Picturehouses Toddler Time: exclusive short screenings for pre-school children and their parents and carers. Today: Rastamouse – Mice Camera Action (U): There’s plenty of musical ambition on display in these fabulacious Rastamouse episodes! Author Michael De Souza says of his creation, ‘Rastamouse has a positive message for young children, promoting the need to understand what is right from what is wrong, and why, in a meaningful context – through understanding, love an’ respect, Rastamouse will always make a bad thing good’. 11am, Monday 2nd May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets cost £3 per child, accompanying adult free.
Grassmarket Community Cinema: Suffragette (15). ‘For election week we’ve gone for a blatant voting and politics theme to celebrate the Scottish elections…. You might come for the feminism, stay for the class consciousness and arrive at the conclusion that they’re not so distinct after all’. 7pm, Monday 2nd May, Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row. All welcome, free admission: donations very welcome! The Grassmarket Community Project is a charity providing mentoring, training and education to participants, many of whom are amongst the most vulnerable of Edinburgh’s citizens, in a nurturing environment. It operates a community cafe, woodwork and tartan social enterprises, and a range of social integration and educational activities for members, aimed at enhancing life skills and developing confidence. To read about The Edinburgh Reporter’s afternoon at the Project, click here.
Folk Film Gathering: in partnership with Transgressive North and TradFest, Filmhouse presents the second edition of the world’s first festival of Folk Cinema. This year the Gathering’s programme focuses on a central theme of animals: sheep, goats, horses, cows, lions, whales and herring, and the stories that bind them to communities. This week’s films are Monday 2nd May: Vacas (15), Thursday 5th May: The Lion Hunters (PG), Friday 6th May: Padre Padrone (18), Saturday 7th May: Song of the Sea (PG) and Sunday 8th May: 
Venus Peter (12A). Each film will be introduced by a traditional Scottish storyteller. Venus Peter will be followd by a Q & A with celebrated Scottish film producer of Bannan and Seachd, Christopher Young. Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Please see Filmhouse website for screening times. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online; deals are available for multiple ticket purchases for this season.
Picturehouses Discover Tuesdays: a chance to see something different and brilliant in this weekly slot – from cult classics and art-house gems to riveting documentaries. Today’s film is The Pearl Button (12A): around the story of Jemmy Button, a native of Tierra Del Fuego who briefly became a celebrity in England before returning to Chile, documentarian Patricio Guzmán (Nostalgia For The Light) has crafted a beautiful yet often harrowing account of Chile’s troubled and troubling relationship with the Pacific Ocean. Aided by interviews with eminent social historians, anthropologists and tribal elders, Guzmán links the virtual eradication of entire indigenous groups along Chile’s coastline in the 1800s with the Pinochet government’s dumping of thousands of ‘disappeared’ political prisoners into the sea over a century later. 6pm, Tuesday 3rd May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
Dinner & A Movie: Star Wars – The Force Awakens (12). Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order. 7.30pm, Wednesday 4th May, The Skylark, 241 Portobello High Street. Early booking is strongly advised – call 0131 629 3037.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel García Márquez/Gabo, La magia de lo real (U) (In Spanish with English subtitles). How did a boy from a backward town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions, from the poorest to the most powerful? 
How did he change our perception of reality with his work? The answer lies in the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez, the 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Literature and author of the globally-celebrated and critically-acclaimed masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude. 8.35pm, Wednesday 4th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online. Before the screening all ticketholders are invited to celebrate the opening of IberoDocs 2016 with a pre-reception at the Traverse Theatre Bar (more details on the IberoDocs website). It is hoped that producer Kate Horne will be present for a Q&A after the film.
