The Domhnall Gleeson-starring The Incomer will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August.
The Incomer is the feature debut of Edinburgh-born writer-director Louis Paxton and will open the festival on 13 August.
Gayle Rankin (House of the Dragon, Glow), Grant O'Rourke (Outlander), John Hannah (Sliding Doors, The Last of Us), Michelle Gomez (Green Wing, Doom Patrol), and Emun Elliott (The Gold, Sexy Beast) star opposite Gleeson in a film that has been described as "spirited and witty" and "striking, unpredictable, and beautifully acted".
"The Incomer is set on a remote Scottish island and follows siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O'Rourke) who have lived in peaceful isolation for decades, hunting seabirds, chatting to mythic creatures, and defending their isle from dreaded Incomers," says the synopsis.
"Their world is upended with the arrival of Daniel (Gleeson), an awkward council worker, tasked with uprooting them to the mainland."
Paxton's feature debut won the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in the US.
It will be released in Ireland and the UK later this year.
"Opening the Edinburgh International Film Festival with my debut feature is a dream come true," said writer-director Paxton.
"Screening in my beloved hometown, and the festival where I started as a teenage usher, sharing this story with a Scottish audience, is nothing short of mind-blowing. I couldn't ask for a more meaningful premiere."
The Edinburgh International Film Festival runs from 13-19 August.
