Pages tagged “Fiction”
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Ain't No Fish
A miniature stop-motion classic with a wicked little bite, as hungry Arctic seals croon through vintage cheer while the sea beneath them tells a much darker story.
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Watership Down (1978)
A small band of rabbits flee their doomed warren in search of safety, freedom and a place to call home in the landmark 1978 adaptation of Richard Adams’ unforgettable classic, newly restored in 4K.
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Finis Terrae (1929) + New Live Score
A beautifully restored version of Jean Epstein’s 1929 silent classic, accompanied by a newly composed original score performed live, presented by Cinetopia.
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You Told Us to Talk About the Weather
On a rewilded farm, a child’s climate anxiety opens into a wider reflection on land, responsibility and the future, voiced by a new generation of farmers and narrated by Michael Sheen.
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Beneath Which Rivers Flow
In the marshlands of southern Iraq, a quiet young man finds solace in his bond with a buffalo as ecological collapse threatens the world they share.
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Hen
Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, HEN follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece.
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The Thing (4K restoration)
John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is back on the big screen in a brand-new 4K restoration, and it’s arguably both a Christmas movie (there’s snow, cabin fever, and plenty of knitwear), AND an environmental film.
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Itu Ninu
Indigenous sci-fi made-in-Leith, Itu Ninu is a green-produced film exploring themes of identity, resistance & hope under a futuristic surveillance state in 2084.
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Harvest
This gripping, folk horror-inflected drama from director Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier, Attenberg) is a striking portrait of land, power, and displacement — themes that resonate deeply in today’s ecological crisis.
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Nature Attack
A bird’s hunt for crickets becomes a complex journey, symbolising broader themes of conflict, nature, and humanity’s impact.