September Film Events

For budding filmmakers or those simply interested in exploring the future of cinema and the moving image, head to the GFT in Glasgow on 28 September for FilmCamp 10, a four hour special event in which a multitude of speakers, from filmmakers to game designers, discuss the increasing convergence of technology and film. The event is free, but you need to reserve a spot, so hurry while there's still space.

The Take One Action Film Festival takes place between 23 September and 5 October, showcasing films that focus on issues of global and environmental concern. Hosted by both the Filmhouse in Edinburgh and the GFT, events include special screenings of new and classic films, discussion groups, workshops and Q&A sessions. The selection is vast, from Oscar-nominated documentary The Garden, following a Los Angeles community fighting to retain their large growing space, opening the festival on 23-26 September to a special 70mm screening of Gandhi on 2 October, marking the International Day of Non-Violence.

Stephen Fry is appearing live via satellite all across the country on 13 September to celebrate the launch of his new book, The Fry Chronicles. Showing at the GFT, Belmont in Aberdeen and the Cameo in Edinburgh and streamed from the Royal Festival Hall, the evening promises to be intellectual and highly entertaining as Fry allows the audience a special preview of his new work.

From 17-23 September the DCA in Dundee is giving viewers the chance to watch Fritz Lang's sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis in its (almost) original glory. This is a rare opportunity, as for over eighty years an entire quarter of the film had been considered irrevocably lost due to enforced cuts by the film studios, until several dusty film reels were discovered in an Argentinian museum in 2008. Finally restored and reconstructed, this version is a must-see for sci-fi fans and cinephiles alike.

On 3 September the CCA in Glasgow, in collaboration with Screen Academy Scotland, is showing a compilation of some of the work to emerge from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute. Named after the famous West Bengali director, who received an honorary award at the Oscars in 1992, the Institute is dedicated to training the next generation of Indian filmmakers, and the CCA's free event promises to be entertaining and insightful glimpse into Indian cinema.