Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

UK 18 Certificate
In cinemas
September 26, 2025
Buy it from
November 10, 2025
Director
Runtime
1 Hour 28 Minutes
Language
English
From Kaleidoscope Film Distribution
drug misuse, very strong language

Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads. After experiencing the huge success of several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide, he has become acutely aware of his own mortality. Now, with his hedonistic days drawing to a close, the outspoken author decides to explore the boundaries of consciousness through a psychedelic DMT trip.

Through this unique lens, join Welsh on a brutally honest examination of his life: how his creativity was fostered by his childhood in Edinburgh; the influences he gained living amongst 70’s London counterculture; and how groundbreaking work such as Trainspotting and Filth pulled him out of a self-destructive cycle, but also led him to heights of fame he never could have imagined. And still one burning question remains – what will come next?

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November 12, 2025

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