Tag: Film
Monday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
For Crying Out Loud: special screenings for carers and their babies under 12 months old - maximum of 2 adults per baby. Babychanging, bottle warming and buggy parking facilities available. This week: 2001: A...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2014
For Crying Out Loud: special screenings for carers and their babies under 12 months old - maximum of 2 adults per baby. Babychanging, bottle warming and buggy parking facilities available. This...
Hayao Miyazaki: The Master of Animation
There are very few directors who have a firm grasp on both reality and fantasy quite like Hayao Miyazaki does. Creating kinetic castles, bear like spirits or interpreting war time airplane marvels; he tells...
Sunday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Filmhouse Junior: Young Voices (PG). A selection of films made by young people who participated in the Filmhouse's Understanding Cinema project at schools and cinemas across Scotland in 2013/14. Most of the films were made by primary school...
Hidden Stories at the Museum of Edinburgh
On display until 28 January, four Hidden Stories created by Red Kite Animation and young animators are being featured in the Museum of Edinburgh’s temporary exhibition space.
The inspiration for the project came from a short animated film called ‘SHOE’ by artist...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Balkans Music Camp Fundraiser: guitarist Dan Abrahams is raising funds for this project, which offers music therapy for conflict-trauma victims and those with special needs. Loads of great party music from folk trio Caro River and The Bridges,...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
The Edinburgh Telephone Choir and special guests The St John's School Children's Choir perform an evening of carols (with sing-alongs!) to raise funds in aid of the Ebola Crisis. 7.30pm, St John's RC Church, 35 Brighton Place, Portobello. Free entry:...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
Lots of Christmassy things this week, from craft fairs to carols and music to markets - but if the very thought of anything festive sends you running from the room, fear not - there...
First and Only Funding almost there with its crowdfunding campaign
Big Success For First And Only Film Funding Campaign - but there is still time for you to put your money where your mouth is
The Scottish people have spoken - As the crowdfunding campaign...
Sunday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Scottish Inter-Faith Week begins today; its theme this year is Journeys, and the programme includes films about young women from different faiths and about the journey of the soul, a mindfulness session, talks on religious...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Edinburgh Steiner School Christmas Market: handmade gifts and crafts, puppet shows and fairground games, raffle, tombola, complementary therapies, live music, King Winter's Grotto, Viennese Cafe, world food market, craft workshops, star hunt and more. 11am-4pm, Edinburgh...
On Blu-Ray: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2014)
When observing every colourful sketch and stroke upon the screen, it is almost unbelievable that Ghibli's famed masterpiece is older than its protagonist. In fact, Spirited Away becomes a teenager on the year of...
Monday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Delighters: Hula Hooping - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities of the participants. 6.30-7.30pm, Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace. Free but booking required: email...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2014
Delighters: Hula Hooping - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities of the participants. 6.30-7.30pm, Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace....
McLaren 2014 project
The centenary of pioneering animator, artist, and musician Norman McLaren has been marked by the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) in conjunction with the National Film Board of Canada with a ground-breaking, nationwide...
Stan Douglas at The Fruitmarket Gallery
There's a hotel with mysterious occupants; a group of run-down clapboard houses dominated by a junk company; a film about childhood terror - these are just some of the works in an outstanding new...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Dolina: An Island Girl's Journey.Well-known singer, actress and storyteller Dolina Maclennan launches her autobiography, written in conversation with Jim Gilchrist and Stuart Edymann. Dolina looks back at her childhood on Lewis and to her friendships with many of the...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Boney Night wi' Firewurks! Fireworks, dookin', fancy dress competition, turnip lantern competition, snack refreshments - and fireworks! Free and open to all, children must be accompanied by an adult. 6.30-8.30pm, Craigmillar Community Arts Centre, Newcraighall Road. For more...
New film based on Waverley anniversary
New film marks 200th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel - ‘Waverley’
Queen Margaret University media students, Phillip Ellarby & Fausta Avizienyte, have created a new Vox Pops film to help celebrate the 200th...
Monday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Before The Diving: little is known about ancient Penguin civilisation, but the recent discovery of early Penguin eggshell drawings provides a fascinating though slightly disconcerting insight into their previously unknown empire. Haika Maeda, a Chinese/Japanese artist...
What’s On In Edinburgh this week
Plenty happening again this week - from fundraisers for Palestine, Water for Life and the Scouts, to films from Poland, Africa and Italy. Books will be launched, exhibitions will be opened, French and Russian...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Save the Elephants Halloween Party: two bands, nibbles, mini-auction, raffle. All funds will go to Kuki Gallmann Conservancy in Kenya, which works with wildlife conservation, especially elephants. Come in your scariest fancy dress! 7pm-midnight, Function...
On DVD/Blu-Ray: The Fault in Our Stars (Josh Boone, 2014)
I have a terrible confession to make. When I first experienced Josh Boone’s cinematic version of the teen fiction sensation, ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, I wanted to hate it. I spent months thinking...
FLASH COMPETITION! – Win a pair of tickets to The Scotsman Hotel ‘Screaming’ Room
Prepare to be scared if you are lucky enough to win one of three pairs of tickets for the screening of Friday the 13th on Thursday evening 30 October 2014 which The Edinburgh Reporter...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Golden Hare Books presents An Evening with Allan Massie. An eminent Scottish author and journalist, Allan has written over thirty books; his latest, Klaus, is the story of Thomas Mann's son, a bold political activist who...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
What's On is truly international this week, with Poland, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan, Palestine, Denmark, China, France, the USA, Canada, Japan and the entire African continent all being involved in events in Scotland's capital. Closer...
Film Review: The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro, 2014)
Modern interpretations of love are rarely subtle. Whether that's the lucid, fantastical erotica of 50 Shades of Grey or the incredible, if wildly explicit lesbian love story Blue is the Warmest Colour; love is...
Film review: The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
Horror sets its roots in East Asian concepts with American execution. Anything outwith these countries is seen as abnormal, and yet on almost every occasion, these productions are the ones with the greatest critical...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair starts today at 6pm! See The Edinburgh Reporter's article for more details; for full programme visit Word Power Books' or Out of the Blue's websites. Tonight: journalist and author Owen Jones on The Establishment:and How They Get Away...
Monday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Leith Links: Moira Russell exhibits paintings, collages and artist's books inspired by the local area, including the docks and the allotments. 10am-1am, Roseleaf Bar Cafe, 23/24 Sandport Place, Leith. Ends 5th November 2014.
Quiz Night: prizes for the winning teams!...
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