Cinema Screenings

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

Our Programme

Artist Curated Shorts
Thursday 26th September 1pm

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Friday 27th September 3pm

Casper
Thursday 31st October 4pm

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. .

Artist Curated Shorts
Thursday 26th September, 1pm
1hr 20mins

We’ll be showing a collection of short films curated by artist and Seen & Heard workshop leader Karolina Glusiec.

Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Thursday 27th September, 3pm
1hr 17 mins with English subtitles

’The story of the extraordinary friendship between Scotland’s greatest film maker and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell. In this film Peter reminisces about the life he shared with Bill, their meeting in the Egyptian desert and their lifelong passion for the movies which lead them to start experimenting with an 8mm camera. His memories and musings about Bill’s legacy are illustrated with these never-before-seen short films.'

Followed by a Q&A with Andrew Crummy, Kenny Munro and director Jack Archer.

Free but booking is essential.  Book here

Casper (12A)
Thursday 31st October, 4pm
46 minutes with English subtitles

Join us for a family friendly spooky screening at Craigmillar Now! With stories from Craigmillar’s official storyteller Heather Henderson.

"Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the rickety mansion to seek her claim, she is frightened away by a wicked wave of ghosts. Determined to get her hands on this hidden fortune, she hires afterlife therapist Dr. James Harvey to exorcise the ghosts from the mansion. Harvey and his daughter Kat move in, and soon Kat meets Casper, the ghost of a young boy who's "the friendliest ghost you know." But not so friendly are Casper's uncles-Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie, who are determined to drive all "fleshies" away. Ultimately, it is up to Harvey and Kat to help the ghosts cross over to the other side.

Free but booking is essential.  

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