Edinburgh Filmhouse has received a vital funding boost from the UK government’s Levelling Up community fund and is now on course to re-open this autumn, two years after it was forced to close.
A total of six Scottish community spaces were saved from closure owing to £3.8m funding from the government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Community Ownership Fund.
Across the UK, the department has today (March 23) announced £33.5m in funding to protect more than 80 projects. Filmhouse has been awarded £1.54m.
The Edinburgh Filmhouse building was sold for £2.65m in April last year. The building was...
A total of six Scottish community spaces were saved from closure owing to £3.8m funding from the government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Community Ownership Fund.
Across the UK, the department has today (March 23) announced £33.5m in funding to protect more than 80 projects. Filmhouse has been awarded £1.54m.
The Edinburgh Filmhouse building was sold for £2.65m in April last year. The building was...
- 3/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The money will go towards a much-needed glow up for the building, with a view to re-opening next summer.
A fundraising campaign, spearheaded by former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff, is underway to re-open the 88 Lothian Road building as a cinema next year by raising £1.25m.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff James Rice, Rod White, David Boyd and Ginnie Atkinson formed Filmhouse (Edinburgh) in late December 2022, which was granted charitable status this summer.
Filmhouse (Edinburgh) has agreed an interim lease of six months with property management company Caledonian Heritable, who bought the 88 Lothian Road building in April, after it was put up for...
A fundraising campaign, spearheaded by former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff, is underway to re-open the 88 Lothian Road building as a cinema next year by raising £1.25m.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff James Rice, Rod White, David Boyd and Ginnie Atkinson formed Filmhouse (Edinburgh) in late December 2022, which was granted charitable status this summer.
Filmhouse (Edinburgh) has agreed an interim lease of six months with property management company Caledonian Heritable, who bought the 88 Lothian Road building in April, after it was put up for...
- 9/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The money will go towards a much-needed glow up for the building, with a view to re-opening next summer.
A fundraising campaign, spearheaded by former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff, is underway to re-open the 88 Lothian Road building as a cinema next year by raising £1.25m.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff James Rice, Rod White, David Boyd and Ginnie Atkinson formed Filmhouse (Edinburgh) in late December 2022, which was granted charitable status this summer.
Filmhouse (Edinburgh) has agreed an interim lease of six months with property management company Caledonian Heritable, who bought the 88 Lothian Road building in April, after it was put up for...
A fundraising campaign, spearheaded by former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff, is underway to re-open the 88 Lothian Road building as a cinema next year by raising £1.25m.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff James Rice, Rod White, David Boyd and Ginnie Atkinson formed Filmhouse (Edinburgh) in late December 2022, which was granted charitable status this summer.
Filmhouse (Edinburgh) has agreed an interim lease of six months with property management company Caledonian Heritable, who bought the 88 Lothian Road building in April, after it was put up for...
- 9/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The new cinema will be run by former Filmhouse staff.
The building that formerly housed the Edinburgh Filmhouse is on course to return as a cinema, run by a team of ex-Filmhouse staff.
Screen understands that property management group Caledonian Heritable, which also own The Dome, Ryan’s Bar and the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh and who won the bid for the property at 88 Lothian Road, will not be part of the running of the cinema but will act as landlord.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff Rod White, David Boyd, James Rice and Ginnie Atkinson will make up the board of the re-opened cinema,...
The building that formerly housed the Edinburgh Filmhouse is on course to return as a cinema, run by a team of ex-Filmhouse staff.
Screen understands that property management group Caledonian Heritable, which also own The Dome, Ryan’s Bar and the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh and who won the bid for the property at 88 Lothian Road, will not be part of the running of the cinema but will act as landlord.
Former Edinburgh Filmhouse staff Rod White, David Boyd, James Rice and Ginnie Atkinson will make up the board of the re-opened cinema,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The administrators are looking for “best value for the company and its creditors”.
Update: Edinburgh property mangagement specialist John Alexander has teamed up with the Filmhouse’s former head of programming Rod White, former technician David Boyd, former programme manager James Rice and former chief executive Ginnie Atkinson for a last-minute bid to take over the building and keep it as a cinema, as first reported in The Scotsman, and is in talks with the Scottish government, Screen Scotland and the city council.
