Projects to improve access to cinema across Scotland have been awarded more than £800,000.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop visited one of the 22 schemes to receive funding this year from the £1.6 million Cinema Equipment Fund through Screen Scotland. Continue reading £800,000 boost for community cinema projects
CENTRE for the Moving Image (Edinburgh Filmhouse) and Africa in Motion Film Festival which takes place in Edinburgh and Glasgow, 25 October- 3rd November, are among 12 community cinema projects across Scotland receiving new funding to transform the local cinema going experience. Continue reading Transforming local cinema provision in Edinburgh
Screen Scotland has launched a new collaboration with the world’s largest arts festival – the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – to secure new film and TV content. Continue reading Screen Scotland teams up with world’s largest arts festival to secure new film and TV content
A CINEMA Near You, a new two-year development project to support new local cinema initiatives in areas of low or no provision, has been launched by Regional Screen Scotland, Screen Scotland and Film Hub Scotland. Continue reading A Cinema Near You
STV will broadcast two brand new, 30-minute documentaries as part of This is Scotland, a documentary and new talent initiative run by the Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) in association with Screen Scotland. Continue reading This is Scotland: STV to screen documentaries by upcoming Scottish filmmakers
Screen Scotland has today launched a tender process inviting proposals from private developers to lease, refurbish and operate a permanent world-class film and television production facility at 31 Bath Road (formerly the Pelamis building) in the Port of Leith. Local MP Deirdre Brock has welcomed the announcement and says it’s the perfect location for the new studio. Continue reading A Perfect Fit: Brock ‘hugely excited’ by Leith film studio announcement
A Scottish Parliament committee is calling for a radical rethink on Scotland’s new Screen Unit to ensure it can help Scotland’s dynamic screen sector reach its full potential. Continue reading Committee urges Government to see the bigger picture
