November Guide
Bugonia (2025)
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New Bugonia 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 OCT / Yorgos Lanthimos / Ireland/UK/Canada/South Korea/ USA / 2025 / 1hr 58min / English Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Director Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone for a fourth time. Contains strong violence, injury detail, suicide, very strong language
Palestine 36 12A
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 OCT / Annemarie Jacir / Palestine/UK/France / 2025 / 1hr 58min English and Arabic with English subtitles Palestine’s official submission for the Academy Awards. In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
Jali Film Weekender THU 30 OCT - SUN 2 NOV The inaugural Jali Film Weekender is a brand new film festival celebrating Black, African and diaspora stories, launched by Jali Collective. Themed around Dreams and Apparitions, their programme explores grief, memory, imagination, new and alternate futures, and the seen and unseen in the African and diasporic experience. Explore the full programme on our website.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate violence, threat, upsetting scenes
Love+War 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 31 OCT / Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi / USA/UK / 2025 1hr 35min / English and Ukrainian with English subtitles From the directors of Free Solo comes this blistering profile of Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario, a woman balancing two callings: career and motherhood. Contains images of real dead bodies, strong language, threat
Omar & Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird 15 SUN 2 + WED 5 NOV / Johann Scheerer Germany / 2025 / 2hr 1min / English
A portrait of the friendship between two eradefining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/The Mars Volta), charting the duo’s journey of brotherhood, love, fame, self-discovery, and sacrifice. Contains strong language, drug misuse, sexual violence references
Die My Love 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 7 NOV / Lynne Ramsay UK/Canada/USA / 2025 / 1hr 59min / English Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) move to rural Montana. However, loneliness, marriage and motherhood begin to take their toll on Grace as she slowly slips into psychosis. Scottish director Lynne Ramsay makes her return to filmmaking with this black comedy-drama. Contains mental health themes, strong sex, nudity, language
The Choral 12A
Jay Kelly TBC
As a Yorkshire choral society's male members enlist in World War I, the demanding choirmaster Dr. Guthrie resorts to recruiting teenagers. Ralph Fiennes leads an excellent ensemble of new and established talent in this funny and moving drama by beloved writer Alan Bennett.
George Clooney is eponymous film star Jay Kelly, who sets off on a journey of self discovery as he faces up to both his past and present, alongside his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler).
SCREENING FROM FRI 7 NOV / Nicholas Hytner UK/USA / 2025 / 1hr 53min / English
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex
Dragonfly 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 7 NOV / Paul Andrew Williams / UK / 2025 / 1hr 38min / English Neglected pensioner Elsie (Brenda Blethyn) finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour Colleen (Andrea Riseborough), but Elsie’s resentful, guilt-ridden son stirs up tensions that bring shocking consequences. Contains strong language, bloody images, suicide
Left-Handed Girl TBC SCREENING FROM FRI 14 NOV / Shih-Ching Tsou / Taiwan/France/USA/UK / 2025 / 1hr 48min Mandarin with English subtitles A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei from the countryside to open a stand at a night market. But when their grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her "devil hand," generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
SCREENING FROM FRI 21 NOV / Noah Baumbach USA/UK/Italy / 2025 / 2hr 12min English
Alpha 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 21 NOV / Julia Ducournau / France/Belgium / 2025 / 2hr 8min English, French and Berber languages with English subtitles Troubled 13-year-old Alpha lives with her single mother. Both their lives are thrown into turmoil when she returns from school one day with a tattoo on her arm. Contains drug misuse, strong threat, bloody images, sex references, language
Alongside this latest film from Palme d'Or winning firebrand of body horror Julia Ducournau, we'll also be screening her previous films: Raw Sat 22 + Tue 25 Nov Titane Sun 23 + Thu 27 Nov Book tickets for two or more of our Julia Ducournau films to receive a discount!
