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DOCo#022: VIEHSCHAU

Hosted by DOCo - The Documentary Community

The outhouse, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY
02/09/2026/18:00 - 02/09/2026-21:00
Screening, Networking event, Workshop
In-person

This month we are hosting a work-in-progress screening and feedback session of the film, “Viehschau” directed by Callum Boath The evening will begin with a screening of last month’s DOCMA film, #113_BOOOM! followed by Viehschau and an open feedback session. Come along, share your thoughts, and be part of the creative process.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/doco/2370322
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The Hamlet Syndrome

Hosted by Polina Moshenska

86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH1 2QA
02/09/2026/18:00 - 02/09/2026-20:00
Screening
In-person

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.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hamlet-syndrome-2022-tickets-1995306200558
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The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

Hosted by Leith Kino

Argonaut Books, 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
05/09/2026/18:00 - 05/09/2026-20:00
Screening
In-person

“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.

https://ticketlab.app/event/39371-The-Ballad-of-Suzanne-Csaire-2024-Leith-Kino-at-Argonaut-Books-tickets#/
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Le Mohican by Frédéric Farrucci

Hosted by Institut français d'Écosse

W Parliament Sq, Edinburgh, EH1 1RN
09/09/2026/13:00
Screening
In-person

“‘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.

https://www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/le-mohican/#/
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California Schemin' (2025)

Hosted by Grassmarket Community Picturehouse

Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH75GX
09/09/2026/18:00 - 09/09/2026-20:00
Screening
In-person

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

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/california-schemin-2025-tickets-1998442482261?aff=erelpanelorg
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Montrose LandxSea Film Festival

Hosted by Emma Jamieson

The Montrose Playhouse, The Mall, Montrose, Montrose, DD108NN
11/09/2026/09:00 - 13/09/2026-22:00
Festival
In-person

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.

www.landxsea.org/festival
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FINIS TERRAE + LIVE SCORE | MONTROSE PLAYHOUSE

Hosted by Cinetopia

The Montrose Playhouse, The Mall, Montrose, Montrose, DD108NN
12/09/2026/19:30 - 12/09/2026-21:30
Screening, Festival
In-person

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.

https://www.landxsea.org/finisterrae2026
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Dirty Money (1972) - Film Screening

Hosted by Leith Kino

Leith Depot, 138 - 142 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5DT
13/09/2026/18:30 - 13/09/2026-20:30
Screening
In-person

Not to be confused with Jean-Pierre Melville’s final film Un Flic (released in English speaking markets as Dirty Money), Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand’s Dirty Money released in the same year announced a new auteur working across the pond. The first film of Arcand’s Crime Trilogy and the filmmaker’s debut narrative feature, Dirty Money is a tense thriller told through constantly shifting perspectives set across a grimy, early 70s Montreal. The film’s opening scenes introduce us to Roland and Berthe, a French Canadian couple struggling to make ends meet. After being offended by a visit by Roland’s affluent uncle Arthur who presents the couple with a gift of $500, the couple devises a plan to rob him of more money. With the help of a few threatening henchmen, the gang descends upon Arthur’s house at nightfall, only to learn there might be another party interested in the cash… A criminally underseen bit of neo-noir Canuxploitation that precedes the legendary crime thrillers of the Coen Brothers, Dirty Money is a bleak portrayal of greed, violence and revenge that you won’t want to miss! “A bracingly unsentimental chronicle of greed and betrayal that’s reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Melville in its minimalist approach to genre and impressive stylistic command, yet deeply rooted in the landscapes and temperament of provincial Quebec, DIRTY MONEY is an under-recognized neo-noir classic.” (Anthology Film Archives) Tickets cost £6 and we have allocated handful of free tickets for those not in a position to pay. Please support your local Leith Kino! Leith Kino Access Information - English subtitles will be onscreen for every screening, including descriptive captions where possible. - The screening room is on ground level and is wheelchair accessible from the Leith Depot bar with flexible seating to accomodate specific requirements. - There are accessible toilets in both the screening room and the bar. Leith Depot is well-served by public transport. It's a short walk from the Foot of the Walk tram stop and there is a bus stop outside the venue for services: 7, 14, 16, 25, and 49

https://ticketlab.app/event/39334-Dirty-Money-1972-tickets#/
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Wasteman (2025)

Hosted by Grassmarket Community Picturehouse

86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH12QA
16/09/2026/18:00 - 16/09/2026-19:45
Screening
In-person

Rising stars David Jonsson and Tom Blyth lead this high-octane prison drama. 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: 90 minutes The film will be screened with English descriptive subtitles, transcribing both dialogue and key audio information from the film Certificate 18 - very strong language, strong violence, drug misuse The film will start promptly at 7pm without trailers The Grassmarket Community Project is a wheelchair accessible venue

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wasteman-2025-tickets-1998443274631?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
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"La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini

Hosted by Institut français d'Écosse

West Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH11RN
18/09/2026/17:00 - 18/09/2026-19:00
Screening
In-person

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.

https://www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/la-boheme-by-giacomo-puccini/#/