OUTDOOR CINEMA
Cinetopia has a wealth of expertise bringing cinema and moving image to outdoor spaces. From running pop-up festivals, to outdoor screenings, or working with artists and filmmakers to bring big-scale projections and archive to public spaces and onto buildings - we bring knowledge, logistical understanding and a passion for bringing film to life in communities.
Scroll for just a few of our many successful outdoor cinema events and installations.
LOCAL HERO - 40th ANNIVERSARY WEEKENDER
23-25 May 2023 - Pennan - Banff - Portsoy
Over a 3-day weekend, in Cinescapes by Cinetopia brought LOCAL HERO and a curated programme of films about the sea, and by local Aberdeenshire filmmakers back to the location it was filmed.
A weekend in Aberdeenshire celebrating one of Scotland’s most cherished films. We ran outdoor screenings for the whole family, “meet and greet” talks with members of the film’s original cast, schools workshops, and local pop-up food and drink.
CINEMA ON THE SHORE
17 & 18 SEPTEMBER, 2022 - Custom House, LEITH
Cinema on the Shore was a full weekend programme of outdoor film screenings at Leith docks (beside Custom House), with pop-up food, drinks and live music! Part of Leith Forever’s ‘Celebrating Leith Weekender’
Part of Cinescapes, Cinetopia’s outdoor screening strand, we showed a mix of Scottish and international movies, documentaries and short films for all ages on a mix of free and 'pay what you can' tickets.
The programme explord stories of seaside communities and folklore, high-seas high jinks and adventures - tying in with the incredible, maritime location of Leith’s shore area.
From Wes Anderson’s cult hit ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ and Oscar-winning ‘Life of Pi’ to animated shorts and docs from Scotland, Canada, Ireland, France and beyond, there was something for everyone!
REDRAWING EDINBURGH
September 2021 - Multiple locations across Edinburgh
Directed, Produced and Edited by Amanda Rogers as a “Cinescapes” production, Written by Alistair Rutherford. Music by Dowally
A centenary commemoration of Edinburgh's dramatic transformation in 1920, when the city more than tripled in size through the historic "amalgamation" - incorporating Leith, Cramond, Corstorphine, Colinton, and Liberton into the capital.
Crafted from national, city and local archives, this short film programme explores how the 1920 Edinburgh Boundaries Extension Act changed daily life and local identity across these communities forever. Through rare archival footage, we revisit this pivotal moment when over 100,000 new residents became Edinburghers overnight.
Part of the innovative Cinescapes film festival, "ReDrawing Edinburgh" transforms into site-specific outdoor projections, bringing history directly to the very communities that experienced this monumental change a century ago - projected onto the buildings, walls and bridges that witnessed the city's expansion. A unique blend of historical archive which was projected in situ on buildings in Edinburgh that illuminates how borders, identity, and belonging evolve over time.
Created in partnership with Edinburgh City Archives. Used projection mapping technology to project the film onto local buildings in five locations across the city. Projected in September 2021
Awards & Recognition:
Nominated for Creative Edinburgh City Award
Nominated for Visit Scotland's Thistle Award
Nominated for Edinburgh's Evening News Local Heroes Award for this project as well as Cinescapes
