Frieda Luk's debut feature 'Sacred Creatures' to world-premiere in competition at Edinburgh

Frieda Luk's debut feature "Sacred Creatures," a Canada-Italy production shot over four weeks in Piemonte, world-premieres in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 16 August 2026, per Variety. Olivia Luccardi stars as Miriam, a woman who reframes her psychiatric hospitalisation as a spiritual awakening. The 105-minute film also features James Cusati-Moyer and Romina D'Ugo.