Cinetopia

Our Venice Film Festival special is now available on your fave pod channels. Join Amanda, Martin and Matthew from IFFG for highlights from Venice 2026, plus a conversation with filmmaker Robert Greene about his new documentary Too Much Sugar. Listen now! open.spotify.com/episode/3beD...

🕷️ This Halloween experience one of the oldest horror films, Benjamin Christensen’s silent film "Häxan"(1922)! It will be presented with an original score performed live by Jane Gardner & Hazel Morrison 31 Oct @ifecosse.bsky.social with @cinetopia.bsky.social 🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/cinet...

90s bangers, mate! 🎧 Relive the hedonism of 1999 with a screening of HUMAN TRAFFIC + 90s DJ Session 7 Oct, 7pm -late! at the Voodoo Rooms "A reminder of that interesting 90s moment when euphoria and uncomplicated fun had cultural cachet." The Guardian www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

Next Weds at Filmhouse, 30 September, 8.20pm: Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche + Q&A with Paul Sng! The story of the UK's first frontwoman of a successful rock band - X-ray Spex, who inspired the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements - a blazing voice of rebellion in 1970s Britain. Tickets bit.ly/XraySpex

Unmissable live music & cinema event tomorrow Weds 16 Sept. 8.30pm! Jean Epstein's 1929 epic FINIS TERRAE in dazzling 4K + live score from Edinburgh-based musician/composer Dan Abrahams (Dowally) and French drummer and percussionist Philippe Boudot (Clara Yse) www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/cineto...

🎙️ Our latest Cinetopia Radio podcast is out now! Cinetopia's Amanda Rogers is joined by show regulars, Jim Ross (Take One Magazine) and Garry Arnot (Cinema Perspective), to preview EIFF 2026 and review The Invite, Blue Heron and Rosebush Pruning. 🎬 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6l2c...

This week’s Cinetopia Recommends is here! 🍿 Discover our latest picks of film screenings, events, opportunities and industry news from Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond. Thanks to writer and curator Mary McPoland for compiling this week’s edition! 🔗 substack.com/home/post/p-...

Join us for our June film networking night, in the Blackbird Bar beer garden, Edinburgh! 🙌 Connect with fellow film industry folks over informal drinks and chats, whether you're a seasoned pro, or just starting out in the industry and keen to learn more! www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

SUMMER FILM NETWORKING NIGHTS ARE BACK! ☀️ Join us on 25 June, 7-10pm at our favourite summer locale, The Blackbird Bar beer garden for our next session. FREE to attend, please RSVP below! ⬇️ www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

"a beautiful, evocative essay on youth and experience, like Flaubert's Sentimental Education remixed at 130bpm." - THE OBSERVER. Mia Hansen-Løve's EDEN is our Cinetopia Salon #4, an evening of French-style apero, cinema + DJ set from Ann Tweak. ➡️18 June, 6-10.15pm at French Institute. Book now 🎟️

Join us for Cinetopia Salon #4 at the French Institute of Scotland - 18 June, 6-10.15pm A cultural evening of apéro, arts, cinema and good conversation! MIA HANSEN-LØVE’S ‘EDEN’ + LIVE DJ SET WITH ANN TWEAK FRENCH HOUSE, BABY! 🎧🪩 - TICKETS IN COMMENT BELOW!

Join us for our free May film networking night ! 🙌 Meet and connect with fellow film industry folks over informal drinks whether you're a seasoned pro, or just starting out in the industry and keen to learn more. 26 May, Little Picardy Bar | RSVP below! www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

🎸 QUEER AS PUNK Scottish Preview 🏳️‍⚧️ 📍 8:30pm, 13th May, @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social We're teaming up with @cinetopia.bsky.social for a special Scottish preview of this bold, infectiously energetic documentary, ahead of its UK release with T A P E 🏳️‍🌈🎸 🔗 www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/queer-...

Cinetopia DOC x SQIFF present: QUEER AS PUNK - A special Scottish preview on 13 May, 8.30pm + INTRO & Director Q&A (recorded) at Filmhouse - @sqiff.bsky.social 🎟️Tickets from £0 - £20, pay what you can. A bold, powerful, infectiously energetic documentary by Yihwen Chen! Book via our bio link! 🔗

Our next DOC screening is in collaboration with @sqiff.bsky.social: QUEER AS PUNK by Yihwen Chen + intro with artist Kai Kahidir Hassan and a recorded director Q&A! A special Scottish preview ahead of UK release via T A P E 13 May, 8.30pm at Filmhouse, Edinburgh! 🏳️‍🌈🎸 🎟️ www.cinetopia.co.uk/doc

Thank you @cinetopia.bsky.social and Fiend in the Furrows for letting me see this fucking delight on a big screen in a room full of cheering people! #thelairofthewhiteworm

Highlights from @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's film column include... 🔮 Leith's new folk horror festival by @cinetopia.bsky.social 🕺 A Baz Luhrmann season at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social 🪩 Drag icon @peacheschrist.com brings cabaret Idol Worship to the Cameo

Join us for our April film networking night ! 🙌 Meet fellow film folks over informal drinks and chats, whether you're a seasoned pro, or just starting out in the industry. 16 April, 7.30-10pm at Little Picardy Bar, EH1 3AA Free, but please RSVP! www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

If you enjoyed our Cinetopia SALONS this year and want more, *PLEASE* complete our audience survey! 🙏 Your feedback will help us to secure further funding, understand what you want to see more of, and to continue delivering amazing salon events in 2026! Complete it here: bit.ly/salonaudienc...

