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Polite Society
Polite Society, the debut film from We are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor, is chockablock with teenage kicks – specifically the flying and s... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Film
The Damned Don't Cry
Fyzal Boulifa's The Damned Don’t Cry borrows its title from a similarly themed 1950s Joan Crawford melodrama, which centres on a woman using her f... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival 2023: Our Top Ten Picks
The 76th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival kicks off next week, and it’s a smaller affair than usual, with no competition and only a... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Film
Exclusive: Watch the trailer for A Cat Called Dom
If you like your documentaries to be both extremely meta and deeply moving, you’ll love A Cat Called Dom, the debut feature film from Will Anderson and... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2023 preview
The Scottish film festival with the niftiest acronym – SQIFF – is back this September after a break last year, and it’s been much missed. ... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Film
Matt Johnson on BlackBerry
In The Social Network and Steve Jobs – both written by Aaron Sorkin – Silicon Valley success stories became baroque moral tragedies, with the tec... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Film
Scottish Film Events: October 2023
The scary season is upon us, so hardcore scary movie nuts are in for a treat with two marathons. First, Edinburgh's Cameo presents All Night Horror Madn... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Film
The Old Oak
The Old Oak is the closing chapter in Ken Loach's loose trilogy set in the North-East of England looking at the state of working-class Britain after 13 years... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
News
Creative Edinburgh Awards: The 2023 Shortlist
Once again Edinburgh’s creative community will be coming together to celebrate the wealth of talent in Scotland’s capital with the Creative Edinb... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Film
Not Your Usual: Adura Onashile on her path to filmmaking
How does one become an award-winning actor and director across theatre and film? According to Glasgow-based actor-writer-director Adura Onashile, mostly by h... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
Johnny Jewel on soundtracks, influences and playing live
It’s only around 11am Pacific Time when I call Johnny Jewel at his home near Joshua Tree in the Californian desert, but he’s been up working for ... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
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Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping on Femme
In Femme, the electrifying London-set debut feature from Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, every character is playing a role. When we first meet Jules (Nathan... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Festivals
Fokus, Films from Germany: 2024 preview
German cinema gets its annual celebration in Scotland once again with the return of Fokus, Films from Germany, the film festival from the Goethe-Institut Gla... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival: Pop-up Screenings return in 2024
Glasgow Film Festival’s special pop-up screenings are legendary. Who can forget watching The Thing on a snowy ski slope in Braehead, or driving ou... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Film
Glasgow Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
Glasgow Film Festival (28 Feb-10 Mar), now Scotland’s biggest celebration of cinema, marks its 20th edition this year. But that's not the only annivers... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Film
Viggo Mortensen, George Mackay set for Glasgow Film Festival
With just under two weeks to go until Glasgow Film Festival kicks off with neo-noir Love Lies Bleeding, it’s been announced today that the film's ... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024: The Award Winners
The curtain came down on another Glasgow Short Film Festival on Sunday (24 Mar), and it was a bittersweet affair, with the festival’s excellent program... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Music
Hidden Door returns with a 10th birthday party
UPDATE: Hidden Door reveals underground venue for 10th birthday weekender Back in March, Hidden Door teased a new venue for their tenth birthday weeken... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival reveals first events for 2024
No one could accuse the Edinburgh International Book Festival of going niche with their new series, The Front List. After all, it is taking place in the huge... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Music
Hen Hoose launches Beldina Odenyo bursary
One of the most exciting and innovative projects to emerge on the Scottish music scene over the last few years has been Hen Hoose, the Glasgow-based songwrit... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival will open with Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun
This year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival has found the perfect film to open its relaunched event: The Outrun, the much-anticipated new film ba... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Film
Hoard
There are visceral movies and then there's Hoard. Luna Carmoon’s bracing debut overwhelms the senses. It’s a film concerned with grime, sweat, sa... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Art
Edinburgh Art Festival announces its 2024 programme
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) turns 20 this summer and today they’ve announced what to look forward to at this year’s event, which runs at various... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
Art
On The Move: Moving Image at Glasgow International
Enzo Camacho, Ami LienOfferings for Escalante Offerings for Escalante, a new exhibition from Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien, comprises two film elements &nd... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival announce 2024 programme
The main theme of this year’s new look Edinburgh International Book Festival is 'Future Tense' but there’s been plenty of present tension too. La... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
Travel
The Skinny On... a Random Highland Coo from Pollok Park
We’ve been banging on all throughout this issue about why you should leave the cities and explore what’s happening across Scotland. But what if w... Read more »| Updated about 1 year ago -
Film
Edinburgh Film Festival: The 2024 award winners
The curtain came down on the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival last night with the world premiere of Carla J Easton and Blair Young’s vibrant ... Read more »| Updated 12 months ago -
Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival announces 2024 programme
Queers, assemble! The essential Scottish Queer International Film Festival (or SQIFF for short) is returning this Autumn, running 8 to 12 October at the CCA ... Read more »| Updated 12 months ago -
Art
Hidden Door moves to Maybury paper factory for 2025
Hidden Door, the Edinburgh organisation that opens up forgotten urban spaces to host wild and wonderful multi-arts festivals, have announced they will be bac... Read more »| Updated 12 months ago -
Film
Scotland's Film Festival Scene: Vibrant but Running on Fumes
If you’re a film fan living in Scotland, you’re spoiled for choice when it comes to film festivals. Are you nuts for Japanese animation? Check ou... Read more »| Updated 11 months ago