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Cinetopia connects the film community. We run screenings, events, industry networking, a DOC: Club, and a podcast. Subscribe to Cinetopia: Recommends for weekly events + opportunities in film in Edinburgh & beyond...
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René Clair’s "Paris Qui Dort"(1924) is a science-fiction gem that turns the City of Light into a playground for surreal misadventure. The film screening will be accompanied by live music from Aurora Engine! @cinetopia.bsky.social

6 Dec at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/cinema/paris...
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Don’t know what film event to go to next? 🎬
There are 40+ new listings on cinetopiaconnect.com
from film orgs all across Scotland!

Have an event coming up? Create a profile (it takes 1 minute) and add it to the growing list!

#ScottishFilm #FilmEvents #CinetopiaConnect
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🎃 Cinetopia Recommends is here with a special spooky HALLOWEEN edition as well as the usual goody bag of screenings, festivals & film events in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond!

OCT 27 - NOV 2 EDITION! ⬇️

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Cinetopia Recommends: 27 October - 2 November - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Festival season is in full swing and this week’s Cinetopia Recommends is packed. We’ve got everything from the Ed Spanish Film Fest to highlights from the London Film Fest on tour, screenings across Edinburgh and Glasgow, opportunities and more!
👉 Read it here: cinetopia.substack.com/p/cinetopia-...
Cinetopia Recommends: 6-12 October 2025
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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October 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I'm on @cinetopia.bsky.social podcast this month talking with the rest of the team about some of the latest film releases: Honey Don't, Happyend, Put Your Souls on Your Hand and Walk, and Paul and Paulette Take a Bath. Check it out wherever you get podcasts.
Cinetopia Radio Sep 2025 – Highest 2 Lowest, Honey Don't!, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Happyend & Paul and Paulette Take a Bath + Interviews with Paul Sng, Marta Massa & Hannah Papacek Harper...
Cinetopia Radio – September EditionCinetopia Radio host Amanda is joined by the Cinetopia team — Isy Santini, Simon Bowie, and Kat Zabecka — for this month's episode, where we review five distinctive ...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Take One Action is on to Glasgow tomorrow!
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Cinetopia:DOC is back at Filmhouse tomorrow, 17 Sept. 5.45pm

MISTRESS DISPELLER + recorded Q&A

A woman in China hires a professional to break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, we follow all corners of this unfolding love drama.

TIX: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre...
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🎥 “I shoot most of my own films… capturing and reacting to reality as it unfolds.” — Elizabeth Lo

Join us for the Edinburgh premiere of Mistress Dispeller + exclusive Q&A (prerecorded) with Lo.

📍 Filmhouse | Wed 17 Sept, 5.45pm

🎟 Tickets: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre...
#MistressDispeller
September 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“A feat of intelligent, emotional filmmaking… one of the most compelling films of the year so far.” — Next Best Picture
Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER screens at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social, Tue 17 Sept, 5.45pm.
🎟 Tickets: www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistre...
September 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The latest issue of Cinetopia: Recommends is out! The best film events, jobs, opportunities, funding, etc in Edinburgh and Glasgow taking place next week!

Your one-stop-shop for all good things movie-related.

Subscribe to get it weekly in your inbox!

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Cinetopia: Recommends, 8-14 September 2025
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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💫 IT’S HERE! 💫

Watch the trailer for Take One Action Film Festivals 2025 and dive into our Real Utopias programme!

EDINBURGH | GLASGOW | INVERNESS | DUNDEE

ACCESS:
🎟️ All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20)
💬 All films with descriptive subtitles

Get your tickets now: www.takeoneaction.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What NOT to miss at Edinburgh Film Festival 2025 👀

Team Cinetopia have picked their "Most Anticipated" movies we recommend from the festival programme, but honestly - we just want to watch them all!

@edfilmfest runs from 14-20 August, we’ll be there - come say hi 👋
August 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Glasgow, see “Kim's Video” today at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall

This is a unique opportunity to discover this incredible story within the setting of Scotland's national film archive & it's free

www.nls.uk/whats-on/kim...
'Kim's Video' | National Library of Scotland
Watch a screening of the 2023 documentary 'Kim's Video' at the National Library of Scotland in Glasgow.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Glasgow, see “Kim's Video” today at National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall

This is a unique opportunity to discover this incredible story within the setting of Scotland's national film archive & it's free

www.nls.uk/whats-on/kim...
'Kim's Video' | National Library of Scotland
Watch a screening of the 2023 documentary 'Kim's Video' at the National Library of Scotland in Glasgow.
www.nls.uk
July 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"A study in contemporary life and luck that suddenly becomes something wholly unexpected: moving and wonderful." Shona Cameron, Psychologist.

The Scottish premiere of LOVE & TROUBLE is this Thursday, 5.30pm at The Cameo + a Q&A with Amy!

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June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our weekly curated list of all the cool film happenings across Edinburgh and Glasgow for next week! Get the curated weekly newsletter every Sunday in your inbox:

✅ Film events/screenings/festivals
✅Jobs/funding/grants
✅Training/development

Read & subscribe:
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Cinetopia: Recommends, 9-15 June 2025
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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June 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us for our next film networking night at the Blackbird Bar, Edinburgh - 29 May, 7pm!

Your friendly, welcoming, regular film community mixer - It's free to come along, we just ask that you pls rsvp below! 🙏

www.tickettailor.com/events/cinet...
April 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Oh hey, I was on this episode of Cinetopia Radio! Listen to us review CONCLAVE as we all prepare for the conclave.
We're all getting ready for a Conclave!

If you've not seen it yet... Time to revisit our Cinetopia Radio show review of Edward Berger's blockbuster take on the Papal election...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUk...
Conclave I Film Review I November 2024
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April 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We're all getting ready for a Conclave!

If you've not seen it yet... Time to revisit our Cinetopia Radio show review of Edward Berger's blockbuster take on the Papal election...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUk...
Conclave I Film Review I November 2024
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April 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our weekly Cinetopia: Recommends is here!

Your curated list of film events, screenings, opportunities, jobs for the Edinburgh/Glasgow film communities.

Click the link and subscribe🔗 In each edition, you'll also find our event submission link to be featured.

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Cinetopia: Recommends, 28 April - 4 May 2025🍿
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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April 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So Lumiere cinema Romford built a WHOLE POP UP VIDEO SHOP for our screening of Kim's Video on Tuesday, 29 April 💯💥📼

Come along, bring your videos and DVD to swap with others, and enjoy a recorded directors Q&A, including Mr. Kim, after the movie! 💗

www.lumiereromford.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tomorrow 21 April, Cinetopia: DOC presents the UK premiere of THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT to mark Earth Day!

This all-archive doc explores how big oil, the media, and White House infighting under President Bush Snr. undermined crucial climate action at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.

bit.ly/WhiteHouseDOC
April 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Cinetopia: DOC presents the UK premiere of THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT, marking Earth Day.

21 April, 8pm | The Cameo

In 1988, the world was poised to stop global warming. Discover the dramatic origin story of our climate crisis and the political battle that changed history.

🎟 bit.ly/43LGvmo
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM