Cinema Screenings

We’re excited to be hosting local cinema screenings throughout November - February at Craigmillar Now!

Our Programme

Margaret Tait Shorts Thursday 30th November 3pm

Tish Monday 18th December 2pm

The Bill Douglas Trilogy:

My Childhood Thursday 18th January 3pm

My Ain Folk Thursday 25th January 3pm

My Way Home Thursday 1st February 3pm

Accessibility

The screenings are based in the ground floor of the Arts Centre with seating. As Craigmillar Now is based in a historic church the building gets cold during winter months - we will have the heating on but ask visitors to please wear warm clothes and layer up just incase. We have a ground floor, accessible bathroom. All our bathrooms are gender neutral. There is an echo in the church which can effect hearing aids. We have accessible parking on site and ramp access to the centre.

Refreshments

Themed refreshments will be available to buy throughout each screening.

Margaret Tait Shorts (NC)
Thursday 30th November, 3pm
30 minutes with English subtitles
Colour (16mm)

We’ll be showing a collection of short films by Scottish filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait. The films include  Colour Poems (12 mins), Calypso (4 mins), These Walls (4 mins) and Garden Pieces (12 mins).

TISH
Monday 18th December, 2pm
90 mins with English subtitles

Tish Murtha was a visionary photographer committed to documenting the struggle and inequality of the working-class communities that framed her upbringing. Her archive of work from Northeast England and London’s Soho in the 1970s and 1980s is lovingly realised in this exploration of the legacy of her work and private life by her daughter, Ella Murtha. Ella Murtha and Jen Corcoran will be joining us at Craigmillar Now for this screening.

Free but booking is essential.  Book here

The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Childhood (PG)
Thursday 18th January, 3pm
46 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White

In My Childhood (1972), eight-year old Jamie lives with his granny and elder brother in a Scottish mining village in 1945. With his mother in a mental health institution and his father absent, he is subject to the hardships of poverty.

Free but booking is essential.  Book here

The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk (PG)
Thursday 25th January, 3pm
55 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White

In My Ain Folk (1973), Jamie is sent to live with his paternal grandmother and uncle; a life full of silence and rejection.

Free but booking is essential.  Book here

The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Way Home (PG)
Thursday 1st February, 3pm
71 minutes with English subtitles
Black & White

My Way Home (1978) sees Jamie's ultimate victory over his circumstances; after a spell in foster care, and a homeless shelter, he is conscripted into the RAF, where he embarks on a redemptive friendship with pal Robert, which allows him to emerge from his ineffectual adolescence to pursue his artistic ambition.

Free but booking is essential.  Book here

The Local Cinema film programme has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council via the Creative Community Hubs Network, which brings together eight building-based hubs who are engaging with their local communities in creative ways across Edinburgh. This is the first shared creative programme produced by the hubs network to date, in a pilot project entitled the Community Cinema Hubs Project that is hoped will be extended more widely across Edinburgh into the future.

Please contact screening venues directly for more information and to reserve tickets for all other individual screenings.

Discover more community cinema screenings across Edinburgh from October 2023 - February 2024 here