Cinetopia: Recommends FESTIVE EDITION! 16-29 December 2024 ☃️
Two weeks packed with festive film events, work and training opportunities, cool happenings and film news. Covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond - helping you stay connected to the film community!🍿
Welcome to the bumper FESTIVE ISSUE of Cinetopia: Recommends! This is our 7th edition, and last one before we take a two week break - so exceptionally, this edition covers from 16th - 29th December 2024. Normal schedule resumes after this!
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AROUND TOWN
Film screenings & events in Edinburgh and Glasgow - Christmas movie screenings indicated by a🎄!
EDINBURGH
FILM SCREENINGS:
FOOD FOR PROFIT + PANEL Q&A / Food For Profit is the first feature documentary that exposes the links between the meat industry, lobbying, and the corridors of power + panel with local expert guests / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 16 Dec, 7.30 pm
HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES by Pat Boonnitipat / Presented by MilkTea Films (showing the best of East & Southeast Asian cinema in the UK) and BEAM Network (a vibrant and growing community dedicated to advocating and supporting ESEA working behind-the-scenes in the UK film, television and media industry) / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 17 Dec, 7.15pm
ON MY LAND + Q&A / Premiere of documentary On My Land followed by Q&A with director, journalist and photographer from the West Bank, Palestine, Mohamad Zwahre / SAINT AUGUSTINE’S / 17 Dec, 7pm
🎄ALTERNATIVE XMAS DOUBLE-BILL - Hostile Hostages (1994) + The Ice Harvest (2005) / GRASSMARKET COMMUNITY PICTUREHOUSE / 18 Dec, 7pm
PASS THE SPOON / A collab between Turner Prize-nominated visual artist David Shrigley, award winning composer David Fennessy, and Magnetic North’s Artistic Director Nicholas Bone, now on film. / FRUITMARKET GALLERY / 18 Dec, 7 pm
BRAW CINEMA CLUB presents TIPTOES / Romcom fun with Braw Gigs / BANSHEE LABYRINTH / 19 Dec, 7.30 pm
🎄THE POLAR EXPRESS & PAJAMA PARTY / Kid’s screening / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 21 Dec, 10.30 am
🎄THE SNOWMAN + THE RSNO! / The film will be narrated by special star guest –Still Game’s Sanjeev Kohli / USHER HALL / 22 Dec, 3pm
🎄FIZZ ‘N FLICK XMAS SCREENINGS / Enjoy brunch and a glass of fizz, before a classic film - It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and Gregory’s Girl / THE SCOTSMAN PICTUREHOUSE / various dates
PREVIEW: WE LIVE IN TIME / Boxing Day weepy with Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 26 Dec, 8.30 pm
PREVIEW: MARIA / Angelia Jolie IS Maria Callas! / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 29 Dec, 4.30 pm
EVENTS:
EDINBURGH SCREENWRITING SESSIONS / an informal meet-up for Edinburgh screenwriters looking to get some work done, meet fellow writers, and eat cake / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 21 Dec, from 11.15 am
GLASGOW
FILM SCREENINGS:
SUMMER OF SOUL / Woodlands Community Anti-Racist Film Club screening of Summer Of Soul (… or when the revolution could not be televised), (2021) / FLOURISH HOUSE / 17 Dec, 5.30 pm
A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS / Mark Cousin’s award-winning doc on modern artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham returns to GFT for two more screenings over Christmas / GLASGOW FILM THEATRE / 20 + 23 December
A WALLACE & GROMIT TRIPLE-BILL / A Grand Day Out / The Wrong Trousers / A Close Shave - Take 2: Every child attending gets one free ticket for another child and one for an accompanying adult, issued on the day / GLASGOW FILM THEATRE / 28 Dec, 11.30 am
🎄FREE XMAS SCREENING / Popcorn, hot chocolate, and other festive goodies available on the night / BARLANARK GREYFRIARS CHURCH / 20 Dec, 6.30 pm
🎄THE SNOWMAN + THE RSNO! / The film will be narrated by special star guest –Still Game’s Sanjeev Kohli / GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL / 21 Dec, 2 pm + 6 pm
🎄FESTIVE MOVIES AT BAaD / 4 seasonal favourites - Ticket includes screening, welcome drink of mulled wine or soft drink and popcorn! / BARRAS ART AND DESIGN / 23 + 24 Dec, various times
🎄SANTA TRACKING + MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL / Watch Santa travel across the world delivering presents on the Planetarium big screen, then settle into a classic Xmas film! / PLANETARIUM / 24 Dec, 11 am + 2 pm
ON MY LAND + Q&A / Documentary followed by Q&A with director, journalist and photographer from the West Bank, Palestine, Mohamad Zwahre, by Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign / UNISON Glasgow City Branch Office / 29 Dec, 2 pm
🎄CHRISTMAS CINEMA CLUB AT THE KIMPTON / 3 days packed with festive movies with popcorn, a hot cocoa station, mulled wine, and a chance to toast your very own marshmallows / KIMPTON BLYTHSWOOD SQUARE / 21-13 Dec, various times
🎄CHRISTMAS KIDS PARTY & ELF! / Meet Santa, enjoy games and treats, and watch Elf! / ARTA / 21 Dec, 1-5pm
EVENTS:
SCOTTISH CREATIVE NETWORK - Rebooted! Casual Creative Networking! / Open to any and all creative folks! / THE SOCIAL HUB / 19 Dec, 7.30 pm
FURTHER AFIELD
A curated selection of opportunities / happenings across the UK or online that caught our eyes!
