Music fans and cinephiles are invited to step behind the Music fans and cinephiles are invited to step behind the silver screen this May as celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Dick Lee launches a new six-week series of illustrated talks, Music in Film. Over six weeks, Lee—whose career spans five decades in jazz, folk, and classical music—will dissect how composers use sound to manipulate our emotions, from the chilling strings of Hitchcock’s Psycho to the epic western soundscapes of Ennio Morricone. The series is designed for everyone from casual moviegoers to dedicated musicians. Attendees will explore the evolution of the craft, including the transition from silent film accompaniment to the lush orchestral scores of the Golden Age and the experimental textures of modern cinema, with the help of plenty of video and audio examples on the Laser Display Screen and some played live by Dick on clarinet/sax/recorder. Each session is £20, or £96 for all 6. About Dick Lee: Dick is a prominent figure in the Scottish music scene, known for his work with Dick Lee's Chamber Jazz and Dr. Lee's Prescription, among many others, and his extensive contributions to musical lecturing (U3A, Edinburgh University etc.). There are plenty of examples of Dick's music from the last 5 decades on the YouTube channel Dick Lee's Sonic Meltdown.

An automotive double-bill this time, starting with Dirk Campbell's 1990 British effort I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle, starring Neil Morrissey off of Men Behaving Badly and Bob The Builder and Anthony Daniels off of the Star Wars. Also Burt Kwouk turns up for a single scene and has no lines, for some reason. We're following that with 1975's Death Race 2000, a movie I've had on vhs for about 25 years and wanted to screen since I thought of putting on VCR TRASH. David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone star as racers in a transcontinental road race where you get points for killing pedestrians. It's produced by Roger Corman. What more could you want?

An unexpected road trip brings a dysfunctional family together for one last journey with their elder, sparking moments of connection, joy, and reconciliation.

Cinetopia:DOC in collaboration with SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) presents this Scottish special preview of Queer As Punk ahead of its wider UK release with T A P E Collective. The screening will have an introduction by Malaysian artist Kai Khidir Hassan and the film will be followed by a 20-minute pre-recorded Q&A. Faris is a transman and the lead singer of "Shh..Diam!" (meaning “shut up!” in Malay), an openly queer punk band in Malaysia. Together with his bandmates Yon and Yoyo, they use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights in a country where conservative Muslim policies and society severely curtail human rights and freedom of expression. As discrimination against them intensifies, Yoyo chooses to leave the country. However in the face of the many challenges, Faris opts to stay, determined to continue using their music as a platform to advocate for freedom and equality, refusing to let the pressures of society silence their voice. Director Yihwen Chen followed the trio for several years as they toured, documenting their gigs, experiences, and wide-ranging discussions. Queer As Punk continue to use their nonconformist live performances to fight for justice, in the face of intense pressure to and threats to silence their voices. TICKETS FOR THIS SCREENING ARE ON A SLIDING SCALE - FIND OUT MORE VIA THE EVENT BOOKING LINK

Peru and Scotland through mining films A Peruvian-Scottish Cinema encounter focusing on the intertwined themes of mining, rurality and resilience through public screenings, scholar talks, and mediation workshops, aiming to foster an intercultural dialogue on extractivism.

The French Film Festival UK and Institut français d’Ecosse invite you to celebrate the 2026 Festival de Cannes (12–23 May 2026) with a special screening of 2025 winner of the Palme d’Or : It was just an accident by Jafar Panahi. A co-production between Iran, France and Luxembourg, the film follows a group of former Iranian political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on a man they believe may be their tormentor.

This screening and Q&A is presented in collaboration with CinemaAttic, as part of Resonating Moving Images, a Peruvian-Scottish initiative organised by Verónica Zela, Sara Guerrero and Ximena Oñate. The programme explores mining and resilience through public screenings, scholar talks, and workshops. Supported by the University of Edinburgh’s Student Experience Grant. Bringing together Choropampa (2002) and Peru (1932), two films separated by seventy years yet bound by a shared question: who pays the true cost of extraction? The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ernesto Cabellos and Peruvian anthropologist Sandra Rodríguez. This event is free, but booking is required.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961. Thérèse Langlois is intrigued by a tramp who looks just like her husband, deported by the Germans fifteen years earlier. She decides to follow him, to be certain that it is indeed him. But he’s suffering from amnesia. Patiently, Thérèse tries to find a way to reawaken his memories.

Join us for a special screening of Alain Fleischer’s documentary “Claude Simon, the Inexhaustible Chaos of the World”. It will be introduced by Dominique Viart, and preceded by a short introduction to “Claude Simon and life writing” by Alastair Duncan.

CinemaAttic presents Punku as part of our official selection for Latin Connections 2026. Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, a Matsigenka Indigenous teenager, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead. Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains toward the city of Quillabamba, where Ivan urgently needs eye surgery to halt an infection threatening his sight. As a withdrawn Ivan struggles with the trauma of his mysterious past and haunting dreams, Meshia becomes mesmerised by the city’s allure. Fuelled by ambition and fragile illusions, she enters a local beauty pageant. Despite Ivan’s silence, an uncanny bond grows between them, until a stranger with sinister intentions puts their inner worlds, and their fragile connection, at risk. The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Juan Daniel Fernández Molero.