The Filmhouse Team's Best of 2018!
27 December 2018
As we approach 2019, Filmhouse and EIFF staff take a look back at the best films from 2018. Hearts Beat Loud – Mark Adams (EIFF Artistic Director) Naturally enough, I love all of the films...
Robots on Film
25 January 2019
"Three billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the machines." – Sarah...
Sandy Begbie CBE appointed as Chair of CMI
5 December 2018
The board of the Centre for the Moving Image, parent company of Filmhouse, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen, has announced that Sandy Begbie CBE has been...
House Guest: A.L. Kennedy
17 August 2018
We caught up with our August House Guest A.L. Kennedy, one of Scotland's most wonderful contemporary authors, before her introduction to Elem Klimov's Come and See on Wednesday 15 August at...
Joining the Dots
9 August 2018
As an independent cinema that - each and every month - simultaneously looks forward to new cinema releases and casts our mind back into cinema history, we often find ourselves trying to trace the arc...
Welcome back, festival friends.
2 August 2018
There’s a particular feeling of satisfaction that comes with reprising a film that’s enjoyed success here during Edinburgh International Film Festival – like opening the door and seeing a...
Go With the Flow
25 July 2018
The phrase “blood is thicker than water” has confusing and oft-contested origins, but is still regularly wheeled out to describe the enduring strength of family ties over other allegiances –...