Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in communist states, Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival is an audience-focused film festival based in Scotland. The festival takes place annually, with a main programme of screenings in Glasgow taking place over a week in early autumn, and selected screenings in other locations: in 2026, returning to Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and, for the first time, travelling to Cromarty and Dunfermline. With a diverse programme of meticulously curated retrospectives and new films, as well as special events such as animation collections and short film showcases, Samizdat is the first Scotland-based festival dedicated exclusively to cinema from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

The third session of our Film Club at Morningside Library (Edinburgh) will take place on Tuesday 3rd of November! This session will focus on our "Colombia, Presente!" programme. Across six contemporary short films, Colombia emerges through bodies, landscapes, memory, desire and conflict — but also through music, humour, imagination and tenderness. FREE ENTRY, tea and coffee on us!

Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole plan to rob a heavily guarded art gallery in this heist caper with a strong dose of flirting on the side Tickets £3/£5/£7 on a sliding scale, with free entry for Grassmarket Community Project Members, open door meal attendees, and anyone else in need of a free ticket. Please select the ticket price that feels right to you; all income from tickets will be directly used to support the continued running of our cinema screenings. Notes Duration: 118 minutes Certificate U - Contains very mild language The film will screen with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key audio information from the film. For full transparency the descriptive subtitle track is quite old for this film so might not be the most comprehensive - will look to add more info clarifying this as soon as we have it! The film will start promptly at 7pm without trailers The Grassmarket Community Project is a wheelchair accessible venue

We’re excited to announce our in-competition programme for our 16th edition! The 2026 ESFF opens on Friday 6th November Filmhouse Edinburgh and continues until 21st November at the Filmhouse and Summerhall. FULL PROGRAMME With 7 nights of in competition short films competing for our 2026 awards, ranging from Chinese neo-noir to Finnish stop motion and from Kurdish documentary to Australian horror!

A groundbreaking celebration of cinematic possibility, transforming images of everyday life into a dazzling city symphony. Performing live: S!nk (Daniel Dumnov, Matt Wright, Tim Vincent-Smith)

Our ever-popular Scottish Shorts night is back with another kaleidoscope of Scottish animation, comedy, drama and documentary film. The best of Scottish shorts, with an LGBTQIA+ drama, a documentary breathing life back into a skillful craft, and a fantastic array of comedies. This is your chance to see the work of young, up and coming Scottish filmmakers!

Join us for a rare screening of the Brothers Quay’s Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, a mesmerising fusion of live action and handcrafted stop-motion puppet animation. Based on Bruno Schulz’s surreal 1937 literary classic, the film follows Józef on a ghostly journey to visit his dying father in a remote sanatorium. But this is no ordinary place: time itself is distorted, and the boundary between dream and reality grows eerily thin. The Quay Brothers’ third feature film, following The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006) and Dormitorium (2007), is a deliciously delirious dreamscape of haunting imagery, uncanny puppetry and surrealist wonder. A spellbinding work from the masters of the strange and fantastical. All tickets £6. We have also allocated a number of free tickets for those not in a position to pay (available on our Ticketlab site). If you would like to help support our free ticket initiative, you can pay it forward (also available on our Ticketlab site). Leith Kino! A weekly community cinema night based at Leith Depot. Join us for weekly screenings, celebrating films that are international, experimental, arthouse, trash, cult, a little bit strange, and maybe otherwise hard to see on the big screen. There will be free (vegan) popcorn. Drinks and refreshments are available to purchase at the Depot bar, alongside our monthly posters, each designed by a different Leith-based artist. Leith Kino Access Information English subtitles will be onscreen for every screening, including descriptive subtitles where possible. The screening room is on ground level and is wheelchair accessible from the Leith Depot bar with flexible seating to accommodate specific requirements. There are accessible toilets in both the screening room and the bar. If you have any questions about access or if you need to reserve a specific seat, please email us at leithkino@gmail.com Leith Depot is well-served by public transport. It's a short walk from the Foot of the Walk tram stop, and there is a bus stop outside the venue for services: 7, 14, 16, 25, and 49

That Summer in Paris is less a postcard from the That Summer in Paris is less a postcard from the Olympic Games than a snapshot of the City of Light at a very particular moment in time. The focus is on 30-year-old Blandine who travels from Normandy to watch the swimming competitions. Overwhelmed by the city’s chaos and a streak of misfortune, she navigates the bustling streets and an unexpected reunion with her half-sister Julie whom she hasn’t seen for ten years.

Wed 11 Nov at 14 and 18 The narrative revolves around a mystery writer caught unawares by his cousin, a vicar, who shows up unannounced for a visit. Since the servants have just walked out, the writer’s wife hides from the vicar, taking care of the cooking, cleaning and other household chores. To explain his wife’s absence as hostess, the writer concocts an excuse which only makes the vicar convinced that he has done away with his spouse. Things go from bad to worse and eventually Scotland Yard is called in to clear things up.

Chloe Moretz stars in this action film about a female WW2 pilot on a top secret mission who meets an evil presence on board her flight Tickets £3/£5/£7 on a sliding scale, with free entry for Grassmarket Community Project Members, open door meal attendees, and anyone else in need of a free ticket. Please select the ticket price that feels right to you; all income from tickets will be directly used to support the continued running of our cinema screenings. Notes Duration: 83 minutes Certificate 15 - strong language, sex references, bloody images, threat, racist terms The film will screen with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key audio information from the film. The film will start promptly at 7pm without trailers The Grassmarket Community Project is a wheelchair accessible venue