Latest news with #HawthorndenTheatre
Edinburgh Reporter
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Films to be shown in several venues at this year's EIFF
This year at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) audiences will be invited back to the Filmhouse which has recently reopened and a new pop up venue at the Hawthornden Theatre in National Galleries of Scotland on the Mound as well as the Cameo and Vue Omni. The venue for industry and press will be at Tollcross Central Hall where several In Conversation events will also take place. EIFF will run from 14-20 August 2025. CEO and Festival Director Paul Ridd and Festival Producer Emma Boa are in charge of the Festival which continues to discover new film talent and engage with audiences, industry members and local, national and international media. Paul Ridd, CEO and Festival Director of EIFF, said: 'We are thrilled to be working with the reopened Filmhouse as well as Vue Cinema this year. These are exciting firsts for us as the completely new, revamped and relaunched iteration of the Festival going into our second year, but they carry with them the legacy of EIFF's history in the city and deep connection with these vital venues. We are also delighted to return to The Cameo Cinema and to transform Tollcross Central Hall into a buzzy Festival Hub and a beautiful space at the National Galleries Scotland: National into a state of the art pop-up screening venue. We cannot wait to pack these big, beautiful spaces with our rich programme of film screenings, events and talks across the seven days of our Festival. Bring it on again!' Directed by Paul Ridd and the Festival Producer, Emma Boa, the EIFF team aims to create a world-class showcase for independent film and filmmaking talent. Ridd is supported by the EIFF Board, led by Chair Andrew Macdonald of DNA Films, producer of the iconic Edinburgh-based film Trainspotting; and Vice Chair Amy Jackson, producer of BAFTA award-winning indie, Aftersun; as well as Peter Rice, former Chairman of General Entertainment at Disney and President of 21st Century Fox, Teresa Moneo, Former Director of UK Film, Netflix, Isla Macgillivray, Partner at Saffrey and Romana Ramzan, Producer at No Code Studio. Programme The full programme will be launched at 4pm on 2 July. PHOTO Kat Gollock Like this: Like Related
.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1200%26auto%3Dwebp%26quality%3D75%26trim%3D25%2C0%2C69%2C65%26crop%3D&w=3840&q=100)
Scotsman
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh International Film Festival: 'Pop up' screen at National Gallery to host screenings in August
The newly-reopened Filmhouse will also be a venue for the festival Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A 'pop up' screen in the bowels of the National Gallery of Scotland is to host screenings for the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). The Hawthornden Theatre, which usually hosts conferences and lectures inside the gallery, located on The Mound in the heart of Edinburgh city centre, is to act alongside the newly-refurbished Filmhouse and the Cameo cinema as a venue for the annual event in August. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The festival will also use space at Fringe comedy venue Monkey Barrel, as well as Vue in Fountainbridge. Meanwhile, Tollcross Central Hall will act as the EIFF's Festival Hub for industry and press delegates, as well as hosting public-facing in-conversation events with major filmmaking talent. The festival's industry programme will run in this venue, including panels, talks, networking events and meeting spaces, open to delegates each day of the festival. Monkey Barrel Comedy will also play host to some of this year's festival events. Paul Ridd, chief executive and festival director of EIFF, said 'We are thrilled to be working with the reopened Filmhouse as well as Vue Cinema this year. These are exciting firsts for us as the completely new, revamped and relaunched iteration of the festival going into our second year, but they carry with them the legacy of EIFF's history in the city and deep connection with these vital venues.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Mr Ridd added: 'We are also delighted to return to The Cameo Cinema and to transform Tollcross Central Hall into a buzzy Festival Hub and a beautiful space at the National Galleries Scotland: National into a state of the art pop-up screening venue. We cannot wait to pack these big, beautiful spaces with our rich programme of film screenings, events and talks across the seven days of our festival.' The Filmhouse, Vue and Cameo cinemas will be joined by the Hawthornden Theatre in the National Gallery of Scotland on the Mound as venues for this year's Edinburgh International Film festival. | EIFF The EIFF will announce its full programme line-up later this week. Sorry, Baby, an indie film that premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival is to open the reborn film festival's second edition. Meanwhile, the World Premiere of Paul Sng's immersive documentary Reality Is Not Enough - an exploration of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh - as the closing night film of this year's festival. The autobiographical film combines intimate observational footage, rare archive film clips and readings from his novels narrated by screen stars Liam Neeson, Maxine Peake, Ruth Negga and Stephen Graham, and musician Nick Cave. Reality Is Not Enough was co-financed and produced by Edinburgh-based production company LS Films, with the support of Screen Scotland and with Sarah Drummond as executive producer. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The EIFF's connection with the Filmhouse has a long history. Arts charity the Centre for the Moving Image was behind both the venue and the festival. However, the organisation fell into the hands of administrators in 2022. The Filmhouse was subsequently shuttered for two years and reopened last weekend after a £1.7 million refurbishment and a lengthy fundraising campaign.