White confirmed to Screen, however, “The administrator seems to feel the need to see it through with...
Update: Edinburgh property mangagement specialist John Alexander has teamed up with the Filmhouse’s former head of programming Rod White, former technician David Boyd, former programme manager James Rice and former chief executive Ginnie Atkinson for a last-minute bid to take over the building and keep it as a cinema, as first reported in The Scotsman, and is in talks with the Scottish government, Screen Scotland and the city council.
White confirmed to Screen, however, “The administrator seems to feel the need to see it through with...
- 3/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The deadline for bids to buy the Filmhouse Edinburgh is tomorrow (December 7).
The ’Save the Filmhouse’ campaign has confirmed to Screen that it “hopes” to still put in a bid for for the purchase of the Edinburgh Filmhouse ahead of the deadline for bids on December 7.
A crowdfunding campaign was launched on November 16 to raise the estimated £2m needed to buy the Edinburgh Filmhouse building. As of December 6, it had raised £170,867.
The campaign has been spearheaded by former senior staff of the Filmhouse, ex-head of programming at Filmhouse Rod White; ex-head technician David Boyd; former programme manager James Rice; former...
The ’Save the Filmhouse’ campaign has confirmed to Screen that it “hopes” to still put in a bid for for the purchase of the Edinburgh Filmhouse ahead of the deadline for bids on December 7.
A crowdfunding campaign was launched on November 16 to raise the estimated £2m needed to buy the Edinburgh Filmhouse building. As of December 6, it had raised £170,867.
The campaign has been spearheaded by former senior staff of the Filmhouse, ex-head of programming at Filmhouse Rod White; ex-head technician David Boyd; former programme manager James Rice; former...
- 12/6/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The group said it has held “positive conversations” with Edinburgh City Council, Creative Scotland, Screen Scotland and the Edinburgh Film Guild.
The team behind London’s Prince Charles Cinema has launched a bid to rescue the Edinburgh Filmhouse, which was shut down in October.
Edinburgh native Gregory Lynn, who has co-run the West End-based Prince Charles for 20 years, is leading the bid, which the group says is fully costed and funded, and includes plans to buy the Filmhouse building and carry out renovations following surveys that showed it had fallen into disrepair.
The group said it has held “positive conversations” with Edinburgh City Council,...
The team behind London’s Prince Charles Cinema has launched a bid to rescue the Edinburgh Filmhouse, which was shut down in October.
Edinburgh native Gregory Lynn, who has co-run the West End-based Prince Charles for 20 years, is leading the bid, which the group says is fully costed and funded, and includes plans to buy the Filmhouse building and carry out renovations following surveys that showed it had fallen into disrepair.
The group said it has held “positive conversations” with Edinburgh City Council,...
- 12/5/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The campaign is spearheaded by former Filmhouse employees Rod White, David Boyd, James Rice and Ginnie Atkinson.
A fundraising campaign to raise £2m by December 7 to save Edinburgh Filmhouse has kicked off today (November 16), with the aim of securing Filmhouse as Edinburgh’s independent and cultural cinema hub.
The 88 Lothian Road building was formerly the home of the Filmhouse cinema, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) and the Edinburgh Film Guild. The building was put up for sale after parent company the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) – which also ran the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen – went into administration in October of this year.
A fundraising campaign to raise £2m by December 7 to save Edinburgh Filmhouse has kicked off today (November 16), with the aim of securing Filmhouse as Edinburgh’s independent and cultural cinema hub.
The 88 Lothian Road building was formerly the home of the Filmhouse cinema, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) and the Edinburgh Film Guild. The building was put up for sale after parent company the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) – which also ran the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen – went into administration in October of this year.
- 11/16/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
McGill decides to pursue a career in critical and creative writing after a successful four-year tenure as Edinburgh international film festival artistic director
Hannah McGill, the artistic director of the Edinburgh international film festival (Eiff), is to step down after four years in charge in order to pursue a writing career.
McGill oversaw the festival's move from August to June – easing it away from the traditional month for Edinburgh's arts events – and pushed hard to rebrand it as a focus for new and independent British film-making talent. She now plans to return to critical work, a role she filled for the Glasgow Herald, Scotsman, Guardian and other newspapers prior to taking up the film festival post in September 2006.
