Scotland is unusual in having two models of touring cinema able to programme new releases – the Screen Machine mobile cinema and INDY Cinema Group. There are also a large number of venues operating outside of this model delivering part-time DCP-based cinema (DCP meaning Digital Cinema Package, which is the industry-standard format for screening new […]

Regional Screen Scotland are seeking a forward thinking, proactive and creative charity sector leader to drive us forwards into a new phase of our development following the impending retirement of our current Chief Executive, Robert Livingston, who is planning retirement in the autumn. We aim to enable more people in more places to share great […]

Regional Screen Scotland and INDY Cinema Group are looking for a Consultant, or team of Consultants,  to carry out a feasibility study examining the potential demand for part-time DCP screenings in Scotland, and how that demand can be met by the Screen Machine mobile cinema and the resources of the INDY Cinema Group’s touring operation. […]

Announcing the recipients of the first round of Local Film Festival Challenge Fund 2019 and deadline for the next round. We are delighted to announce that eight organisations are the recipients of Local Film Festival Challenge Funding. In December 2018, we received fourteen applications to the fund, all of a high standard, and a panel […]

Here at Regional Screen Scotland we’ve undertaken an experiment in programming for the Screen Machine, and we’d like to share the results with our audiences and the wider screen community. Between August – October this year, we brought six different foreign language films to six different locations on the Screen Machine’s tour. The initiative was […]

Ever thought of setting up a Film Festival in your community? Or perhaps you’re already running one, but would like to try something completely new. Help is at hand from our new Local Film Festival Challenge Fund. This small, one-off fund has been set up with funding from Screen Scotland, and is intended to complement […]

In the last of our reports from Your Festival Your Community from students of University of Edinburgh’s MSc Film, Exhibition and Curation, Melina Waeltermann stresses the importance of considering inclusivity at all levels, how funding can affect this and how local film festivals balance these concerns in their programming and delivery. First of all, I’d […]

Anni Asksainen originally hails from Finland and is in Edinburgh studying at University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Film, Exhibition and Curation. Here, she reflects on how Your Festival Your Community could be a model to apply to other European countries, as a way to share knowledge and encourage networks to emerge. In celebrating the existing […]

At our Your Festival Your Community event back in April we were delighted to have attending, students from the University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Exhibition and Curation. In the first of five reports by the students reflecting on the event, Amanda Rogers considered what she learned about how local film festivals serve their audiences in […]

Cara-Lynn Bauer is a student on the University of Edinburgh’s MSc in Exhibition and Curation. Here, she writes about her experience attending our Your Festival Your Community event back in April, and the strategies she learned to reach and engage a local festival audience. In addition to the group-panels I attended the workshop ‘Where are […]