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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
Four street wise philosophers tell it how it is.
Jun 1996
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 photographer becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger she photographs by accident.
Fantastic film about a graphic designer.
Jan 1995
Unresolved emotions between mother and son, come to surface as decluttering a room becomes a challenge for both.
Oct 2023
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?
Dec 2023
A man must go on a journey through the darkest recesses of his mind or succumb to his vices.
Apr 2024
Robert Louis Stevenson's supernatural chiller is updated to present day Edinburgh.
Aug 1992
With his career in jeopardy a journalist begins to question the nature of his friendship with a senior journalist.
Apr 2023
A man has a breakdown after losing his job and winning a bar fight.
Moth! follows Sophia, a 15 year old girl struggling to come to terms with her first major breakup, and navigate her relationship with her mother now that she is getting older and experiencing more. With her best friend Caitlin, Sophia will explore these big new emotions, and do whatever it takes to get over her ex, no matter how drastic, far fetched, or idiotic that may be.
Documentary about tattooing and something else involving a needle.
Jan 1990
A tale of love and freedom, based on a story by Rumi.
Jan 1997
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 comic illustrator thinks he's going mad.
Jun 1995
A farmer becomes obsessed with the wreckage of an old car.
Jan 1992
A man is overcome with anxiety after it turns tuesday and he is still wearing monday's socks.
Sep 2022
A young girl of mixed race struggles to fit in at a new school when she moves to the Scottish Highlands.
Jan 1991
A family argues at dinner.
Dec 2022