Bridging the Gap is dedicated to new and emerging talent based in Scotland and Northern Ireland with an idea for a short documentary. We're running inspiration sessions to answer questions about the programme, discuss your ideas and break down the application process. Join us in Glasgow or Edinburgh: 25 August, 5pm | Edinburgh, Duncan Place 26 August, 5:30pm | Glasgow, Boardwalk

GCP Collaborates with the Edinburgh Film Guild for a series of four masterpieces of Italian cinema. Master Italian auteur Federico Fellini directs Amarcord, the story of Titto, a young boy growing up in Borgo San Giuliano in 1930s fascist Italy, and the interesting cast of characters he meets along the way. This screening is presented in part of a series of 4 masterpieces of Italian cinema, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Film Guild.

GCP Collaborates with the Edinburgh Film Guild for a series of four masterpieces of Italian cinema. A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters in this classic spaghetti western. This screening is presented in part of a series of 4 masterpieces of Italian cinema, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Film Guild.

Welcome to the screening of our DocuClub Edi, a part of the Docudays UA family. We will watch ‘The Hamlet Syndrome’, directed by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski’. A few months prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five young women and men participate in a unique stage production that attempts to relate their war experiences to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

“We’re making a film about an artist who didn’t want to be remembered.” Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's debut feature is a 'post-biopic' of the revolutionary Martiniquan anti-colonial writer, Suzanne Césaire. The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (2024) embraces the gaps of memory, opting instead to transmit the glorious messages that Suzanne left behind in her essays. The cast and crew recite fragments of Césaire's work, hynoptically pulling us into a film within a film. In other scenes, they reenact Aimé, her husband, and Suzanne's lives. Time collapses, nature endures. Aptly shot on the grounds of a palm tree archive, Hunt-Ehrlich restates Césaire's Afrosurrealist convictions in a paradise of Black feminist history.

“‘Le Mohican’ carries on the themes of classic Westerns while showcasing a meaningful approach to freedom and community.” Irish Film Critic A Corsican shepherd refuses to sell his coastal land to criminals. After severely injuring a mobster’s son who tried to threaten him, he becomes the target of a ruthless manhunt.

James McAvoy directs the remarkable true story of how two Scottish lads tricked the world into believing they were rappers from California. Tickets £3/£5/£7 on a sliding scale, with free entry for Grassmarket Community Project Members, open door meal attendees, and anyone else in need of a free ticket. Please select the ticket price that feels right to you; all income from tickets will be directly used to support the continued running of our cinema screenings. Notes Duration: 1hr 47 minutes The film will be screened with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key audio information from the film Certificate 15 - contains strong language and drug misuse The film will start promptly at 7pm without trailers The Grassmarket Community Project is a wheelchair accessible venue

Montrose LandxSea Film Festival returns to Montrose Playhouse from 11–13 September 2026 for a packed weekend of films, conversations and special events exploring our relationship with land, sea and the living world. Across three days, discover 22 new films — including premieres and award winners — alongside filmmaker Q&As, lively discussions, special guests and events for younger audiences. Together, the programme invites us to look more closely at our changing planet, share ideas and imagine new possibilities.

Experience a beautifully restored version of Jean Epstein’s 1929 silent classic Finis Terrae, with a newly composed original score performed live by Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Dan Abrahams and French drummer Philippe Boudot. On the treeless, windswept islet of Bannec off the Breton coast, four seaweed harvesters set up camp for the season, smoke rising from their pyres of burning algae. Trouble begins when a quarrel between Ambroise and Jean-Marie over a broken wine bottle leaves the young Ambroise injured, and simmering tensions give way to fear and mistrust. Shot in a documentary style using local non-actors, Jean Epstein’s film reveals a harsh, isolated world where human lives are shaped by labour, weather and the sea. Through bold, poetic images of landscape, sky and water, Finis Terrae becomes both a drama of survival and a landmark of silent cinema: elemental, atmospheric and alive with menace and beauty. Performed live by Dan Abrahams and Philippe Boudot. Presented by Amanda Rogers of Cinetopia.

Giacomo Puccini offers us the heart‑breaking story of the poet, Rodolfo, and the fragile Mimi, and some of the most beautiful pages in the repertoire. The director, Claus Guth, sets their broken love affair in space, creating a universe in which the past resurges in the form of hallucinatory flashbacks. “This intergalactic Bohemia has the charm of a dream as powerful as it is exhilarating.” Les Inrockuptibles “A salutary vision” Libération “The sets and costumes are fascinating” Le Monde To broaden access to major operatic and choreographic works in keeping with its public-service mission, the Paris Opera promotes the free summer screening—outdoors or in a suitable heritage venue—of an opera or ballet filmed in its theatres, the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille. This is the purpose of the “Opéra d’été” initiative, launched in 2013, to which the Paris Opera is particularly committed. This year, this programme is extended to all French Institutes and Alliances Françaises worldwide, helping to bring the initiative to an international audience.