a superb ensemble cast in Stéphane Demoustier's immersive drama which tells the true story of Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen who surprised the world when he won a competition to design the Great Arch of La Défense.
The Christophers 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 3 JUL / Steven Soderbergh / UK, USA / 2026 / 1h 40m
A once-legendary painter, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a self-imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as an assistant and gain access to a fabled series of Julian's unfinished canvases in a bid to secure an inheritance for themselves.
Contains very strong language
Spotlight Taiwan
Spotlight Taiwan brings a special programme featuring three acclaimed documentaries offering distinctive perspectives on environment, history, artistic heritage, and social memory.
The result of years of dedicated filmmaking, these award-winning works explore ecological change, artistic production under colonial rule, and the lives of Lo-sheng Sanatorium residents
Seven Ages of A Man Sat 11 Jul at 5.30pm
Island of the Winds Sat 11 Jul at 8.15pm
Daughter of Nectar Sun 12 Jul at 5pm
A Private Life 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 3 JUL / Rebecca
Zlotowski / France / 2026 / 1h 43m / French and English with English subtitles
French director Rebecca Zlotowski's highly anticipated follow-up to Other People's Children stars film legend Jodie Foster as a renowned psychiatrist who, following the death of one of her patients, decides to investigate...
Contains strong language, sex, nudity, violence
Angel's Egg (4K Restoration)
12A
SCREENING FRI 3 TO SUN 5 JUL / Mamoru Oshii Japan / 1985 / 1h 12m / Japanese with English subtitles
In an underwater city, a young girl devoutly guards an egg of unknown origin, and encounters a boy carrying a cross who begins to question the nature of his faith and his mysterious mission. Forty years after the film's release, Mamoru Oshii's legendary apocalyptic fantasy returns to our screens in a new 4K restoration.
Contains suicide and upsetting scenes
Birds of War CERT TBC
SCREENING FROM FRI 3 JUL / Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak / UK, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon / 2026 / 1h 25m / Arabic and English with English subtitles
This heartfelt documentary follows Londonbased Lebanese journalist Janay and Syrian activist Habak over 13 years, using personal archives to tell a love story shaped by war, revolution, and exile.
The screening on Tue 7 Jul will be followed by a Q&A with directors Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond N/C 18
SCREENING ON FRI 10 JUL / Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani / Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg / 2025 / 1h 27m / French, English, German, Italian and Spanish with English subtitles
A stylish ex-spy, spending his days in a swanky hotel on the Côte d'Azur, is forced to face up to the demons of a lurid past where moviemaking, memories and madness collide when the secretive woman in the room next door disappears...
Blue Heron 12A
SCREENING FROM FRI 10 JUL / Sophy Romvari / Canada, Hungary / 2025 / 1h 31m / English and Hungarian with English subtitles
Set on Vancouver Island, Blue Heron follows eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family as they attempt to build a new life, only to be destabilised by the increasingly dangerous behaviour of her older brother, Jeremy.
Contains upsetting scenes, moderate injury detail, infrequent strong language
Rosebush Pruning 18
SCREENING FROM FRI 10 JUL / Karim Aïnouz / Germany, Italy, UK, Spain / 2026 / 1h 35m
Underneath the Catalonian sun, a rich white American family lives in hedonistic isolation, seeking love and validation through one another. When an outsider infiltrates, buried tensions surface and blood ties are severed. From award-winning director Karim Aïnouz, Rosebush Pruning is absurd and funny in equal measure.
Contains sexual violence, strong sex, nudity
Effi o Blaenau 15
SCREENING FRI 10 TO MON 13 JUL / Marc Evans / UK / 2026 / 1h 31m / Welsh with English subtitles
Effi, a young woman trapped in a vicious cycle of unemployment, is desperate to escape the north Wales town of Blaenau Ffestiniog for something better. A chance encounter in a nightclub gives her a glimpse of a life she never imagined, but the reality that follows is far tougher. Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation of Gary Owen's hit play, Iphigenia in Splott
Contains very strong language, strong sex
The Last Viking 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 10 JUL / Anders Thomas Jensen / Denmark, Sweden / 2025 / 1h 56m Danish and Swedish with English subtitles
Following his release from prison, bank robber Anker is determined to recover the stolen money his brother Manfred buried years earlier. There's just one problem: Manfred, caught in an identity crisis and convinced he is John Lennon, can no longer remember where it is hidden. Academy Award-winner Anders Thomas Jensen reunites for the sixth time with Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in this black comedy.
Contains strong violence, bloody images, domestic abuse, threat, language
Harry Dean Stanton
We continue our celebration of the centenary of the great Harry Dean Stanton, starting off with his most well-known role in Wim Wender's tragic road movie Paris, Texas (screening on the actor's birthday!), Alex Cox's black comedy sci-fi Repo Man, John Carpenter's cynical action classic Escape from New York, and the actor's swan song in John Carroll Lynch’s 2017 drama Lucky.
