Scalarama is a month-long celebration of cinema that takes place in cinema and non-cinema venues each September across the UK. Would you like to nurture a more vibrant, more diverse film culture in Edinburgh? Whether you already organise film screenings (or would like to!), programme a cinema/festival/venue, or have absolutely no idea where to start […]
So this is the creepiest picture I managed to find of the venue we are having our next meeting at:) You will have to enter Summerhall, proudly march right past the reception to the back door, find yourselves in the courtyard and see this beauty in front of you. It will be the room that's […]
Our home at Summerhall this year will be open to all scalaroamers to come together and celebrate the start of this beautiful month of September, full of hand-picked exciting cinema to hide from the rain in! Come round to the Royal Dick Bar, chin chin some extravagant cocktails and locally brewed beer with us, meet […]
Blue Gate Crossing (2002) “Should you give your first kiss to the boy who likes you or the girl you like?” MENG Ker-Rou and LIN Yue-Zhen are high school friends who can talk to each other about everything and anything. On the school grounds one early summer, Yue-Zhen develops a crush on the charming ZHANG […]
Back at our cosy Summerhall lair and pleasantly tired after 6 months worth of preparation, we will be bringing Scalarama Edinburgh '17 to its grand finale – you must be there to celebrate with us! It will be your chance to pour out all the compliments to our curators, optionally paired with some bits of useful observations […]
Peter Greenaway's visually stunning 1985 film was the first with his "most important collaborator" cinematographer Sacha Vierny. A story of twin zoologists Oswald and Oliver Deuce who, after losing their wives in a freak car collision with a swan outside the zoo where they work, develop a curious attachment to the car's driver Alba, who […]
To echo the restoration of Yellow Submarine (1968) earlier this June, there is more of The Beatles coming to Edinburgh this September! A Hard Day's Night (1964) to start with on Friday 21st: to see where it all began, to get ourselves into the pure black and white mischief and celebrate life! The Beatles in their feature […]
To echo the restoration of Yellow Submarine (1968) earlier this June, there is more of The Beatles coming to Edinburgh in September! Curious Cat | Cinema Club is making its opening party with Across the Universe (2007) – a magical mystery party you won't wanna miss! Featuring 33 Beatles compositions, Across the Universe is one of the most polarising musicals ever […]
Dare you sing SAW? Witness James Wan's horror classic spliced with live drag performances inspired by its goriest scenes, all to celebrate the launch of Scalarama's 2019 programme! Matchbox Cineclub and Pity Party Film Club present SAW as you've never seen it before - ripped to shreds and reassembled, as local drag terrorisers slice up […]