Filmhouse Filmosophy: Three Colours Red/Trois couleurs: Rouge (15) (In French with English subtitles). Krzysztof Kieslowski’s final Three Colours film is a tale of parallel lives which, in his uniquely poignant yet oblique fashion, draws together the threads and themes of the entire trilogy. Superbly acted, photographed and scored, this most complex film of the trilogy echoes the distinctive grace notes which span Kieslowski’s entire career. This screening will be introduced by James Mooney (University of Edinburgh). 6.05pm, Wednesday 4th May (additonal screenings on 12th May), Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Picturehouses Culture Shock: the best in cult and genre films. Tonight: A Scanner Darkly (15). Based on legendary science-fiction author Philip K Dick’s own experiences, A Scanner Darkly tells the blackly comic but deeply tragic tale of drug use in the modern world; the film plays like a graphic novel come to life, with live-action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process. Faithful to his source material, director Richard Linklater has succeeded in creating a haunting version of America, seven years from now. Starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Winona Ryder and Woody Harrelson. 9pm, Wednesday 4th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
Picturehouses Big Scream: exclusively for babies under the age of twelve months and their parents and carers. Today’s film is Captain America Civil War (12A): the fantastical third Captain America instalment finds the superheroic Avengers locked in mortal combat – with each other. 10.30am, Thursday 5th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets are at usual matinée prices: babies admitted free.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: Rio Corgo (U) (In Portugese with English subtitles). Silva has walked many paths over the course of his life, paths that criss-crossed Portugal. Now his steps echo in the narrow streets of a remote village where he has moved into an empty house. Here he meets Ana, a young girl with whom he builds a friendship. Ana becomes fascinated by this man’s romantic life story and gradually slides into his universe, populated by imaginary beings whose main figure is his beloved Carolina. When a strange crisis suddenly hits Silva, and he ends up in hospital, a dozen imaginary women emerge from his fantasy world. Can they save him? 8.35pm, Thursday 5th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: All of Me/Llevate mis amores (PG) (In Spanish with English subtitles). An intimate insight into the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who, every day since 1995, make food and toss it – still warm – to the migrants who travel atop the freight train ‘The Beast’ as it makes it way to the U.S. 
This documentary is a personal diary that draws a border between the life they were given, and the life they chose. A brave and remarkable example of love and solidarity that contrasts with the violence of one of the cruellest stretches in the world for undocumented travellers. 8.45pm, Friday 6th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
St Bride’s Family Cinema: see your favourite films for free! Adventure, excitement, fun and laughs – everyone welcome. Juice and choc ices are available to purchase in the interval at 50p each. This week’s film is Home (U). Please note that all children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. 10.30am-12.30pm (includes interval), Saturday 7th May, St Bride’s Centre, Orwell Terrace, Dalry. Next week’s film is Planes: Fire and Rescue (PG).
Studio Ghibli Forever: Laputa Castle In The Sky (PG) (English language version). The very first feature from Studio Ghibli, this action masterpiece gives the Indiana Jones franchise a run for its money. From the opening sequence, in which a young girl, Sheeta, floats down from the sky into the arms of apprentice miner Pazu, the film glows with adventure and magic, and we are soon off on a wild ride through the fantastical that grips and amazes. Hayao Miyazaki’s career obsession with flight is everywhere, with airships, biplanes, gliders, all manner of battle craft, and even a flying island – Laputa, Castle in the Sky. 11am, Saturday 7th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online. A subtitled screening with the original Japanese soundtrack will be shown on Wednesday 11th May.
Grassmarket Matinée of the Month: Star Wars – The Force Awakens (PG). Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey (Daisy Ridley), a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights. 2pm, Saturday 7th May, Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row. Free (donations to the charity to support future screenings and events very welcome) but please book via eventbrite here. Please note that no food or drink can be brought into this screening from outside; the Grassmarket Project’s Community Café will be open – please support it!