Nuremberg TBC
SCREENING FROM FRI 14 NOV / James Vanderbilt / USA/Hungary / 2025 / 2hr 20min English and German with English subtitles In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
One Battle After Another (70mm) 15 SCREENING FROM FRI 14 NOV / Paul Thomas Anderson / USA / 2025 / 2hr 42min / English and Spanish with English subtitles A group of ex-revolutionaries band together after their evil arch-enemy resurfaces after 16 years, to rescue the daughter of one of their members. Contains strong language, sex references, violence, references to sexual violence
Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival 2025 Spotlighting some of the most exciting filmmaking from across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival brings two screenings to Filmhouse this November Ani-masters: Pioneers in Czech animation Sun 9 Nov Stuff and Dough Mon 10 Nov
The Ice Tower 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 21 NOV / Lucile Hadžihalilović / France/Germany/Italy / 2025 1hr 58min / English and French with English subtitles Lucile Hadžihalilović's fourth feature, which took home the Silver Bear at this year's Berlinale, is a 1970s-set drama about a young runaway who finds herself on the set of ‘The Snow Queen’ and falls under the spell of the titular monarch (Marion Cotillard). Contains sexual assault, abusive behaviour
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery TBC
SCREENING FROM WED 26 NOV / Rian Johnson USA / 2025 / 2hr 20min / English Rian Johnson’s detective mastermind Benoit Blanc, gamely portrayed by Daniel Craig, returns for a devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit, featuring an all-star cast. PERFECT PAIRS Book both Wake Up Dead Man and The Last of Sheila (screening in December) to receive a discount!
Blue Moon 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 28 NOV / Richard Linklater USA/Ireland / 2025 / 1hr 40min English Taking place over the course of one night March 31, 1943 to be exact - renowned lyricist Lorenz Hart (a transformed Ethan Hawke) faces up to his crushed self-esteem after leaving the opening performance of former creative partner Richard Rodgers' (Andrew Scott) smash hit musical Oklahoma! Contains strong language, sex references
Kontinental '25 15
SCREENING FROM FRI 28 NOV / Radu Jude Romania/Switzerland/Luxembourg/Brazil/UK 2025 / 1hr 49min / English Acclaimed Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude's social satire, shot entirely on an iPhone. In Transylvania, bailiff Orsolya (Eszter Tompa) has been appointed to evict a homeless man from a cellar. When he commits suicide, a guilt-ridden Orsolya tries to find comfort and redemption around her. Contains strong language, suicide, sex, sex references, brief real violence
Too Much: Melodrama on Film SCREENING THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Cinema has always leaned into melodrama, where heightened emotion, sweeping spectacle, and intimate, irrational stories collide. We bring you a programme of films designed to make you break down in tears, cause a scene, fall in love, feel something. We'll also be screening four visually lush, emotionally explosive films from Mexico’s Golden Age as part of Stronger Than Love: ¡Too Much Mexican Melodrama!, curated by Invisible Women. Select screenings will feature introductions
Special Events Nosferatu with live score from S!nk PG FRI 31 OCT / F. W. Murnau / Germany / 1hr 35min Silent Edinburgh trio S!nk return to Filmhouse to score a Halloween spooktacular screening of F. W. Murnau's vampire symphony of horror, Nosferatu! Contains mild violence and horror
Pretty Red Dress 15
SUN 2 + MON 3 NOV / Dionne Edwards / UK 2022 1hr 50min / English Set against the backdrop of South London and humming with the energy of iconic Tina Turner hits, Dionne Edwards’ brilliant debut revolves around a family and their relationships with the same red dress. Contains strong language, sex references
Part of Black History Month
3000 Lesbians Go to York 15 MON 3 NOV / Rachel Dax / UK / 2025 1hr 8min / English
The extraordinary true story of how a lesbian bookseller created the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ women in the UK, and how from 1998 to 2008, the quietly conservative city of York became the unlikely centre of all things lesbian! This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Rachel Dax and interviewer Jane Traies, as well as a book signing.
Safe 18
SAT 15 NOV / Todd Haynes / USA/UK / 1995 1hr 59min / English and Spanish with English subtitles Todd Haynes’ (Carol) psychological drama about a Southern Californian housewife (Julianne Moore) who begins experiencing disorienting symptoms, and finds herself dismissed by the people around her. Contains scenes of a sexual nature, depictions of vomiting, seizures, coughing, blood and needle insertion.