Les Misérables on Stage, @cinetopia.bsky.social Salons, Choir in French and concert with The Gemstone Arias... Discover our upcoming events at @ifecosse.bsky.social 🌟 Read our latest newsletter: tinyurl.com/52fuyfv3 Join our mailing list: bit.ly/408uLpD

René Clair’s "Paris Qui Dort"(1924) is a science-fiction gem that turns the City of Light into a playground for surreal misadventure. The film screening will be accompanied by live music from Aurora Engine! @cinetopia.bsky.social 6 Dec at @ifecosse.bsky.social 🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/paris...

Don’t know what film event to go to next? 🎬 There are 40+ new listings on cinetopiaconnect.com from film orgs all across Scotland! Have an event coming up? Create a profile (it takes 1 minute) and add it to the growing list! #ScottishFilm #FilmEvents #CinetopiaConnect

🎃 Cinetopia Recommends is here with a special spooky HALLOWEEN edition as well as the usual goody bag of screenings, festivals & film events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! OCT 27 - NOV 2 EDITION! ⬇️ cinetopia.substack.com/p/cinetopia-...

Festival season is in full swing and this week’s Cinetopia Recommends is packed. We’ve got everything from the Ed Spanish Film Fest to highlights from the London Film Fest on tour, screenings across Edinburgh and Glasgow, opportunities and more! 👉 Read it here: cinetopia.substack.com/p/cinetopia-...

Elevator to the Gallows + Live Jazz Performance. Thursday, 30 October 2025 @cinetopia.bsky.social netopia.bsky.social @ifecosse.bsky.social www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/eleva...

👀⬇️ Take One Action is on to Glasgow tomorrow!

Cinetopia:DOC is back at Filmhouse tomorrow, 17 Sept. 5.45pm MISTRESS DISPELLER + recorded Q&A A woman in China hires a professional to break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, we follow all corners of this unfolding love drama. TIX: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre...

🎥 “I shoot most of my own films… capturing and reacting to reality as it unfolds.” — Elizabeth Lo Join us for the Edinburgh premiere of Mistress Dispeller + exclusive Q&A (prerecorded) with Lo. 📍 Filmhouse | Wed 17 Sept, 5.45pm 🎟 Tickets: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre... #MistressDispeller

“A feat of intelligent, emotional filmmaking… one of the most compelling films of the year so far.” — Next Best Picture Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER screens at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, Tue 17 Sept, 5.45pm. 🎟 Tickets: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre...

The latest issue of Cinetopia: Recommends is out! The best film events, jobs, opportunities, funding, etc in Edinburgh and Glasgow taking place next week! Your one-stop-shop for all good things movie-related. Subscribe to get it weekly in your inbox! cinetopia.substack.com/p/cinetopia-...

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What NOT to miss at Edinburgh Film Festival 2025 👀 Team Cinetopia have picked their "Most Anticipated" movies we recommend from the festival programme, but honestly - we just want to watch them all! @edfilmfest runs from 14-20 August, we’ll be there - come say hi 👋

Glasgow, see “Kim's Video” today at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall This is a unique opportunity to discover this incredible story within the setting of Scotland's national film archive & it's free www.nls.uk/whats-on/kim...

Glasgow, see “Kim's Video” today at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall This is a unique opportunity to discover this incredible story within the setting of Scotland's national film archive & it's free www.nls.uk/whats-on/kim...

"A study in contemporary life and luck that suddenly becomes something wholly unexpected: moving and wonderful." Shona Cameron, Psychologist. The Scottish premiere of LOVE & TROUBLE is this Thursday, 5.30pm at The Cameo + a Q&A with Amy! cms.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

Our weekly curated list of all the cool film happenings across Edinburgh and Glasgow for next week! Get the curated weekly newsletter every Sunday in your inbox: ✅ Film events/screenings/festivals ✅Jobs/funding/grants ✅Training/development Read & subscribe: cinetopia.substack.com/p/cinetopia-...

Join us for our next film networking night at the Blackbird Bar, Edinburgh - 29 May, 7pm! Your friendly, welcoming, regular film community mixer - It's free to come along, we just ask that you pls rsvp below! 🙏 www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...

We're all getting ready for a Conclave! If you've not seen it yet... Time to revisit our Cinetopia Radio show review of Edward Berger's blockbuster take on the Papal election... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUk...

Our weekly Cinetopia: Recommends is here! Your curated list of film events, screenings, opportunities, jobs for the Edinburgh/Glasgow film communities. Click the link and subscribe🔗 In each edition, you'll also find our event submission link to be featured. open.substack.com/pub/cinetopi...

So Lumiere cinema Romford built a WHOLE POP UP VIDEO SHOP for our screening of Kim's Video on Tuesday, 29 April 💯💥📼 Come along, bring your videos and DVD to swap with others, and enjoy a recorded directors Q&A, including Mr. Kim, after the movie! 💗 www.lumiereromford.com

Tomorrow 21 April, Cinetopia: DOC presents the UK premiere of THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT to mark Earth Day! This all-archive doc explores how big oil, the media, and White House infighting under President Bush Snr. undermined crucial climate action at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. bit.ly/WhiteHouseDOC