Paris, Texas Tue 14 Jul
Repo Man Thu 16 + Sat 18 Jul
Lucky Sun 19 + Tue 21 Jul
Escape from New York Thu 23, Fri 24 + Tue 28 Jul
Book tickets for two or more of our Harry Dean Stanton Centenary films to receive a discount!
Taxi Driver (4K Restoration) 18
SCREENING FROM FRI 17 JUL / Martin Scorsese USA / 1976 / 1h 54m
Isolated ex-marine Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) applies for a job as a taxi driver, hoping that the nocturnal working pattern will alleviate the effects of his insomnia and distract him from his gnawing depression. But ferrying passengers through the seedy underbelly of night-time New York City only compounds Bickle's psychological dislocation from the world around him.
50 years old and endlessly imitated, Martin Scorsese's classic is back on our screens in a 4K restoration.
Contains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme
The Odyssey CERT TBC
SCREENING FROM FRI 17 JUL / Christopher Nolan / UK, USA / 2026 / 2h 52m
Following the Trojan war, Odysseus, the heroic Greek king of Ithaca, embarks the long journey to arrive home and reunite with his wife Penelope. While Odysseus is waylaid by mythical beings, Penelope finds herself fending off suitors that have presumed Odysseus dead. Meanwhile, their son Telemachus is determined to find his father...
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The epic event of the summer, we're excited to be the only venue in Edinburgh screening The Odyssey from a 70mm print, alongside select digital shows!
Christopher Nolan
We accompany our run of Christopher Nolan's latest The Odyssey with three of the timebending and mind-blowing epics that led the director to this point.
From grimy amnesiac noir through a dreamscape heist to the cosmic horror of space and time, immerse yourself in the far-reaching and all-encompassing world of Christopher Nolan, best enjoyed on the big screen.
Interstellar Fri 10 + Sat 11 Jul
Inception Sun 12 + Thu 16 Jul
Memento Mon 13 + Wed 15 Jul
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Lesbian Space Princess 15
SCREENING FRI 17 TO MON 20 JUL / Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese / Australia / 2025 / 1h 27m
In this award-winning animated adventure about self-love and queer identity, a space princess is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a quest to save her ex-girlfriend from Straight White Maliens.
Contains strong language, sex, sex references, bloody images
On The Sea 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 24 JUL / Helen Walsh / UK 2025 / 1h 51m
Set in a rugged North Welsh fishing community, Helen Walsh’s second feature follows Jack, a married mussel farmer whose domestic life is unsettled by the arrival of a younger deckhand.
Contains strong language, sex
The screening on Wed 29 Jul will be followed by a Q&A with writer-director Helen Walsh and actor Lorne MacFadyen.
Nostalgia 12A
SCREENING FROM FRI 24 JUL / Andrei Tarkovsky Italy, Soviet Union / 1983 / 2h 6m / Russian and Italian with English subtitles
The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov travels through Italy as he researches the life of an 18th Century Russian composer. There he meets a local pariah who declares that the world is coming to an end.
Contains a scene of self-immolation, brief nudity
The Sacrifice 12A
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 JUL / Andrei Tarkovsky Sweden / 1986 / 2h 29m / Swedish, English, Icelandic and French with English subtitles
Alexander, a retired actor, is celebrating his birthday with family and friends when a TV announcement warns of an impending World War III and imminent nuclear catastrophe. Faced with an existential crisis, Alexander vows to renounce all he holds dear to prevent the disaster.
Contains brief sexualised nudity
One of cinema’s greatest visionaries, we celebrate filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, beginning with his later works and followed by his earlier Russian films in September. Book tickets for two or more of our Andrei Tarkovsky films in the same transaction to receive a discount!
Ish 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 JUL (PREVIEW 24 JUL)
Imran Perretta / UK / 2025 / 1h 30m
Set in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search
Contains strong language
There will be a preview screening on Fri 24 Jul, which will be followed by a Q&A with director Imran Perretta and producer Dhiraj Mahey.
Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie 15
SCREENING FRI 31 JUL TO MON 3 AUG / Matt Johnson / Canada / 2025 / 1h 40m
Musicians Matt and Jay, better (or not) known as Nirvanna the Band, have been a duo together for 17 years. In hopes of getting a gig, Matt plans their biggest stunt yet - this goes wrong, and the duo end up accidentally travelling back to the year of their formation in 2008.
Contains strong language, brief violence
We Got A Cinema
...and we're not afraid to us it! Across July, we bring you more film selected by our Members as well as choices from our team.
