Film within 5 miles of Edinburgh

48 events within 5 miles

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Edinburgh College – Sighthill Campus: Degree Show

  • 120 min

A selection of short films from final year students at Edinburgh College's Sighthill Campus.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Tue 11 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 18:00

The Emperor Jones; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You; Rhyme ’Em to Death

Three pieces on video: The Emperor Jones is a video interpretation of The Wooster Group’s original stage production of Eugene O’Neill’s play; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You is the Group’s 1991 metadocumentary of daily life in a fading performance troupe; and Rhyme ’Em to Death is a short black-and-white film…

Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Tue 13 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Selections from the Wooster Group Archive.

Film Screening & 60's themed Hippie Night!!!!

Screening of a very good independent Scottish short film with Hippie disco.

Elbow, Edinburgh (1.5 miles)

Thu 13 Jun

0131 556 5662

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 20:30 – 00:30

Five Easy Pieces

  • 4 stars
  • 1970
  • US
  • 98 min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Bob Rafelson
  • Written by: Bob Rafelson, Adrien Joyce
  • Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black

Rafelson's slow, honest, funny and painful study of familial alienation and ennui at a time of war (Vietnam) has been lovingly restored and is well worth revisiting or discovering anew.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Wed 5 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 20:45

Thu 6 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 15:15
  • 20:45

Forgotten Memories

This is a filmed documentary on Jirí Kylián’s life, way of thinking and most significant creations. Shot in 2011 in The Hague, Prague, Monte Carlo and Paris with Sabine Kupferberg dancing as Kylián rehearses some of his works. Film directed by Christian Dumais-Lvowski and Don Kent.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre (0.9 miles)

Fri 16 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

Mon 19 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

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Geological Home Movies

Artist Ilana Halperin, whose exhibition The Library is currently running in the museum, curates a programme of films in which artists interact with geological processes (as she herself does). Artists include Joan Jonas, Seth Kelly, Allan McCollum, Takehito Shiina and a new work by Halperin herself.

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Sat 3 Aug

Free / 0300 123 6789

Glyndebourne: Ariadne auf Naxos

A live screening direct from the Glyndebourne Festival of Opera of Richard Strauss' comedic 1912 opera Ariadne auf Naxos.

Cameo, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Tue 11 Jun

0871 902 5723

The Green Table/Portrait of Mary Wigman

Choreographed in 1932, The Green Table is known as Kurt Jooss’s masterpiece. In this film of a performance in the 1960s by Folkwang Ballet, the dancers include a young Pina Bausch. Portrait of Mary Wigman: at the end of the roaring twenties Mary Wigman provoked a real revolution in the world of dance.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre (0.9 miles)

Sat 17 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

Sun 18 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

Happy Days

Beckett on Film: Happy Days: Directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Rosaleen Linehan and Richard Johnson.

The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)

Sat 31 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett on Film.

Histoire d'amour

European Premiere: An English teacher sees a woman on the underground and decides she will become his wife and the mother of his children. He takes over her life and when she tries to escape, all doors close before her. Once re-captured he abuses her again, over and over. Histoire d’amour explores a world where guilt and…

King's Theatre, Edinburgh (1.6 miles)

Thu 15 Aug

£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Fri 16 Aug

£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Sat 17 Aug

£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000

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House/Lights

A video of a complete performance of the 1999 OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra’s B-movie classic, Olga’s House of Shame. ‘Bedazzling … there’s nothing else like it around; it turns disorientation into a primary sensual pleasure, even as it raises terrifying…

Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Sun 11 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Selections from the Wooster Group Archive.

Interfaces: How Art Intersects with Technology in Cinema

Moshe Kam of Drexel University, Philadelphia, discusses the neverending cycle of advancements in cinema, that provide for expanded artistic freedom and in turn lead to new technological opportunities. Chaired by Sir John Arbuthnott, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)

Tue 13 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Interfaces.

John Smith: Early Shorts

Rhubaba Gallery presents a selection of earlier short films from the brilliant John Smith: Associations, The Girl Chewing Gum and The Black Tower.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Mon 27 May

£5 / 0131 228 2688

  • 18:30

Krapp’s Last Tape

Beckett on Film: Krapp’s Last Tape: Directed by Atom Egoyan and starring John Hurt.

The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)

Sat 31 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett on Film.

Madame Freedom

European Premiere: A two-dimensional, cinematic black-and-white woman of yesteryear struggles to break free of the social, economic and political straitjacket of the time, while a three-dimensional woman of here and now struggles to what … ? Break free … ? Of what … ? When the unfulfilled soul of a fictional woman surges…

King's Theatre, Edinburgh (1.6 miles)

Tue 20 Aug

£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000

Wed 21 Aug

£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000

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Making it Home

A collection of four short films made by refugee and asylum seekers.

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)

Fri 21 Jun

Over-12s only

£6 (£4) / 0131 556 9579

  • 19:00

Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Sun 16 Jun

0131 228 2688

Featuring an introduction and followed by a discussion.

  • 16:00

Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff

A live screening of Verdi's masterpiece staring Ambrogio Maestri.

Cameo, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Wed 19 Jun

0871 902 5723

Modern Edinburgh Film School

Modern Edinburgh Film School is a temporary, participatory film school curated by visual artist Alex Hetherington in association with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, giving an ongoing series of talks, lectures and screenings in various venues across Edinburgh.

Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Sat 25 May

Free / 0131 650 2750

Featuring screenings of Beau Travail and short film ISLAND, and an essay by Hannah McGill read live by artist Catherine Street.

  • 20:00

Munch 150

In honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, expert Tim Marlow hosts a behind-the-scenes look at putting on this exhibition.

Cameo, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)

Thu 27 Jun

0871 902 5723

RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland's long-running festival comes to Scotland for the first time, showcasing ethnographic films from all over the world. The four days of screening are subdivided into four categories – RAI & Basil Wright Prize, Material Culture, Intangible Heritage and…

Edinburgh: various venues (1.0 miles)

Thu 13 Jun

Times vary / Festival pass £80 (£40; Members £60; day pass £8–£35) / 020 7387 0455

Fri 14 Jun

Times vary / Festival pass £80 (£40; Members £60; day pass £8–£35) / 020 7387 0455

Sat 15 Jun

Times vary / Festival pass £80 (£40; Members £60; day pass £8–£35) / 020 7387 0455

Sun 16 Jun

Times vary / Festival pass £80 (£40; Members £60; day pass £8–£35) / 020 7387 0455

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Rockaby/Act Without Words I/That Time

Beckett on Film: Rockaby: Directed by Richard Eyre and starring Penelope Wilton. Act Without Words I: Directed by Karel Reisz and starring Sean Foley with music by Michael Nyman. That Time: Directed by Charles Garrad and starring Niall Buggy.

The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)

Sat 31 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Beckett on Film.

Rumstick Road

A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy to construct a response to the suicide of Spalding Gray’s mother. 'A brilliant and engrossing work; one whose abstraction and complexity…

Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)

Sat 10 Aug

£4 / 0131 473 2000

Part of Selections from the Wooster Group Archive.

Simon Munnery: Fylm

A film/theatre mash-up from the imaginative comedian.

The Stand, Edinburgh (1.2 miles)

Thu 1 Aug

Over-14s only

£10 (£9) / 0131 558 7272

Fri 2 Aug

Over-14s only

£10 (£9) / 0131 558 7272

Sat 3 Aug

Over-14s only

£10 (£9) / 0131 558 7272

…and 22 more dates until 26 Aug