by cinetopia | June 3, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Elisa interviews Franco Calandrini, head of the Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, and they discuss adapting the festival format in the post-lockdown scenario.

by cinetopia | May 12, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Betty interviews musician Aurora Engine, with whom we collaborated on Electric Muses in March.

by cinetopia | April 13, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Befitting our current predicament, guest contributor Federica Pugliese examines films which have explored confinement and isolation.

by cinetopia | April 2, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

A throwback to last month, in which Elisa took part as a volunteer for the Glasgow Film Festival.

by cinetopia | March 19, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

In the midst of some troubling times, Elisa shows us the light in her account from Iberodocs’ closing night.

by cinetopia | March 5, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Betty’s back from Berlinale – here are her dispatches from the field.

by cinetopia | February 12, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Elisa gives us her in-depth take on this year’s Oscars ceremony.

by cinetopia | February 6, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

In our new feature article, Betty Stojnić explores the positive effects of film networking through our first session of 2020.

by cinetopia | January 28, 2020 | Blog | 1 Comment

Our newest contributor Elisa Teneggi takes a look at the Chinese Visual Festival’s recent visit to Edinburgh.

by Luka Vukos | December 16, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

Part two of our favourite films of 2019, including Joker, Marriage Story, and The Irishman.

by Luka Vukos | December 12, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

Part one of our favourite films of 2019, based on the UK calendar of releases.

by Luka Vukos | July 4, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

Takeaways from our recent post-production masterclass, with full audio recording.

by cinetopia | June 25, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

Takeaways from the EIFF Youth – opening events, Pride March, and things to come…

by Luka Vukos | May 28, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

In the last few years, a new group of filmmakers has emerged across the UK, including Scotland. From an output consisting of both short and feature-length productions, their films are dark, strange, sparse in dialogue and imbued with an aura of ambiguity and...

by cinetopia | May 6, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

by Serena Scateni Think of Italian cinema and the first names popping to mind are the well-known, glorified ones of the likes of Antonioni, Fellini, Monicelli, Bertolucci, and so on. As the same goes for any other country-specific cinema, charting the undiscovered...

by Luka Vukos | May 1, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

“As a child, I went to the cinema for the atmosphere: I loved the noise […] and the way the people went out into the street – men and women stunned by the spectacle.” – Federico Fellini On May 10th, Cinetopia will screen Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso and a...

by Luka Vukos | February 27, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments

The Academy proposes a Best Popular Picture category; a month later, they drop it ‘to seek additional input’. The Academy eventually finds a host in Kevin Hart; Hart steps down - it’s a no-host deal. Then, the categories for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best...

by Luka Vukos | January 29, 2019 | Blog | 2 Comments

This month’s Edinburgh premiere of Josie Rourke’s Queen Mary of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, signalled the further growth of potential for the Scottish film industry. In the last 12 months, the industry has seen the success of two Netflix-produced...

by Luka Vukos | December 31, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

Looking back at 2018, it was another great year for cinema with innovations from masters old and new. Here are our picks, which are based on the UK calendar of film releases. Phantom Thread Much anticipation preceded Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread after it was...

by Luka Vukos | December 21, 2018 | Blog | 0 Comments

In early 2018, Cinetopia launched with the first episode of our small podcast series at Radio Summerhall. In approach to the new year, we look back at what has been an exciting and productive journey - at what we have achieved in...