🎄DUNFERMLINE - DIE HARD / FIRE STATION CREATIVE / 17 Dec, 6.30 pm
🎄FIFE - THE SNOWMAN + LIVE MUSIC / The Lochgelly Band play live accompaniment to The Snowman / LOCHGELLY CENTRE / 21 Dec, 2pm
🎄DUNDEE - DUNDEAD - Black Christmas & Dead of Night AKA Deathdream (50th Anniversary) / An evening of cult, festive, Bob Clark slasher movies! / DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS / 21 Dec, 7.30 pm
FILMS WE RECOMMEND OVER XMAS!
The Universal Theory by Timm Kröger - 1962. Against the towering landscape of the post-war Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist – one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul. Before he knows it, his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending metaphysical web of murder and mystery / See it at GFT and The Cameo (and select multiplexes)
Anora, All We Imagine as Light, and On Becoming a Guineafowl are still playing at The Cameo and a few multiplexes over the next couple of weeks!
OPPORTUNITIES
Training, mentoring, masterclasses, skills developments and opportunities… from across the UK (with deadlines for applications!)
LEARNING / TRAINING:
APPRENTICESHIPS: The BBC has 94 Production Apprenticeships going!!UK-wide, BBC Radio, Sports, Studios, News… 18+ scheme for non-graduates / APPLICATION DEADLINES VARY
CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Be a Young Programmer! / Showroom Cinema in Sheffield is looking for 18-25 year olds to work with them all year round to put on their own events and screenings. / APPLICATION DEADLINE 6 January 2025
TRAINING PROGRAMME: Sean Connery Talent Lab / This new and transformative 12-month talent development programme is set to become a cornerstone of the Scottish film industry / APPLICATION DEADLINE 13 Jan, 2025
COURSE: BFI Film Academy Specialist Residential 2025 - Film Curation and Archiving / Applications are now open / APPLICATION DEADLINE 17 Jan, 2025
JOBS / WORK OPS:
BECOME A BOARD MEMBER: Independent Cinema Office is seeking new members for its board of trustees / APPLICATION DEADLINE, 18 December
EMERGING TV DIRECTORS (Unscripted) - BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland (Freelance Opportunity) / APPLICATION DEADLINE, 5 January
Junior Production Coordinator Apprenticeship (Glasgow) / BBC Studios - Kids & Family / APPLICATION DEADLINE 17 January
FUNDING / AWARDS / FESTIVALS:
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Short Films / Reclaim the Frame are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Bird’s Eye Film Festival with a weekender of films in March 2025, now accepting short films (under 20 mins) by marginalised gender filmmakers across the UK! / DEADLINE 18 January (follow them for more deets!)
AWARDS: Into Film Awards submissions now open! / A flagship celebration of young filmmaking talent, offering a platform for 5-19 year-olds from across the UK / SUBMISSION DEADLINE 4 MARCH 2025
XMAS GIFT IDEAS:
For the documentary lover: Sheffield Doc Fest’s DocLover 10 offer is now on sale at an Early Bird rate of £60 - 10 tickets to the 2025 festival screenings or talks and more! Get yours before 31 January 2025 to save up to £75 on single tickets.
For the film philanthropist: Celebrate 50 years of GFT by donating £50, in your name or a friends! Shape the next 50 years of independent film and support Cinema for All, helping young people access cinema and supporting filmmakers, training and learning, and more! £50 donations earn you a ticket to a surprise screening in January 2025, and your name on the website / celebratory trailer.
For the community and culture lover: Support the
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NEWS:
Film stories, productions, news, reports, industry insights, and other tidbits that have caught our attention this week!
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 announces its country focus, events and special screenings!
Glasgow Film Festival’s UK-wide screenings are returning with Scottish filmmaker Laura Carreira’s award-winning social-realist drama On Falling.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 dates announced and submissions open!
Screen Scotland more than doubles opportunities for new & emerging filmmakers in Scotland
Scotland on Screen: Review of 2024 - from The Skinny
BIFA Award Winners - Kneecap wins big - congratulations to all the winners and nominees this year!