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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FIENDS IN THE FURROWS FILM FESTIVAL
23-26 April 2026
A new folk horror film festival in Leith, Scotland, featuring a mix of pop-up
outdoor and indoor screenings & events across Leith, from 23-26 April.A collaboration between Cinetopia and Leith-based film collective Leith Kino, our aim is to bring you a rich, thrilling, and diverse programme of Scottish &
International films of all kinds.Beyond our film programme, Fiends in the Furrows will also feature workshops, talks, and events celebrating Leith’s vibrant local artistic and creative community, through workshops, talks, and events - plus scrumptious food & drink from local Leith vendors.
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CINETOPIA DOC: QUEER AS PUNK
13 May, 8.30pm | FILMHOUSE
Cinetopia:DOC in collaboration with SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) presents this Scottish special preview of Queer As Punk ahead of its wider UK release with T A P E Collective. The screening will have an introduction by SQIFF director Indigo Korres and the film will be followed by a 20-minute pre-recorded Q&A.
Faris is a transman and the lead singer of "Shh..Diam!" (meaning “shut up!” in Malay), an openly queer punk band in Malaysia. Together with his bandmates Yon and Yoyo, they use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights in a country where conservative Muslim policies and society severely curtail human rights and freedom of expression.