Followed by post-screening discussion with Crip Melodrama curator, Charlie Little, which will feature live captioning and BSL/English interpretation.
Varieté PG ChaO 15
MON 10 NOV / Yasuhiro Aoki / Japan / 2025 1hr 30min / Japanese with English subtitles In a future Shanghai, where humans and merpeople co-exist, mermaid princess ChaO proposes to Stephan, a human ship worker who finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, misunderstanding and chaos.
FRI 21 NOV / E.A. Dupont / Germany / 1925 1hr 44min / English and German with English subtitles After holding his tongue for ten years in prison, convicted murderer "Boss" Huller tells the warden his story. Contains mild violence, threat
Part of , an ongoing season of films celebrating their 100th year
Part of Scotland Loves Anime 2025. Followed by a 40-minute Q&A with director Yasuhiro Aoki.
Film London Jarman Award Touring Programme 15 TUE 11 NOV / Various Directors / 2hr 43min
LUX Scotland, in partnership with Filmhouse, is excited to host the Film London Jarman Award, presenting a screening of the shortlisted artists’ works.
French Film Festival UK 2025
Followed by a Q&A with Hope Strickland
WED 19 NOV - SUN 7 DEC
We Only Want the Earth 12A
The 2025 French Film Festival UK celebrates the vibrant diversity of francophone cinema with a rich programme spanning contemporary films, classic retrospectives, and special tributes.
FRI 14 NOV / Alan Gilsenan / Ireland / 2025 / 1hr 26min / English A powerfully engaging feature documentary, based primarily on the writings of James Connolly, revolutionary Irish socialist who was known as the "working class hero". Followed by a Q&A with executive producers Noírín Greene and Des Geraghty.
Explore their full programme on our website.
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.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival FRI 7 - SUN 16 NOV In its 15th edition, the ESFF once again brings some of the world’s best short films to Edinburgh, and welcomes audiences back to see one of the UK’s strongest and most varied short film programmes. There are award-winning shorts from Tokyo and Locarno, as well as nominees from Cannes, Venice and the Berlinale, alongside this year’s best Scottish films and films from across the UK. Explore the full programme on our website.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood 15 WED 5 NOV / Anna Hints / Estonia/France 2024 / 1hr 29min / Estonian with English subtitles In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their secrets and experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Lost for Words 15
WED 12 NOV / Hannah Papacek Harper / France/ UK / 2025 / 1hr 32min / English and Welsh with English subtitles A chorale documentary which celebrates our relationship with nature, inviting us to explore and reshape our anthropocentric point of view through an odyssey around the UK.
Endless Cookie 12A
GAME 15
THU 27 NOV / John Minton / UK / 2025 / 1hr 22min / English A gripping 90s-set thriller set against the backdrop of the British rave scene, where two men - one a thief and one a poacher - must use their wits to survive. Contains very strong language, strong threat, drug misuse
Followed by a Q&A with director John Minton, producer/co-writer Geoff Barrow, and actors Jason Williamson and Marc Bessant.
NT Live: Fifth Step 12A
SAT 29 NOV / Finn den Hertog / UK / 2025 / 1hr 40min / English Filmhouse Patron Jack Lowden is joined by Martin Freeman in David Ireland's dryly funny new play about two men who meet in Alcoholics Anonymous, and bond over their shared experiences.
MON 26 NOV / Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver Canada / 2025 / 1hr 37min / English This animated documentary explores the complex bond between two half brothers, one Indigenous, one white, spanning bustling 1980s Toronto to the present day isolated First Nations community of Shamattawa. This screening will have a recorded introduction from director Seth Scriver.
Runa Simi PG
SAT 29 NOV / Augusto Zegarra / UK/Ireland/ Peru / 2025 / 1hr 21min / English, Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles Peruvian voice actor Fernando embarks on a daring quest to persuade Disney to dub The Lion King into Quechue, hoping to save his native language - only to discover that the journey becomes a deeply personal odyssey of fatherhood and activism. Introduced by Mercedes Sullca, founder and president of the Latin American Community Association of Edinburgh, followed by a singa-long to The Lion King’s Hakuna Matata in Quechua!
