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Film Events in Edinburgh in October 2024

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Events in Edinburgh

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

10th October 2024 - 27th October 2024
Nationwide

The 2024 edition of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF) will take place across Scotland from 10th - 27th October, exploring the theme of 'In/Visible'.

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Adult Cinema Meets Art

15th October 2024

Experience adult cinema like never before... artful, ethical, and designed to spark conversation.

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Ocean Film Festival

16th October 2024

The Ocean Film Festival returns to the Festival Theatre with a brand new selection of the world’s most incredible ocean films!

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Queer East Festival

17th October 2024 - 21st October 2024

The Queer East Festival 2024 nationwide tour is heading to the Cameo Picturehouse in Edinburgh from 17th - 21st October.

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Planetarium Lates: What’s Up? The Fright Sky!

18th October 2024 - 25th October 2024

This October we are drawing back the curtain on some of space’s dark secrets in “What’s Up? The Fright Sky!”

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Documentary Film: The Phenomenon of Healing

20th October 2024

Join Bruno Groening Circle of Friends for a special screening of the documentary film 'The Phenomenon of Healing' at The Open Door Community Centre on 20th October.

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Twilight In Concert: The Film With Live Band

20th October 2024

The legendary romance fantasy film Twilight is coming to the Usher Hall as part of a UK tour, just ahead of Halloween, accompanied by a live band and surrounded with candles!

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Scottish International Storytelling Festival: Òran Mhòir

23rd October 2024

Òran Mhòir is a multi-media performance by storyteller Eileen Budd and experimental folk duo Burd Ellen exploring the Gaelic lore of the intertidal zone.

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Green Screen: Vindication Swim + Panel

24th October 2024

Vindication Swim dives into the extraordinary life of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. Catch it at Cameo Cinema Picturehouse on 24th October!

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Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest

25th October 2024 - 26th October 2024

Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest, Edinburgh's one and only annual documentary film festival, returns on the 25th & 26th October to the historic Cameo Cinema.

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2024

25th October 2024 - 10th November 2024
Various Locations Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival returns from 25th October bringing some of the world’s best short films to Summerhall and the Institut Français d’Écosse!

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Scottish International Storytelling Festival: The Unexpected Journey

27th October 2024

The Unexpected Journey is a profoundly beautiful and moving film which tells the stories of three teenage boys, who after falling ill, discover they have cancer.

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Fright Fest Movie Marathon

28th October 2024

Get cozy with your mates, grab some popcorn, and prepare for a spine-tingling night of classic and cult horror films at The Three Sisters!

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Scottish International Storytelling Festival: How to Bring About a Peaceful Revolution?

30th October 2024

Join us for this hybrid performance at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, presented in film and on stage is hosted by Horst Edler.

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Charity Movie Night - The Cabin in the Woods

31st October 2024

Join The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for a charity movie night in the Symposium Hall on 31st October, where we will be showing The Cabin in the Woods!

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Fright Night: Silent Movie Screening with Live Score

31st October 2024

Silent Screen Scotland returns with 'Fright Night: Silent Movie Screening', a candlelit screening of Nosferatu accompanied by live score in the gothic surroundings of St. Vincent's Chapel.

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Frighthouse 2

31st October 2024 - 3rd November 2024

A Multimedia Horror Anthology using film and Audio recordings. The Frighthouse Returns for more Frights with a mix of the surreal and the spooky.

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Film Events in East Renfrewshire

Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On East Renfrewshire:

Royal Ballet and Opera - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Live Cinema Screening

Royal Ballet and Opera - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Live Cinema Screening

15th October 2024

The Royal Ballet & Opera House Live presents Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - an encore screening of the adaptation of Lewis Carroll's famous story at Eastwood Park Theatre!

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Cinema Screening: Young Frankenstein

Cinema Screening: Young Frankenstein

31st October 2024

Don't miss a screening of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks' monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley's classic, at Eastwood Park Theatre this Halloween!

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Cinema Screening: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

Cinema Screening: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

27th October 2024

Join a ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song when Wolf Witch Giant Fairy comes to Eastwood Park Theatre!

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Film Events in Fife

Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Fife:

Eat The Movies at Earls Hall - Alice In Wonderland

Eat The Movies at Earls Hall - Alice In Wonderland

18th October 2024

Get ready for a night of fun, food, and fantasy as you immerse yourself in the whimsical world of Wonderland while enjoying delicious food inspired by the film.

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Solar Cinema Screenings

Solar Cinema Screenings

Selected dates between 20th September 2024 - 26th October 2024

For the first time, St Andrews Botanic Garden will host Solar Cinema events for the whole family, showcasing popular films using solar-powered projection.

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Film Events in Glasgow

Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Glasgow:

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

26th October 2024 - 27th October 2024

Christopher Nolan's epic trilogy continues in IMAX with The Dark Knight. Christian Bales stars in the titular role which sees Batman raise the stakes in his war on crime.

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Boozical Brunch

Boozical Brunch

Selected dates between 1st June 2024 - 14th December 2024

Get ready to party with everyone at the Grosvenor Picture Theatre when they host their epic Boozical Brunch film screenings with their fabulous friends at the Grosvenor Café!

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Big Feed’s Free Secret Cinema Club

Big Feed’s Free Secret Cinema Club

Selected dates between 4th October 2024 - 25th October 2024

Join Big Feed at Golf It! for their Free Secret Cinema Club within their 100 seater heated cinema room every Friday evening!

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Film Events in Lanarkshire

Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Lanarkshire:

Halloween Drive-In Cinema

Halloween Drive-In Cinema

25th October 2024 - 27th October 2024

The Lanark Agricultural Centre is thrilled to bring you their Halloween Drive-In Cinema Event with a feast of frights offering the perfect level of quakes and shakes for pretty much everyone!

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

31st October 2024

Gather your Sweet Transvestites and come on over to Frankenstein's Place for The Rocky Horror Picture Show this Halloween!

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Cinema: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

Cinema: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy

Selected dates between 25th October 2024 - 27th October 2024

Join a ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song when Wolf Witch Giant Fairy comes to Airdrie Town Hall Cinema!

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Film Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Film Events in Stirling

Here's a selection of Film Events you can find over on our sister site, What's On Stirling:

Fair Day Film Night - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Fair Day Film Night - Rocky Horror Picture Show

29th October 2024

Join Bo'ness Fair for an electrifying night at Bo'ness Hippodrome on Tuesday, October 29th, and enjoy a special fundraising screening of the cult classic, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'!

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Royal Ballet and Opera: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Royal Ballet and Opera: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Selected dates between 15th October 2024 - 20th October 2024

Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story, screening at Macrobert Arts Centre.

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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2024 - Blue Programme

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2024 - Blue Programme

20th October 2024

Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from The Banff Mountain Film Festival when it returns to Macrobert Arts Centre on Sunday 20th October!

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Events in Other Areas

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Popular Events

Robbie Williams
The 'Robbie Williams Live 2025' tour will open in Edinburgh at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Saturday 31st May!
Andy Murray - Centre Stage
Join Andy Murray in conversation with sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter, where they’ll recount intimate and untold moments from Andy’s career in this unforgettable live experience!
Little Red Robin Hood - The Pantomime
Join Happy Sad Productions in Sharewood Forest, Naughtyham for a fairy tale filled family adventure!
The Polar Ice Bar
Take some time to ‘chill’ at the Polar Ice Bar, the coolest bar in the city, where your table, chairs and glasses are sculpted entirely from ice.
Bringing Deaf Stories to Life (BSL)
Join Deaf Action for an afternoon of storytelling with Luigi Lerose, a Deaf children’s writer on 23rd November!

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