Film, Special interest

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

A selection of the best shorts by filmmakers from around the world.

The Granary, Edinburgh

Sat 8 Jun

£4 (£3) / 0131 554 9465

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 19:30

Sun 9 Jun

£4 (£3) / 0131 554 9465

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 19:30

Fri 14 Jun

£4 (£3) / 0131 554 9465

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 19:30

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Fri 7 Jun

£4 (£3) / 0845 874 3001

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 19:30

Sat 15 Jun

£4 (£3) / 0845 874 3001

Part of Leith Festival.

  • 19:30

SUPERCUBE, Edinburgh

Wed 12 Jun

£3 / 0131 226 4218

Short film roulette.

  • 19:00 – 23:00

Also on at:

ARIKA13 Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight

This instalment brings members of the New York House & Ballroom community to Glasgow, along with queer theorists, performance artists, archivists, theologians and filmmakers, to explore Voguing, drag, clubbing, and the politics of race, class and gender.

Tramway, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

Times vary / Festival Pass £14; Evening Pass £6; Club pass £4 / 0845 330 3501

Sat 25 May

Times vary / Festival Pass £14; Evening Pass £6; Club pass £4 / 0845 330 3501

Sun 26 May

Times vary / Festival Pass £14; Evening Pass £6; Club pass £4 / 0845 330 3501

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.

Abbeygate Picturehouse, Bury St Edmunds

Thu 27 Jun

0871 902 5722

Sun 30 Jun

0871 902 5722

Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Thu 4 Jul

0871 902 5720

The Belmont, Aberdeen

Thu 27 Jun

01224 343536

Sun 30 Jun

01224 343536

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…and at 13 other places

Toxic/No Future/No Past/Charming for the Revolution

Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz present their droll, trans-temporal films which carefully re-present the 'other' and the socially outcast.

Tramway, Glasgow

Sun 26 May

Festival Pass £14; Evening Pass £6 / 0845 330 3501

Part of ARIKA13 Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight.

  • 19:30

BAFTA Shorts

  • UK
  • 108 min
  • Directed by: Various

BAFTA nominated short films and animations.

Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

0845 166 6028

  • 18:30
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Celluloid Tweed

Screening of Where the Trail ends, one of the biggest biking films of the last year, followed by a series of shorts on the theme of bikes, chosen from an open entry contest.

Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles

Thu 30 May

£8 / 01721 725777

Part of TweedLove Bike Festival.

  • 19:30

Celluloid Wings

The first ever International Festival of Aviation: Film and Documentary – part of the World Festival of Flight 2013, inspired by a hundred years of aviation at Prestwick.

Gaiety Theatre, Ayr

Fri 30 Aug

Times vary / Prices to be confirmed / 01292 288235

Centenary Film Screenings

A number of documentaries and footage shot at the zoo over the years, to mark its centenary.

Edinburgh Zoo

Wed 22 May

Included in zoo admission / 0131 334 9171

  • 11:00 – 15:00

Thu 23 May

Included in zoo admission / 0131 334 9171

  • 11:00 – 15:00

Fri 24 May

Included in zoo admission / 0131 334 9171

  • 11:00 – 15:00
…and 186 more dates until 26 Nov

Dundee Mountain Film Festival

The UK's longest continuous running mountain film festival (now in its 31st year) showcases an international programme of films by local film makers, presentations and book signings by world renowned mountaineers, adventurers and expedition leaders, and art and photography exhibitions.

Bonar Hall, Dundee

Fri 22 Nov

Times vary / £6–£15 / 01382 730699

Sat 23 Nov

Times vary / £6–£15 / 01382 730699

Edinburgh College – Granton Campus: Degree Show

  • 120 min
  • Directed by: Various

A selection of short films from final year students who started at Telford College and finished at Edinburgh College, Granton Campus.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Wed 5 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 18:00
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Edinburgh College of Art Animation: Degree Show

  • 100 min

A collection of short animations from Edinburgh College of Art, including one that earned itself a BAFTA.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Mon 17 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 20:30

Edinburgh College of Art Film & TV: Degree Show

  • 100 min

A selection of work from students at Edinburgh College of Art.

Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Tue 18 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 20:30

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

Tue 11 Jun

0131 228 2688

  • 18:00

Film at the Fringe

An evening of short films by Glasgow-based filmmakers.

The Bungo Bar & Kitchen, Glasgow

Thu 23 May

Prices to be confirmed / 0141 423 0023

Part of Southside Fringe.

Making it Home

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

Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Sun 16 Jun

0131 228 2688

Featuring an introduction and followed by a discussion.

  • 16:00

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Fri 21 Jun

Over-12s only

£6 (£4) / 0131 556 9579

  • 19:00

Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Fri 14 Jun

Free / 0141 552 4267

  • 12:30

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

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

TT16

Third annual festival of 16mm film projected inside an old Dutch barge. The programme is mostly chosen from the BFI Film Archive with a special mystery film on the Sunday chosen by Kate Muir, Chief Film Critic at The Times.

cafébarge, Tarbert

Fri 16 Aug

Times vary / £5–£10 / 07949 723128

Sat 17 Aug

Times vary / £5–£10 / 07949 723128

Sun 18 Aug

Times vary / £5–£10 / 07949 723128