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: Don’t Include Me Among You/No me contéisentre vosotros (U) (In Spanish with English subtitles). Manolo doesn’t know his age. He wanders around the nursing home where he has just arrived, ignoring his surroundings. His imagination is enough for him to go across to the olive groves that saw him work or raise his wheelbarrow to collect firewood. There is no difference between presence and escape, life and death, in this elusive portrait of life’s end (and also a forgotten heritage of Andalusian anarchism). The screening will be followed by a Q & A with director Isidro Sánchez. 3.35pm, Saturday 7th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Picturehouses Culture Shock: the best in cult and genre films. Today: Boyhood (15). No stranger to episodic filmmaking, director Richard Linklater succeeds brilliantly in following a boy’s life from the ages of six to 18, shooting periodically over 12 years. Ellar Coltrane plays Mason, the son of Mason Snr and Olivia (Linklater regulars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette). As his divorced parents find new partners of varying suitability, Mason Jnr faces emotional and physical uncertainties with growing maturity. 3pm, Sunday 8th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival No Cow On The Ice + Short (U) (In Swedish with English subtitles). Language and landscape as a gateway into a new life. A young Galician filmmaker migrates to Sweden, where he performs different part-time jobs; his learning of a new language and fascination for the Swedish landscape become a driving force against the difficult life conditions and, as he learns about the culture, society and lifestyle, he develops a new identity. Followed by short: To Be and To Come Back/Ser e voltar (U). 6.15pm, Saturday 7th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Picturehouses After Dark: 10 Things I Hate About You (12A). A new kid must find a guy to date the meanest girl in school, the older sister of the girl he has a crush on, who cannot date until her older sister does. Starring Heath Ledger. 10pm, Saturday 7th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online here.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: On Football + Short (In Portugese with English subtitles). Sergio and his father, Simáo, haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, Sergio returns to his hometown, Sáo Paulo, hoping to watch the games with Simáo, as they used to when he was a kid. It seems to be a perfect plan for a father-son reunion: a whole month together, their schedule based on the World Cup calendar. But as the days go by, their relationship starts to wander into unknown territory and their pact to watch the entire tournament together turns into a dangerous ritual. Followed by short: History of Abraim /História de Abraim (unrated). 8.15pm, Saturday 7th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Filmhouse Junior: films for a younger audience. This week: Big Hero 6 (PG): an entertaining animated adventure based on a Marvel Comics series. In the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, 14-year-old genius Hiro looks up to his older brother Tadashi. Tadashi is a student at the Institute of Technology, where he has developed an inflatable robot named Baymax, with whom Hiro forms a special bond. 11am, Sunday 8th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets cost £4 per person, big or small.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: Short Docs: Looking from Afar (15) – a programme of six short films in which the perception of the self and its surroundings – country, culture, landscape – seem to expand or sharpen when seen from a distance through space, time, matter or the intangible. From a young Brazilian man in his new Lisbon home, facing the end of his Fortaleza adolescence in The Party and the Barking, through the savagery of voice and memory set against a teenage face in Le Boudin, to the lonely cart rolling along the obsolete Colombian railways, across the wild and the ruins in Echo Chamber, these films will take you far and wide. 1pm, Sunday 8th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Picturehouses Vintage Sundays: classic films back on the big screen. Today’s film is Run Lola Run (15) Three ‘what if’ variations on the same story provide the basis for this German thriller featuring a race against the clock in which a young woman has exactly 20 minutes to save her lover from certain death. 1pm, Sunday 8th May, Cameo, Home Street. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0871 902 5723 or online.
IberoDocs – Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: The Creator of the Jungle + Short (unrated) (In Catálan with English subtitles). The story of a man who created a jungle next to the highway, building with his bare hands beautiful and unbelievable works of engineering in the forest. This is also the story of how he ended up burning them to ashes to reconstruct them, time after time, over decades. He is known as ‘Garrell’, also as ‘Tarzan from Argelaguer’, and he is not driven by any apparent purpose, except one: going ‘on the go’. Followed by short: Travelling Light (unrated). 3.25pm, Sunday 8th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online.
Scotland’s Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival: Pepe Mujica – Lessons from the Flowerbed + Short (unrated) (In Spanish and German with English subtitles). Pepe Mujica has become famous for being the ‘world’s poorest president’. The former guerrilla fighter and flower grower is currently considered one of the most charismatic politicians of Latin America. Old and young believe in him thanks to his humble lifestyle and his unconventional manners where political protocol is concerned. His political visions, among them his sensational regulation of the marihuana market, have created international interest. Followed by short: Nae Pasaran! (unrated). 6.05pm, Sunday 8th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road. Tickets may be purchased from the Box Office in person, by calling 0131 228 2688 or online. This screening will be followed by the IberoDocs Closing Party; see the IberoDocs website for more details).
Filmhouse Quiz: the ‘phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to eight to be seated in the café bar by 9pm, Sunday 8th May, Filmhouse, Lothian Road.
