Tilda Swinton is the latest high-profile industry figure to throw their support behind a campaign to save Edinburgh’s Filmhouse Cinema as reports suggest the popular rep house is close to being bought by a hospitality business.
In a rare public statement handed to Deadline, Swinton, who lives in Nairn, Scotland, described Filmhouse Cinema as an “invaluable cultural resource” for the city of Edinburgh that deserves to be “in the hands of legitimate cineastes who will nurture its future and the legacy of cultural cinema in Edinburgh and beyond.”
“This is an opportunity for all of us to join together to put a flag on the field: culture matters in Scotland. Let’s make it so,” she said in the statement, adding that any potential sale of the cinema to a private owner must be conducted with “unequivocal transparency.”
Edinburgh Filmhouse first closed its doors last October alongside Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen,...
In a rare public statement handed to Deadline, Swinton, who lives in Nairn, Scotland, described Filmhouse Cinema as an “invaluable cultural resource” for the city of Edinburgh that deserves to be “in the hands of legitimate cineastes who will nurture its future and the legacy of cultural cinema in Edinburgh and beyond.”
“This is an opportunity for all of us to join together to put a flag on the field: culture matters in Scotland. Let’s make it so,” she said in the statement, adding that any potential sale of the cinema to a private owner must be conducted with “unequivocal transparency.”
Edinburgh Filmhouse first closed its doors last October alongside Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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 administrators are looking for “best value for the company and its creditors”.
The Edinburgh Filmhouse building, the former home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), is facing an uncertain future as a cinema, with a spokesperson for the administrators handling the sale of the property telling Screen: “The joint administrators have a legal obligation to realise best value for the company and its creditors.”
The 88 Lothian Road building was put up for sale after parent company the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) – which also ran the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen and the Eiff – went into administration in October of this year.
The Edinburgh Filmhouse building, the former home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), is facing an uncertain future as a cinema, with a spokesperson for the administrators handling the sale of the property telling Screen: “The joint administrators have a legal obligation to realise best value for the company and its creditors.”
The 88 Lothian Road building was put up for sale after parent company the Centre for the Moving Image (Cmi) – which also ran the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen and the Eiff – went into administration in October of this year.
- 3/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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