Hervé Vilard’s’60s hit Capri C’est Fini opens this fifth fiction feature from Director Claire Simon. Based on a set of interviews between Yann Andréa (Swann Arlaud) and writer and journalist Michèle Manceaux (Emmanuelle Devos) in December 1982, the film is an intimate memoir of the unconventional relationship between Yann Andréa and writer and playwright MargueriteContinue reading “I Want to Talk About Duras (Vous ne désirez que moi) (15) French Film Festival”
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The Restless (Les Intranquilles) (15) French Film Festival 2021
The opening scene of Belgian Director Joachim Lafosse’s film The Restless (French title Les Intranquilles) sets the scene for the insight he gives into what it’s like to live with someone who is bipolar. What we see is Damien (Damien Bonnard) out on a speed boat with his young son Amine (Gabriel Metz Chammah). Suddenly,Continue reading “The Restless (Les Intranquilles) (15) French Film Festival 2021 “
Brian Molley Quartet Launch New Album
Internationally acclaimed Scottish group the Brian Molley Quartet release their third album, Modern Traditions on Friday 3rd December on BGMM Records. They will play a launch gig at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the Soundhouse season there on Sunday 7th November. Featuring the quartet’s trademark blend of jazz and world music, Modern Traditions againContinue reading “Brian Molley Quartet Launch New Album”
LeithLate Announces Three Day Pics n Mix Event at Biscuit Factory This November
LeithLate, that began as a one night celebration of Leith in 2011, and still going strong as a multi-arts charity based in Leith, announces a multi arts event scheduled for later this November. The full on programme comprises a mix of live music, cinema, theatre and conversation. The opening day of Friday 19th November atContinue reading “LeithLate Announces Three Day Pics n Mix Event at Biscuit Factory This November”
Edinburgh International Book Festival Announces Citizen Winter Warmer Weekend
In a three way venture between Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF), The Brunton Theatre and North Edinburgh Arts, the trio will host a weekend of activities and conversations that goes under the name of Citizen Winter Warmer, presenting two days of interactive events celebrating local community voices and creating opportunities for new stories to beContinue reading “Edinburgh International Book Festival Announces Citizen Winter Warmer Weekend”
Scottish Opera Again Teams up with Disney Musicals in Schools 
Scottish Opera (SO) and Disney Musicals in Schools (DMiS) are collaborating to give five Scottish primary schools the opportunity to learn and produce their own Disney KIDS musical and then have the opportunity to perform two special shows at the Theatre Royal Glasgow and in their own schools. DMiS launched in London in 2016, afterContinue reading “Scottish Opera Again Teams up with Disney Musicals in Schools ”
An Unexpected Hiccup The Studio 22 Potterrow
On the lead up to Hallowe’en, two Edinburgh-based Theatre Companies, Lung Ha and Plutôt La Vie, have joined forces to bring a comically unsettling tale to the Festival Theatre Studio with An Unexpected Hiccup. This World Première, that’s directed by Lung Ha’s Maria Oller and Plutôt La Vie’s Ian Cameron, whose real life experience was theContinue reading “An Unexpected Hiccup The Studio 22 Potterrow”
Footprint Themed Online Art Project by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley for COP 26
The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), in collaboration with Kolkata-based children’s arts engagement organisation ThinkArts, has been exploring responses to lived experiences of climate change through art, science and digital technology through work with award-winning Scottish theatre makers, Shona Reppe and Andy Manley. Launching on 1st November is Millipede.shop, a playful, interactive digital art installation disguised as an online shoe shop.Continue reading “Footprint Themed Online Art Project by Shona Reppe and Andy Manley for COP 26”
Programme of New Filmed and Live Dance Work Released for COP26
Internationally award-winning dance company Corey Baker Dance is releasing a multi-media programme of work to help promote environmental responsibility around COP 26, the pivotal summit on climate change to be held in Glasgow. The 25th October sees their 3 minute original dance film BLOWN premiere on BBC iPlayer and on BBC Scotland. The film, that isContinue reading “Programme of New Filmed and Live Dance Work Released for COP26”
French Film Festival UK Reveals 29th Line-up in Cinemas and Online
The crème de la crème of French and Francophone cinema comes to the fore from 3rd November to 15th December in over 30 leading independent cinemas nationwide as well as in a different online offer. The Festival opens with a UK premiere in his presence of Bruno Dumont’s On a Half Clear Morning, which features Léa Seydoux, France’s breakoutContinue reading “French Film Festival UK Reveals 29th Line-up in Cinemas and Online”
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