Connecting the film community — offline since 2018, online since 2025.
From outdoor screenings to festival coverage, from networking nights to doc clubs – we've been connecting Scotland's film community since 2018. Now we've also gone digital with an online platform designed by film people, for film people.
Cinetopia is a hub of activity around filmmaking and filmgoing based in Edinburgh. We create events and content for both the general public as well as film industry professionals, bringing the film community together.
What we do
FILM & INDUSTRY EVENTS
Monthly doc clubs and industry networking nights, eventised distribution & film tours, masterclasses, outdoor festivals, and pop-up screenings. We don't just show films – we create experiences that build community.
CINETOPIA CONNECT
Our online hub where the local film community can actually connect.
CINETOPIA RECOMMENDS
Our weekly Substack that delivers the best local film events, film opportunities, and industry news across Scotland and UK straight to your inbox.
CINETOPIA PRODUCTIONS
We make things too. Site-specific archive and multi-media installations, documentaries, and client work. If it involves moving images and good stories, we're interested.
CINETOPIA RADIO & PODCAST
Monthly on EHFM since 2018. Festival coverage from the ground up, filmmaker interviews that go deeper, and reviews that tell you what's actually worth your time.
CINETOPIA SHOP
Handmade merchandise inspired by our love of film, plus collaborations with local designers and artists. Film merch that doesn't look like corporate swag.
Upcoming Events
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CINETOPIA: DOC - NIGHTCLEANERS (1975) + DISCUSSION PANEL
10 December, 6pm | FILMHOUSE - 50th Anniversary Special Screening
This screening will be followed by a hybrid panel discussion featuring members of the Berwick Street Collective. We will be joined in person by Humphrey Trevelyan, and via zoom: James Scott and artist Mary Kelly (who was also a member of the Cleaners Action Group).
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Nightcleaners (Part 1) (1975) by the Berwick Street Collective, and we’re proud to host this special screening marking the start of a series of 50th anniversary activities being programmed by moving image arts organisation LUX.
Nightcleaners captures the struggles of women working as night cleaners in London’s office buildings during the early 1970s and their early attempts to unionise. The film documents their efforts and the broader campaign to improve their working conditions, invisible labour both low-paid and isolated.
Rather than follow a conventional narrative, the filmmakers employ a fragmented, experimental style that reflects the complexity and disorientation of political struggle. This approach challenges viewers to engage critically, not passively, with both the subject matter and the medium itself.