Tag: Film
Oscars 2014 – Edinburgh Director nominated for award
A young Edinburgh director has been short listed for an Academy Award.
Edinburgh director Sara Ishaq has been selected as one of 5 finalists for the Best Short Documentary Award at this year’s Oscars.
Her film...
BAFTA 2014: The Round Up
Film lovers this morning woke up early on Wednesday morning to catch the announcement of the BAFTA’s 2014 Film Awards, sponsored by EE.
As 2013 was one of cinema’s greatest years in quite a while,...
Film Review: 12 Years a Slave *****
There are very few films where the audience leave the cinema without saying a word, (Schindler's List was one of them) such is the impression left by what they have seen. Another one has...
The most important films of 2013
It was a year of cinematic diversity - for every scantily clad teenage gangster, we had an elderly shunned Irish nun, searching for her son. One thing that did ring true was the fantastic...
Five things you need to know today
Council budget - Afternoon Tea - Payday Loans - Whisky sale - Films at the National Gallery
Today is the last day for you to have your say on what the council do with the...
Edinburgh MP invites entries for Rock the House
Edinburgh’s Liberal Democrat MP, Mike Crockart, is calling for musicians and film makers to enter Parliament’s largest competitions, Rock the House and Film the House.
Founded by Intellectual Property Advisor to the Prime Minister, Mike...
REVIEW – Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013, Adbellatif Kechiche)
It has been shrouded in both critical acclaim and backlash since it premiered at Cannes earlier this year, but there’s one thing no one can deny about Blue is the Warmest Colour - its...
Film REVIEW – Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton, 2013)
Independent cinema is comfortably placed in two categories: films that are quite something, and films that try hard to be something that they’re not. Thankfully, Destin Cretton’s Short Term 12 is a film that...
REVIEW – For Those in Peril (2013, Paul Wright)
For years, it seems like Scottish cinema had sort of bubbled under the filmic radar as Hollywood took centre stage. Then, there was 2013. As films such as Jon S. Baird’s ‘Filth’ and the...
Film and food to celebrate Louis de Funès at the French Institute
On the 30th anniversary of his death the Institut français put on a special evening of film and food to celebrate the hero of French comedy Louis de Funès on Thursday 14 November 2013, as...
85a Collective comes to Summerhall
Glasgow-based group 85a is ready to make its Edinburgh debut at Summerhall next month.
The sound, art and performance collective will stage elaborate happenings which are part art installation and part theatrical event, with elements...
Film Review – ‘Rush’ is More Than Just Racing
It was never going to be an easy film for director Ron Howard to make, although if this film was going to be made, he certainly had the experience to do it. With films...
The Filmhouse this week
The Filmhouse has been making 'em laugh, cry and smile for about 35 years now. The building on Lothian Road has been altered over the years to accommodate a Cafe/Bar as well as three...
Queen Margaret University lecturer releases new film
Filmmaker releases stunning time lapse in celebration of Scotland’s incredible summer
An award-winning filmmaker has just released a captivating time lapse/stop motion film which celebrates the beauty of south east Scotland.
Walid Salhab, media practice lecturer...
Danny MacAskill – free screening of new film tonight in Edinburgh
SCOTTISH PREMIERE OF DANNY MACASKILL’S IMAGINATE DOCUMENTARY
The latest instalment of Scottish street trials sensation Danny MacAskill’s long-awaited new riding film, Imaginate, will have its Scottish premiere in Edinburgh this evening.
The six-part documentary series from...
Film – North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Art For All is delighted to announce that North Edinburgh Arts has agreed to host a film screening of the ground-breaking film by the 350.org team Do The Math! on Wednesday 29 May.
This film...
Film Review – Flying Blind Flies Back Into Town – TONIGHT ONLY
Flying Blind is showing tonight at The Filmhouse - for one night only.
In Flying Blind, a woman who has dedicated her life to her career, as a designer of military drones, finds her carefully...
Bootleg Film Festival Makes Debut Edinburgh Appearance
Do you love movies? Are you looking for somewhere to go this weekend? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then here is the solution: the Bootleg Film Festival at Banshee Labyrinth....
Nicola Benedetti brings The Silver Violin to Edinburgh
Stopping off as part of a nine-venue Scottish tour, violinist Nicola Benedetti brings the glamour of the silver screen to the Usher Hall on Thursday in a live concert based around her best-selling album...
Edinburgh film-maker releases trailer for new film
After achieving over one and a half million hits with his stunning time lapse video, Edinburgh’s award-winning filmmaker has released his long awaited film trailer.
Walid Salhab, lecturer in media practice at Queen Margaret University,...
Colony of Artists Exhibition 1-2 September 2012
The colony houses found in several places in Edinburgh are, as most of us in the capital know, very special indeed, but down in Abbeyhill the occupants are also quite special too. This weekend...
Film preview – Searching for Sugar Man
We are willing to bet you that you will come out of the cinema after watching this film and head straight for the nearest music store, or download the music immediately from iTunes. The...
7 Days in Havana for one night only
After last month’s star-studded premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Edinburgh film fans will be treated to an exclusive preview screening of 7 Days In Havana at The Caves in Edinburgh, on Wednesday 27 June...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012
Chris Fujiwara came to Edinburgh in January to run the 2012 offering of films. He has had his work cut out for him as the reviews of last year's Film Festival were less than...
Edinburgh lecturer’s film to be shown at Cannes
A lecturer from QMU, who has just won a prestigious short film award, is now to have his film screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Walid Salhab, Lecturer in Media Practice, has just gained a...
Film Review – The Avengers
by Ryan McNeely
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble
Or, you know, The Avengers.
Loki has come to Earth to subjugate all of humanity. All that stands in his way is an untested experiment: the Avengers Initiative. Captain America, Iron...
VisitScotland announce marketing campaign for ‘Brave’
VisitScotland, Scotland’s tourism organisation, and The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa announced a unique global marketing campaign to promote Scottish tourism around the much-anticipated Disney•Pixar film “Brave”, which is set in the...
Edinburgh filmmaker shortlisted for Gaelic awards
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Edinburgh author and screenwriter, Alison Lang, has been shortlisted for three awards in the Gaelic film competition, FilmG.
Taistealachd – which translates as “Pilgrimage” – is up for best student film, best performance, and best...
Film Review – Silver Surfers Curry Favour
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2011 (12A)
Director John Madden
Screenplay Ol Parker (based on the novel by Deborah Moggach)
Comedy/Drama
124 mins
A senior ensemble cast lends some dignity, if not excessive credibility, to this predictable feel-good comedy/romance SAGA...
Film Review – You Say You Want A Revolution? Let’s Gdansk
Polish Roulette - Sztos 2
Comedy
Polish with English sub-titles.
Cert 15. 105 mins
Together with rationing it is an even colder and slushier Advent in Poland 1981 as the Solidarity movement, simmering in the Gdansk shipyards, provokes...
