The remote Scottish isles have long held a mythic pull in cinema, but few films dare to venture as deep into their stark beauty and isolationist folklore as THE INCOMER, the singular debut from UK director Louis Paxton that will open the Next Section category at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. With Paris-based Charades boarding world sales, the film arrives with considerable international momentum, anchored by a cast led by Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson and HOUSE OF THE DRAGON‘s Gayle Rankin. On an unnamed Scottish island buffeted by wind and myth, siblings Isla and Sandy have carved out an existence that belongs more to ancestral memory than modern life, surviving by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories passed down through generations, and fiercely defending their homeland from what they call “incomers”—outsiders who threaten to dilute or destroy their way of being. Their precarious balance shatters when Daniel, an awkward council worker played by Gleeson, arrives with bureaucratic orders to relocate them, setting off a collision between ancient tradition and contemporary governance.
The film’s supporting ensemble includes Grant O’Rourke from OUTLANDER, Emun Elliott of PROMETHEUS, Michelle Gomez known for DOCTOR WHO, and John Hannah, forever etched in memory from FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, lending weight and range to Paxton’s vision of a Scotland rarely seen on screen.
What emerges from the synopsis is a story that refuses easy categorization, blending comedy with ecological elegy, myth with bureaucratic absurdity, and the fierce dignity of those who refuse to be erased with the well-meaning but destructive machinery of progress. Paxton’s choice to stage this confrontation on a remote isle, where siblings converse with mythical beings and live according to rhythms older than nations, suggests a filmmaker unafraid to wrestle with questions of belonging, displacement, and what we lose when we prioritize efficiency over rootedness. As THE INCOMER prepares for its world premiere in Park City, it promises to be one of Sundance’s most distinctive offerings, a film that honors the stubborn beauty of those who remain when everyone else has left, and asks whether preservation is worth the cost of isolation.
Caitríona Balfe has joined Disney`s live-action TANGLED as Queen Arianna, Rapunzel`s long-lost mother.
She joins a growing cast that includes Teagan Croft, Milo Manheim, Kathryn Hahn with the film set for cinemas on March 31, 2028.
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He`s baaaack!
@piercebrosnanofficial returns in MOBLAND season two with Helen Mirren and everyone`s favourite bad boy, Tom Hardy, premiering Sep 18 only on @paramountplus.
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Domhnall Gleeson is back in THE PAPER Season 2!
Ned isn`t just central to the newsroom drama anymore, he`s now the editor of the Toledo Truth Teller, steering the team through two major investigations: a fire death and a tornado aftermath.
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Martin McDonagh is back 🎬
The Galway and Sligo-rooted writer-director behind IN BRUGES and THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN has unveiled the trailer for WILD HORSE NINE and is headed to @tiff_net.
In cinemas November 6th. Who`s ready? 👇
Caitríona Balfe is heading back to television 👁️
The OUTLANDER star teams with Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón for ASCENSION, a psychological horror thriller for Apple TV, playing Rose, a documentary filmmaker probing a mysterious 20th-century cult... only to find something far more sinister waiting beneath its teachings.
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Phoenix rising 🔥🎬
CILLIAN MURPHY and wife Yvonne McGuinness have got the green light to bring Dingle`s beloved Phoenix Cinema back to life — not just as a cinema, but as a full-blown creative hub for west Kerry.
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Aisling Bea is going to Mars 🚀
The Irish actress and BAFTA TV winner has joined the cast of STARMAN, starring alongside Brendan Fraser and Jeff Daniels, playing defiant Irish photographer Julia Hanley opposite Fraser`s stranded astronaut.
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Irish director Lenny Abrahamson (NORMAL PEOPLE, ROOM) is set to direct YOU ARE HERE.
The eight-part screen adaptation of David Nicholls` best-selling novel will star Claire Foy (THE CROWN) and Matthew MacFayden (SUCCESSION)
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Barry Keoghan heads back into Irish indie territory with LEMONADE 🍋
First-look images and details have landed for Kim Bartley`s narrative feature debut, a story about first loves, second chances, and the ties that make a family.
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