Bridging the Gap premieres at EIFF! 🌺 This year's theme is 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘀. Six stories running alongside each other, connected by the echoes between them. From a vanishing therapeutic community existing in parallel to the outside world, to two Michaels from the North East pushing back against queer erasure; from two ‘Irish Giants’ separated by centuries yet connected by a rare condition, to a Scottish refinery’s slow decline mirroring tensions between renters and landlords. And finally, through the lives of feral cats, a reflection of our own fractured relationship with the natural world. ✻ AMONGST MEN dir. Katie McFadden ✻ CHERRY PICKER dir. Olive Jones ✻ FERAL dir. Miranda Rose Carter-Watson ✻ NO PLACE LIKE HOME dir. Michael Lee Richardson ✻ HIDDEN TREES dir. Sophie van Bree ✻ WHEN THE FIRES STOP dir. Matthew Dunsmore 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: Tue 18 Aug 2026 | 18:00 | The Cameo Wed 19 Aug 2026 | 14:00 | Cineworld