🎙️ 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...

July 2026: 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival Preview, The Invite, Blue Heron, and Rosebush Pruning

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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-...

Cinetopia Recommends: 20-26 JULY 2026

Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉

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Delighted to be back on air with @cinetopia.bsky.social for the first time in ages. Chatted Blue Heron & The Invite with @cinemaperspective.com and @amandainflux.bsky.social for the EH-FM. Worked out great: two of my favourite films of the year so far. Spotify link below, but available other places!

July 2026: 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival Preview, The Invite, Blue Heron, and Rosebush Pruning

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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 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

Cinetopia DOC x SQIFF present: QUEER AS PUNK + intro & recorded Q&A May 13, 8.30pm at FILMHOUSE Faris is a transman and lead singer of queer punk band "Shh..Diam!" in Malaysia who use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights. Scottish preview ahead of general UK release via T A P E Collective!

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

Scottish Film Events: April 2026 – The Skinny

April sees the arrival of a new folk horror festival, John Waters favourite Mink Stole brings her IDOL WORSHIP show to Edinburgh, and there's lots and lots of repertory cinema.

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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-...

Cinetopia Recommends: 27 October - 2 November - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃

Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉

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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-...

Cinetopia Recommends: 6-12 October 2025

Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉

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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...

Elevator to the Gallows / Ascenseur pour l'échafaud + Live Jazz Performance - Institut français · Écosse

Join us for the very first Cinetopia Salon, a new monthly gathering where cinema meets live performance, nibbles and drinks, and good conversation. Experience Louis Malle’s hypnotic, cult début Ascens...

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I'm on @cinetopia.bsky.social podcast this month talking with the rest of the team about some of the latest film releases: Honey Don't, Happyend, Put Your Souls on Your Hand and Walk, and Paul and Paulette Take a Bath. Check it out wherever you get podcasts.

👀⬇️ Take One Action is on to Glasgow tomorrow!

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We're so excited for our big Real Utopias festival day in #Glasgow tomorrow. If you haven't got your tickets you can browse the programme here: www.takeoneaction.org.uk

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-...

Cinetopia: Recommends, 8-14 September 2025

Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉

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💫 IT’S HERE! 💫 Watch the trailer for Take One Action Film Festivals 2025 and dive into our Real Utopias programme! EDINBURGH | GLASGOW | INVERNESS | DUNDEE ACCESS: 🎟️ All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20) 💬 All films with descriptive subtitles Get your tickets now: www.takeoneaction.org.uk