"I love Eiff and have been privileged to be a part of it," said the 33-year-old. "I'm very proud of what the team achieved during my time as artistic director, and I...
Hannah McGill, the artistic director of the Edinburgh international film festival (Eiff), is to step down after four years in charge in order to pursue a writing career.
McGill oversaw the festival's move from August to June – easing it away from the traditional month for Edinburgh's arts events – and pushed hard to rebrand it as a focus for new and independent British film-making talent. She now plans to return to critical work, a role she filled for the Glasgow Herald, Scotsman, Guardian and other newspapers prior to taking up the film festival post in September 2006.
"I love Eiff and have been privileged to be a part of it," said the 33-year-old. "I'm very proud of what the team achieved during my time as artistic director, and I...
- 8/25/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- Longtime Edinburgh International Film Festival managing director Ginnie Atkinson is parting company with the event she has produced for 15 years.
Atkinson also steps down as the CEO of the Scottish capital's independent cinema Filmhouse, a standalone theater venue that has become the home of the festival.
Atkinson told THR her departure to pursue new projects was down to timing and the fact she wanted a change after 15 years at the helm of the Eiff.
The company established to manage the festival and the FIlmhouse will likely restructure with Atkinson's old roles united as a standalone job.
Both the Eiff and Filmhouse have management teams and vibrant brands on which they will continue to build.
Atkinson said: "Edinburgh is a very special film festival and it has been a real privilege to work with the hundreds of staff that make it happen every year and in particular the four...
Atkinson also steps down as the CEO of the Scottish capital's independent cinema Filmhouse, a standalone theater venue that has become the home of the festival.
Atkinson told THR her departure to pursue new projects was down to timing and the fact she wanted a change after 15 years at the helm of the Eiff.
The company established to manage the festival and the FIlmhouse will likely restructure with Atkinson's old roles united as a standalone job.
Both the Eiff and Filmhouse have management teams and vibrant brands on which they will continue to build.
Atkinson said: "Edinburgh is a very special film festival and it has been a real privilege to work with the hundreds of staff that make it happen every year and in particular the four...
- 1/15/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- It is unusual for organizers of any long-running international movie festival to find themselves immersed in controversy before anyone has seen anything -- but that is just what Edinburgh International Film Festival organizers are mulling Thursday.
The Eiff booked Tel Aviv University graduate Tali Shalom Ezer's "Surrogate" into this year's lineup and took receipt of £300 ($470) from the Israeli Embassy towards the costs of getting her to the Scottish capital to support the film.
But after protests from many areas of the filmmaking community, and most notably veteran British director Ken Loach who is an oft outspoken opponent of Israel's policies, the festival returned the cash.
Bad move it seems as prominent industry-ites such as Jeremy Isaacs, the former Channel Four chief and other Jewish organizations called the festival's move a form of censorship.
"It must be good for cinemagoers at an international film festival to see films by Jews,...
The Eiff booked Tel Aviv University graduate Tali Shalom Ezer's "Surrogate" into this year's lineup and took receipt of £300 ($470) from the Israeli Embassy towards the costs of getting her to the Scottish capital to support the film.
But after protests from many areas of the filmmaking community, and most notably veteran British director Ken Loach who is an oft outspoken opponent of Israel's policies, the festival returned the cash.
Bad move it seems as prominent industry-ites such as Jeremy Isaacs, the former Channel Four chief and other Jewish organizations called the festival's move a form of censorship.
"It must be good for cinemagoers at an international film festival to see films by Jews,...
- 5/22/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- International documentary features will be recognized with a new award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, artistic director Shane Danielsen and managing director Ginnie Atkinson said Monday. The best documentary feature honor will carry a £5,000 ($9,300) cash prize for the winner. The festival also is programming a special 1970s retrospective titled "They Might Be Giants: Other Voices from the New American Cinema."...
- 5/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CANNES -- International documentary features will be recognized with a new award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, artistic director Shane Danielsen and managing director Ginnie Atkinson said Monday. The best documentary feature honor will carry a £5,000 ($9,300) cash prize for the winner. The festival also is programming a special 1970s retrospective titled "They Might Be Giants: Other Voices from the New American Cinema."...
- 5/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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