Yalla Parkour 15
WED 19 NOV / Areeb Zuaiter / Sweden/Saudi Arabia/Palestinian / 2025 / 1hr 29min / Arabic and Swedish with English subtitles In her relentless pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter crosses paths with Ahmed, a parkour athlete in Gaza, sparking a journey where conflicting aspirations intersect. Part of Cinetopia:DOC, a monthly documentary club bringing audiences together to watch, discuss and connect around the documentary genre and craft. Followed by a pre-recorded Q&A.
Every Monday we add extra screenings of in-demand films, which may include films from the previous month, and from time to time we may introduce titles that may not feature in this brochure. Please visit our website for the most up to date information!
Falastin Frames Falastin Frames is the monthly fundraiser screening project run by Falastin Film Festival, a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collective of Palestinians and allies dedicated to bringing Palestinian art to Scottish audiences.
A State of Passion N/C 18 SUN 2 NOV / Carol Mansour, Muna Khalidi Lebanon/Jordan/UK/Palestine / 2024 1 hr 30min / Arabic and English with English subtitles A powerful account of a British-Palestinian surgeon who has become a vital witness to the devastation wreaked by Israel’s bombing of Gaza. This screening is part of the Palestine Cinema Days: All Around the World event and will be followed by a post-screening Q&A with Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah via Zoom.
On Sound N/C 12A
THU 4 DEC / Various Directors / 1hr 32min Four experimental shorts uncovering the occupation’s haunting use of sound as a form of torture, the politics of sound and sonic selfdetermination.
Noirvember The nights are drawing in and a chill is in the air.... Noirvember is here! Join us on Sunday afternoons to see pairings of the noir genre on the big screen. This year we showcase stylish French classics (Rififi + Le Trou on Sun 9 Nov) before heading to Hollywood to see immoral newspaper men (Ace in the Hole + Sweet Smell of Success on Sun 23 Nov) ruin everything around them, Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce + Sudden Fear on Sun 16 Nov) showing her acting range and Sterling Hayden (Asphalt Jungle + The Killing on Sun 30 Nov)… arguably not showing much range, but delivering the goods. We have also added in a bonus Christmas noir this year in December (Cash on Demand + Blast of Silence)! Written by Raymah Tariq, Programme Manager Book tickets for two or more of our Noirvember films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.
Wee Filmhouse Our weekly films for a younger audience. These screenings are aimed at children and their families, but everyone is welcome!
The Land Before Time U SUN 2 NOV / Don Bluth / UK/Ireland 1989 / 1hr 9min / English Orphaned brontosaurus Littlefoot, along with four other young dinosaurs, sets off in search of the Great Valley - a place where dinosaurs can live and thrive in peace. Contains mild threat
Arco PG SUN 23 NOV / Ugo Bienvenu / France/USA/ UK / 2025 / 1hr 22min / French with English subtitles What if rainbows were actually time travelers? In 2075, ten year old Iris witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It's down to her to help him get home. Part of French Film Festival UK
Brave U SUN 30 NOV / Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell / USA/Japan/UK / 2012 / 1hr 33min English Celebrate St. Andrew's Day with this Scottish classic. In the mystical Scottish Highlands, the headstrong Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Contains some scary scenes
The Fox and the Hound U SUN 9 NOV / Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens / USA / 1981 / 1 hr 22min / English A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as they grow into adulthood, their friendship is put to the ultimate test. Contains occasional mild threat
Dora Magic Mermaid Adventures U SUN 16 NOV / Allan Jacobsen, George Chialtas USA / 2025 / 55min / English Dora and Boots play an enchanted charango, which turns them into mermaids. A series of underwater adventures awaits them, with new friends along the way. Contains very mild threat
CinemaAttic CinemaAttic has been celebrating Latin American and Iberian cinema in Scotland since 2008. They bring the closing night film of their Colombia Presente! season, as well as for two special screenings of new restorations of films by Argentinian director María Luisa Bemberg. Pepe Thu 6 Nov I, The Worst Of All (Yo, la peor de todas) Tue 18 Nov Nobody's Wife (Señora de nadie) Tue 9 Dec