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Abdolreza Kahani (A Shrine, Mortician, winner of The Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, EIFF 2025) returns to EIFF once more with a confidently and cleverly crafted character study. When a lonely Iranian dissident becomes embroiled with a local criminal mob in Canada, their bullish bidding leads to a complex turns of events. Clean, inventive cinematography and beautifully calibrated performances set against frosty Canadian snowscapes, this is a crisp, lean and dry-humoured thriller rich in thematic depth that once again demonstrates Kahani’s mastery of cinema.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Empty Heaven is by Abdolreza Kahani, Abdolreza Kahani, listed under Events in the Fringe programme. It is at EIFF @ Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ, 16 August.
The show is suitable for ages 16+. Tickets are £12.