Southland Tales 15
SCREENING ON SAT 4 JUL / Richard Kelly Germany, USA, France / 2006 / 2h 38m
From Donnie Darko writer/director Richard Kelly, Southland Tales (Cannes Cut) takes us to Los Angeles where the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster, and charts an epic story over three days running up to the 4th of July celebrations.
Contains strong language, violence, sex references, drug misuse
Drunken Master
12A
SCREENING ON SUN 5 + THU 9 JUL / Woo-Ping Yuen / Hong Kong / 1978 / 1h 51m
Young tearaway Wong Fei-hong (a young Jackie Chan) is sent away for a few timely lessons in discipline from his uncle who, after Wong falls afoul of some local villains, begins to teach him the techniques of 'drunken style' kung fu.
Contains moderate martial arts violence
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Singin' in the Rain U
SCREENING TUE 7 JUL / Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly / USA / 1952 / 1h 42m
Very likely the greatest musical MGM or anyone else ever produced, Singin' in the Rain has everything - great songs, great dance numbers, a witty and nostalgic story, and a superb cast!
Contains very mild comic violence.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 12A
SCREENING ON THU 9 JUL ONLY / Ang Lee Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, China / 2000 / 2h Mandarin with English subtitles
Two martial-arts masters, Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) and Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) are pushed to their limits as the legendary, mythical sword the Green Destiny is stolen by a mysterious young warrior.
Contains moderate violence and sex.
Address Unknown PG
SCREENING ON WED 29 JUL & SUN 2 AUG William Cameron Menzies / USA / 1944 / 1h 15m English and German with English subtitles
We commemorate William Cameron Menzies' 130th birthday with the rarely played 1944, Address Unknown. Unfolding over a series of letters, this haunting anti-fascist noir follows two friends who are driven apart due to the rampant rise of Nazism.
Contains anti-Semitism theme
Iran Weekend 2026
An initiative of Women Life Freedom Edinburgh supported by the University of Edinburgh. The Iran Weekend Festival presents a powerful selection of films that explore conflict, sacrifice, trauma, gender, and everyday life through the work of Iranian filmmakers.
Roya + Q&A Fri 17 Jul
Bomb, A Love Story Sat 18 Jul
Without Permission + Q&A Sat 18 Jul
Bashu, the Little Stranger Sun 19 Jul
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit Sun 19 Jul
Special events
Don't Look Now + discussion 15
SCREENING ON FRI 3 JUL / Nicolas Roeg / Italy, UK 1973 / 1h 50m / English and Italian with English subtitles
An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's supernatural thriller in which a married couple (an electric Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland) use a working assignment in wintry Venice as an attempt to overcome a recent tragedy in which they lost their young daughter.
Contains strong sex, violence and injury detail.
This special screening of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now will be introduced by filmmaker Justin John Doherty, author of the 'literary love letter' to the film Don’t Look Now And Then, and will be followed by the author in conversation with Ian Rankin.
Gattaca + discussion 15
SCREENING ON SAT 4 JUL / Andrew Niccol / USA 1997 / 1h 46m
This science-fiction thriller is set at a time when we are divided into two categories: Valids and InValids, determined by genetic makeup, which can be chosen at conception. Vincent Freeman is an In-Valid, born with a weak heart and other genetic defects. To fulfil his dream of space travel, he assumes a Valid identity to join the futuristic Gattaca Corporation...
Part of the Science and Film series created to mark 300 years of medical education in Edinburgh. This screening will be followed by inclusive discussion with healthcare professionals and scientists from the University of Edinburgh, inspired by the film’s themes around genetics and society.
Rare Marilyn
In this, the centenary of her birth, a short season of films celebrating the life and work of Marilyn Monroe, with a focus beyond those more regularly seen in cinemas or on TV.
Select screenings will feature an introduction from Dr Pasquale Iannone, Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He also produces and hosts Edinburgh Film Podcast.
The Misfits Fri 24 - Mon 27 Jul
Don't Bother to Knock Tue 28 + Thu 30 Jul
Clash By Night Fri 31 July + Sat 1 Aug
River of No Return Mon 3 + Tue 4 Aug
Niagara Wed 5 + Thu 6 Aug
Book tickets for two or more of our Rare Marilyn films in the same transaction to receive a discount!
Rear Window PG
SCREENING ON SUN 5 JUL / Alfred Hitchcock USA / 1954 / 1h 54m
James Stewart plays photographer LB 'Jeff' Jefferies, confined to his apartment after breaking his leg, and increasingly focused on watching his neighbours, often at the expense of his beautiful girlfriend Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly). However, his pastime becomes serious when he witnesses an apparent murder.
Contains mild violence
Vertigo PG
SCREENING ON SUN 12 JUL ONLY / Alfred Hitchcock / USA / 1958 / 2h 8m
One of Hitchcock's most visually striking films, Vertigo is a hypnotic tale of a retired police detective (James Stewart) who becomes obsessed with the woman he has been hired to follow (Kim Novak).
