Cinetopia: Recommends New Year edition! 30 December - 5 January 2024 💫
Film events, screenings, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
A shortish newsletter today as we recover from festive shenanigans and ease gently into the first week of the New Year, although do check out the EXTENSIVE opportunities section!
From all of us at Cinetopia, we WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR / HOGMANAY, and a 2025 full of great films and many opportunities for the film community! 🎉
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AROUND TOWN
Film screenings & events in Edinburgh and Glasgow
EDINBURGH
FILM SCREENINGS:
It’s BABYRATU time at THE CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE!
The Big Sleep by Howard Hawks/ The first film in Picturehouse’s NOIR in NINE CHAPTERS reDiscover season of classic Film Noirs from the 1930s-1950s / CAMEO PICTUREHOUSE / 5 JAN, 11 am
Sing-A-Long WICKED / Screening multiple times from 30 December through January / SCOTSMAN PICTUREHOUSE / From 30 December onwards
GLASGOW
FILM SCREENINGS:
Take 2: An American Tale / Every child attending a Take 2 Access screening receives a free ticket for themselves and two free tickets for their accompanying adult. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening / GLASGOW FILM THEATRE / 4 JAN, 11.30 am
Nickel Boys / One of the most hotly anticipated releases of 2025! GLASGOW FILM THEATRE / from 3 JAN onwards
OUR MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS IN JANUARY!
NOSFERATU by Robert Eggers / A seductive and terrifying take on the most famous vampire… / See it at THE CAMEO and at GFT (and most multiplexes) from 1 January
NICKEL BOYS by RaMell Moss / A searing adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel about a brutal reformatory in the Jim Crow South. / See it at THE CAMEO and at GFT and at most multiplexes from 3 January
BABYGIRL by Halina Reijn / A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid dom-sub affair with her much younger intern / In preview at THE CAMEO on 31 December / on wide release across UK from 10 January
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus Von Horn / Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency (MUBI) / See it at GFT and on release across UK from 10 January
VERMIGLIO by Maura Delpero / An emotional family drama full of secrets set in a remote northern Italian village during WWII / on UK release from 17 January
THE BRUTALIST by Brady Corbet / A sweeping epic about visionary architect László Toth who arrives in America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage / Book now to see it on 70mm at GFT in February / UK release from 24 January
OPPORTUNITIES
Training, mentoring, masterclasses, skills developments and opportunities… from across the UK (with deadlines for applications!)
LEARNING / TRAINING:
Archive Researcher Training Programme / FREE and Online, run by Screen Skills / 27 - 31 JAN, various times / APPLICATION DEADLINE 12 JAN
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
Works in Progress Lab / Week-long workshop in North Carolina, USA / An immersive work in progress lab focused on social justice documentaries with a focus on Black storytelling, run by Cucalorus x Working Films / APPLICATION DEADLINE 16 JAN
COURSE: BFI Film Academy Specialist Residential 2025 - Film Curation and Archiving / Applications are now open / APPLICATION DEADLINE 17 Jan, 2025
Rough Cut Documentary Workshop / ONLINE run by dok.incubator / Residential workshops to support documentaries through editing, distribution and marketing strategy development to enter the international market / APPLICATION DEADLINE 27 JAN
FREE MENTORSHIP / ONLINE / Offered by Field of Vision / Pitch-training, development advice, technical advice, personal development, etc. / ONLINE THROUGHOUT 2025
Get Into Documentary / New entrants programme for 18-25 year olds to learn about the documentary industry and get started with a project / Run by Grierson DocLab / Free ONLINE intro webinar with former students on 22 JAN 6 pm
JOBS / WORK OPS:
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:
The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award - £100,000 / awarded annually to an emerging filmmaker from anywhere in the world with the most promising pitch for a director-led documentary / APPLICATION DEADLINE 31 JAN
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!)
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
NEWS:
Film stories, productions, news, reports, industry insights, and other tidbits that have caught our attention this week!
BREAKING BORDERS: Empowering Emerging Documentary Voices - new partnership between Scottish Documentary Institute and Dokufest
Little improvement for female film directors in UK & Ireland 2024 box office
Tilda Swinton will receive the Honorary Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale Film Festival