SCREEN EDUCATION EDINBURGH:
In partnership with North Edinburgh Festival, North Edinburgh Arts, and West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, the first event of North Edinburgh Film Festival takes place Saturday 28th January with an afternoon focused on documentary, experimental film, and Pilton Video archive films
We’re excited for this Saturday’s screening of animations, films and documentaries made in Muirhouse and Pilton.
Join us @Filmhouse Sat 27 Aug at 11.30am
Free // registration via the link below:
http://eventbrite.co.uk/e/399568228327#northedinburgh#edinburgh#communityscreening
Come and enjoy a programme of short animations, films and documentaries created in Muirhouse & Pilton, followed by a visit and art workshop at Talbot Rice Gallery.
You can book for just the film screening or join us for the whole day (screening & gallery visit).
This event, and the Art for Grown-Ups year round programme is supported by Creative Scotland www.creativescotland.com
What to expect:
This screening is the result of Art for Grown Ups recent Summer Project (18th – 25th July) and other creative workshops at North Edinburgh Arts. We will also show work by other local film makers.
The exhibition at Talbot Rice by Celine Conorelli explores transformation, labour, leisure, colour, play and design. You can learn more by clicking here. After visiting the exhibtion we’ll make a bit of our own art too.
Screen Education Edinburgh partnered up with The Guardian to tell the story of the community in North Edinburgh and their fight to bring back their much loved festival.
Screen Education Edinburgh’s Film Tutor, Jennifer Souter, worked with John Domokos from The Guardian throughout this production.
Jennifer said “My aim when making the film was to show the positivity that is not often shown about this community in mainstream media.
“When undertaking initial research for the film I would ask local residents what they wanted to show people about the community and how they felt it had been represented in media and almost everyone’s response was that the community was filled with good people that we never get to see.
“Local people didn’t think there was enough positive stories about the area as much of the representation is dominated by crime and antisocial behaviour.
“During the course of the making of the film the team and I worked with so many amazing people who work tirelessly to make things better for the community in spite of widening inequalities.”
The film follows the story of a community coming back together post-covid to create the first local Festival in decades. It highlights the importance of connection, recovery and never giving up.
Watch the full film on the Guardian here:
In the Frame is a free programme for people living in North Edinburgh to learn documentary filmmaking and make their own short film.
Running from 20th September 2021 to March 2022, the programme will amplify the voices of local people and capture snapshots of life in the community by providing a platform to express themselves through a series of short documentaries.
Participants will learn each stage of documentary filmmaking, from an introduction to the genre via watching films, to learning the key skills in camera, sound, directing, editing, and interview techniques. We will also cover the ethics of documentary and support learners to use these skills to devise and produce a short film.
Many films used as case studies will come from the Pilton Video/SEE archive, which reveal some of the hopes and issues that matter most to the community in North Edinburgh over the past 40 years.
No previous film experience is required and In the Frame is open to people living in North Edinburgh (Crewe, Drylaw, East Pilton, Granton, Pennywell, Muirhouse, Royston, Salvesen, Telford, Wardieburn, Waterfront and West Pilton).
The programme will take place on Tuesday evenings for adults (aged 19 and over) and Wednesday evenings for young people (aged 14 to 18) with films shot throughout November and December and editing in January & February, with the film’s receiving their premiere on the big screen in March.
The programme is funded by Inspiring Scotland’s Creative Communities Programme which is funded jointly by the Scottish Government’s Culture and Justice directorates and aims to extend opportunities for people to take part in creative endeavours throughout their lives.
To find out more and to take part, please complete our short form here and the team will be in touch.
Screen Education Edinburgh is excited to announce applications are now open for In the Frame, a free programme for people living in North Edinburgh to learn documentary filmmaking and make their own film.
Open to adults of any age, and young people aged 14 plus! Find out more here:
Here at Screen Education Edinburgh (SEE) we’re putting together a new free filmmaking programme for the people of North Edinburgh. In order to deliver something that meets the needs of those living and working in the area we have drawn up a short survey and would like to hear from locals of all ages.
The North Edinburgh filmmaking programme will engage local people to learn all the skills of filmmaking to create work that shines a light on, and celebrates, life in the area.
To help shape this we are looking to gather as much information from as many people as possible, whether they work for a local organisation, are in education, or a local resident, we want to hear from people about their life in the community as well as their future aspirations, not only for themselves, but also for their families and the community.
The link to our survey is below. We would be extremely grateful if you could complete this if you’re interested in taking part in the programme, and please circulate to those you are engaged with through your work in the community and feel free to share on social media.
It will stay live until 5pm Monday 10th August.
If you would also like to find out more about the programme or have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and we can chat further by video or telephone call.
Survey link: https://www.screen-ed.org/forms/north-edinburgh-film-programme
Best wishes,
Laura
Laura Findlay
Project Manager,
Our Edinburgh and Your Take (Edinburgh City Film Education Programme)
Screen Education Edinburgh
30 Ferry Road Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 4BA
0131 343-1151
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‘Mummy’s Boy’ was premiered at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the High Street in Edinburgh on Thursday.
The short film is a collaboration between several organisations including Creative Scotland, Transport Scotland, Screen Education Edinburgh, Police Scotland Edinburgh Division and students from Broughton, Holyrood and Drummond High Schools.
The students played a very active part in making the film which delivers a message to young people about the potential consequences of becoming involved in crime.
PC Greig Stephen hosted the event and there were speeches from Superintendent Richard Thomas, Sean Young from Screen Education Edinburgh and Louise Lothian who lost her 14-year-old nephew Brad Williamson in June 2016 after a motorbike he was riding was involved in a collision.
“We have also worked hard with third sector organisation Aid & Abet and with people personally affected by the tragic consequences of recent incidents to impress on young people the real dangers of dangerous motor cycle riding.
“We know from experience that prevention is better than cure and this very impactful film provides a hard-hitting insight into the impact and devastation that can be caused if you are involved in the theft or criminal use of a motorcycle.
“Mummy’s Boy may be a short-film, but its message is very poignant and clear and I wish to thank all of the young people involved, as well as Sean Young from Screen Education Edinburgh, for their dedication and hard work in pulling this altogether.
“The production will be of great use to not only officers in Edinburgh, but across the country, where motorcycle crime is an area of concern for local communities.”
The students were all involved in the production of the film both in front of, and behind, the camera. They hope to reach out to other young people to think twice before making a decision which could have fatal consequences.
Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith said: “I have long been a supporter of the creative and collaborative approach taken by Police Scotland to address motorcycle related anti-social behaviour in the north of the city.
“By working with the local youth organisations and seeking to positively engage with the young people, we have seen significant results – not just in the crime statistics but, even more importantly, in a shift in attitudes to this kind of reckless behaviour from the young people themselves.
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