Contains mild threat and references to suicide.
Both of the above screenings will have an introduction and be followed by a Q&A with Caroline Young, author of Fashioning Hitchcock.
Fear of Missing Out
We don’t want to miss out on some of the excellent horror films that have recently been released, and don’t want you to either, so every month we’ll be bringing in the best of them so you don’t have to!
Obsession 18
SCREENING FROM FRI 24 JUL / Curry Barker USA, UK / 2025 / 1h 49m
After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Contains sexual violence, suicide and self harm, strong violence and gore
Backrooms 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 JUL / Kane Parsons USA, Canada / 2025 / 1h 50m
Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is the manager of a failing furniture shop, Mary (Renate Reinsve) is his therapist, but she has a lot of baggage of her own to process. They'll both have to confront the darkest recesses of their minds after Clark finds a mysterious doorway in the basement of his store...
Contains strong language, violence, injury detail, horror
David Byrne
With a run of gigs at the Edinburgh Playhouse swiftly followed by a one-night-only 4K reissue of his Spike Lee-directed American Utopia concert, there's no better time to celebrate the musician/artist/filmmaker and his contributions to the world of film.
Stop Making Sense Fri 17 + Sat 18 Jul
True Stories Fri 17 + Sat 18 Jul
David Byrne's American Utopia Wed 5 Aug
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Lavender Lens
Lavender Lens is our queer film strand, created in collaboration with the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Programmed with Pride. Every screening is introduced by a member of the Queer Community Programming Group - visit the Lavender Lens page on our website for information on how to join.
We're All Going To The World's Fair 15
SCREENING ON TUE 7 JUL / Jane Schoenbrun USA / 2021 / 1h 26m
Selected by the Lavender Lens Queer Community Programming Group to celebrate Non-Binary Awareness Week (and in anticipation of the director's upcoming August release Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma), Jane Schoenbrun's debut feature film explores isolation and the deep rabbit hole of the internet through a webcam pointed at Casey, a teen alone in her attic bedroom who participates in a mysterious role-playing horror game found online.
Contains passing suicide and mental health references and disturbing scenes
Doc Screen
An initiative run by Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) in partnership with Filmhouse, aiming to bring more independent documentaries into the cinema and to open up spaces for political and creative forms of expression, debate and solidarity.
Divorce Iranian Style N/C 18
SCREENING ON WED 15 JUL / Ziba Mir-Hosseini & Kim Longinotto / UK, Iran / 1998 / 1h 20m English and Persian with English subtitles
To celebrate one year since the reopening of Filmhouse and the Doc Screen launch, we are showcasing one of the most well known works of British director Kim Longinotto.
Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women's lives.
Wee Filmhouse
Puffin Rock And The New Friends U
Madagascar U
SCREENING ON SUN 5 JUL / Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath / USA / 2005 / 1h 26m
A group of pampered animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo find themselves shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.
Contains very mild language and violence
Shark Tale U
SCREENING ON SUN 12 JUL / Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson & Rob Letterman / USA / 2004 / 1h 30m
Oscar, a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes a hero when he tells a great white lie. When this begins to unravel, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian shark and his loyal friend to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water.
Contains mild comic violence and scary moments
Hercules U
SCREENING ON SUN 19 JUL / John Musker, Ron Clements / USA / 1997 / 1h 35m
Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on earth, Hercules becomes an awkward teenage pillar of strength. He discovers he has a place on Mount Olympus with his dad Zeus... if he can endure his growing pains and move from "zero" to true hero.
Contains mild threat and violence
The Parent Trap PG
SCREENING ON SUN 26 JUL / Nancy Meyers USA / 1998 / 2h 9m
American Hallie and Brit Annie (both played by Lindsay Lohan) discover they are identical twins when they meet at summer camp, and subsequently join forces to reunite their estranged parents.
Contains mild bad language and one sexual reference
SCREENING ON SUN 2 AUG / Jeremy Purcell Ireland / 2023 / 1h 20m
When the last Little Egg of the season disappears under mysterious circumstances, Oona and her new friends race against time to bring the Little Egg home before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the entire island in danger.
Contains very mild threat, upsetting scenes, rude humour
Relaxed Screenings
Introducing relaxed screenings at Filmhouse — designed for anyone who would benefit from a more comfortable, flexible cinema experience.
These screenings will feature lowlevel lighting, slightly reduced sound, and the freedom to move around or come and go as needed. A nearby quiet space will also be available for anyone who wishes to use it.
All are welcome!
Singin' in the Rain Sat 11 Jul at 11am
True Stories Wed 29 Jul at 12.30pm
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