How can art help us revisit and remake traumatic memories? These four deeply intimate short films use virtual reality, performance, animation and archive to explore how childhood trauma shapes the body, home and identity.

In the shadow of war, displacement and occupation, survival becomes an act of creativity and resistance. Moving between Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Kosovo, this programme of intimate documentaries is co-presented with Counterpoint Arts.

Amanda has painted in isolation for years, using art as both expression and refuge. Now, she must face the challenge of speaking out about a painful past she wishes to leave behind, in front of a world that silenced her before.

At 34, Trine set her house on fire, an act that led to a long-term stay in a forensic psychiatric hospital. Eleven years later, she is determined to begin anew and embarks on an ambitious theatrical project and documentary film.

What helps young people stay mentally well? These five short films explore the pressures that they face as children, teenagers and young adults, from family difficulties and hidden health conditions to bullying and social media.

Across changing seasons, remote landscapes and urban green spaces, these meditative short films celebrate the positive impact of nature on our mental health. This programme is co-presented with Greenspace Scotland.

Trans filmmaker and artist Lexie Bean, co-director of Youth Perspective award-winner What Will I Become?, leads an exploratory creative workshop for young people aged 16-25, reflecting on self-care and community healing.

Filmmakers Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos journey across the United States to understand their own trans boyhood through the legacies of two young trans men, while exploring what community healing means.

Through distinctively Scottish and UK perspectives, this programme reflects on what we inherit from the people and places that shape us. Through distinctively Scottish and UK perspectives, this programme reflects on what we inherit from the people and places that shape us.

Five people who hear voices take part in an innovative form of therapy, where a psychiatrist speaks both about and directly with their voices. A powerful, hopeful and vividly cinematic portrait of resilience, trauma and the human mind.

Join us for a special preview screening of the highly anticipated new film from acclaimed British filmmaker Clio Barnard.

Join us for a special preview screening of the highly anticipated new film from acclaimed British filmmaker Clio Barnard.

The debut feature from Edinburgh-based filmmaker Isaac Knights-Washbourn is an intimate portrait of Thorntree, Rowan Alba’s pioneering supported accommodation for alcohol-dependent men.

The debut feature from Edinburgh-based filmmaker Isaac Knights-Washbourn is an intimate portrait of Thorntree, Rowan Alba’s pioneering supported accommodation for alcohol-dependent men.

A landmark achievement from visionary filmmaker John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence is widely regarded as his greatest and most emotionally powerful work.