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Edinburgh Reporter
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Opening films at Filmhouse – and finally the programme
The very first film which will welcome audiences back to the newly renovated Filmhouse Edinburgh will be Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988). Filmhouse has always shown different films from mainstream cinemas in town, and its new programme for the first weeks shows it will be no different. The long-awaited reopening is now only a couple of weeks away after the two and a half year closure – and cinema goers may now book tickets. Rod White, Programming Director of Filmhouse, said: 'Looking into the films that simply didn't make it on to Edinburgh cinema screens at all during Filmhouse's closure only hammered home the need for it in this great City of Culture. It's been tough – whilst Filmhouse was closed – to watch some brilliant films come and go from cinemas without being able to offer a venue to watch them in… The good news is, Filmhouse has never been a better place to watch a film (and talk about it afterward!) than it is today and we simply cannot wait to welcome everyone back, or, for the first time!' The hand-picked programme will include Filmhouse patron actor, Jack Lowden, in a film by Edinburgh based filmmaker Matt Palmer. This will be a free double-bill of the gutsy thriller Calibre(2018) starring Lowden and Tony Curran alongside Palmer's hit horror Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) which debuted at No.1 on Netflix on its release earlier in the year and will have its first ever public cinema screening at Filmhouse. Matt will also take part in a Q&A after the screening. Lotte Reiniger's classic feature length paper cut animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)will screen in a special event soundtracked with live music by Edinburgh based musical improvisers and innovators S!nk in a transportive performance filled with swirling, spiralling strings, saxophones, accordion, percussion and voices. Also screening at the cinema are a selection of recent acclaimed films from around the world from new and established filmmakers including Payal Kapadia's soulful All We Imagine As Light, Sébastien Marnier's thrilling Origin of Evil, Christian Petzold's riveting Afire, Gints Zilbalodis's enchantinganimation Flow, Hlynur Pálmason's nuanced drama Godland, Alice Rohrwacher's radically adventurous film La Chimera, Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha's joyous My Favourite Cake,Mario Martone's brilliantly shot Nostalgia, Rodrigo Sorogoyen's tense thriller The Beasts, Ilker Çatak's uncompromising The Teachers' Lounge, Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte energetic take on Count of Monte Cristo, Manuela Martelli's compelling noir 1976, Víctor Erice's mysterious Close Your Eyes, Robert Zemeckis's Here and Celine Song's acclaimed Past Lives. 70mm engagements at the cinema will include Brady Corbet's award-winning The Brutalist and Christopher Nolan's epic Oppenheimer alongside Robert Egger's Nosferatu on 35mm. On opening weekend, audiences can also enjoy Martyn Robertson's acclaimed new film Make It To Munich, an inspiring documentary which follows 18-year-old Ethan Walker, who just months after nearly losing his life in an accident, embarks on a 1200km cycle ride to Munich for Scotland's Euros opening game against Germany. Ethan himself will attend a special Q&A screening on Filmhouse's opening day, alongside the film's director Martyn Robertson and former Motherwell, Chelsea, Everton and Scotland winger Pat Nevin. Tickets are on sale now via the Filmhouse website. In total once all four screens are open there will be 340 seats – all of which are new and have more legroom. The foyer has been reorganised to become a more welcoming space. The completely refurbished Filmhouse Bar will be able to seat 100 people for lunch and dinner, with drinks available throughout the day, catering for the many communities who enjoyed the welcoming atmosphere, and placing an emphasis on produce from Edinburgh and Scotland, offering great food and drink alongside environmental sustainability. Filmhouse fans will be pleased to know that the cinema's world-famous nachos are staying on the menu. Over the next few months, Filmhouse will once again partner with many of Scotland's film festivals offering a fabulous space in which to welcome their audiences, alongside technical and marketing packages French Film Festival UK, Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, Take One Action!, Edinburgh Short Film Festival and Iberodocs Film Festival amongst many others. Alongside this, the cinema will also screen events such as National Theatre Live for the first time, with more details to be confirmed in the coming months. Details of Filmhouse's involvement with this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival are yet to be announced. Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Filmhouse announce one of the opening films
Filmhouse Edinburgh will reopen on 27 June with a special screening of the documentary, Make it to Munich. The film tells the story of teenage Scottish footballer Ethan Walker and the surgeon Professor Gordon Mackay who was instrumental in Ethan's recovery from a near-fatal accident with pioneering work. The duo cycled 800 miles from Hampden to Munich for Euro 24. Ethan will be at the screening and will talk to Scotland legend Pat Nevin in a live Q & A. He had an American college football scholarship in New York State when he was hit by the driver of a car and suffered life-threatening injuries. He came back to Scotland after nine weeks and his right knee was rebuilt from scratch by Gordon Mackay. With Ethan's fighting spirit and Gordon's innovative surgical skills, a healthy dose of determination and a dry sense of humour, Ethan starts to rebuild his life. The upcoming 2024 Euros became a goal and Gordon suggested they might cycle to the opening match. The Scotland team gave Ethan the official match pennant to be exchanged by the team captains before the game. Accompanying Ethan and Gordon is Glasgow-based filmmaker Martyn Robertson, who decides to make a no-budget documentary film about Ethan's story, and Tartan Army foot soldier Stephen Collie. As the foursome set off from Hampden Park, they are filled with optimism and determination, for themselves, for Ethan's recovery, and for Scotland. Make it to Munich is a true story of the hope and camaraderie inspired by the love for the game, and the courage it takes to believe that, even against all the odds, anything is possible. Martyn said: 'Like the project to save and refurbish the Filmhouse our journey with Make it to Munich has been a triumph against the odds story, so it's fitting that a film like this opens such an important cinema venue here in Scotland. 'We're excited to be screening on the Filmhouse's first day and look forward to meeting the Filmhouse audience in Edinburgh on the opening night!' Ethan is modest about his starring role alongside his friend, Gordon. He said: 'Gordon is an incredibly skilled and brilliant surgeon. I love his quirkiness and his energy. He's not a bad footballer either…' Tickets for the screening at Filmhouse Edinburgh on 27 June at 8.15pm are available here: The very first film to be shown at Filmhouse Edinburgh will be Cinema Paradiso in a programme of films curated by the Filmhouse crew. Read more here. Like this: Like Related
