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Browse 48 movies from Edinburgh Napier University
A former adult film star and a game show host cause trouble with an old flame and a video artist.
Aug 1993
A family argues at dinner.
Dec 2022
Robert Louis Stevenson's supernatural chiller is updated to present day Edinburgh.
Aug 1992
Fantastic film about a graphic designer.
Jan 1995
An observational mini-documentary following the home lives of Eve and Barry when Barry's work takes him offshore.
Apr 2023
A man has a breakdown after losing his job and winning a bar fight.
Dec 2023
Comfort and discomfort: a couple having sex on a train.
Della, a neglected housewife, enters a mysterious antique shop seeking a simple gift for her husband, Jim. Encountering a cryptic shopkeeper, she embarks on a journey of desperation and self-discovery, trading pieces of herself for temporary relief. As Della's transformation unfolds, Jim is confronted with the consequences of his neglect in a shocking climax that reveals the true cost of their relationship.
Apr 2024
A young woman is forced to confront her own feelings of grief and confusion after the death of a friend.
A photographer becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger she photographs by accident.
A lonely, heartbroken man, Philip, builds his own radio in an attempt to make contact with his wife, who is lost in space. He won't lose hope, but will he reach her?
Routine Pleasures, Slow Cinema.
Sep 2017
Overlapping tales of the lives of the residents and visitors of one particular building.
Aug 1995
The short documentary explores a Scottish independent wrestling company, Bleeding Gums Wrestling (est. 2023) and the community that surrounds it.
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With his career in jeopardy a journalist begins to question the nature of his friendship with a senior journalist.
A young mother’s trust in mankind is challenged when she decides to help a stranger while on a journey through the barren landscape of her conflicting emotions and perceptions.
Aug 1996
A man must go on a journey through the darkest recesses of his mind or succumb to his vices.
In 1959, a new wonderdrug - Tesoteramide - is ready for testing, promising beauty to the unborn daughters of any woman who takes it. Pregnant housewife Audre heads straight to the clinic with her ecstatic Mother to sign up. But when Audre voices some last-minute doubts, it becomes clear that Tesoteramide - and so-called eternal beauty is no longer optional. Can she escape and maintain her individuality? Or is the cult of beauty standard conformity too powerful?
Sep 2024
A doctor discovers a Jekyll and Hyde style potion and a pop singer encounters a strange, hairy sex-obsessed visitor.
Jan 1991
Unresolved emotions between mother and son, come to surface as decluttering a room becomes a challenge for both.
Oct 2023