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The BIG Picture in Edinburgh
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, UK

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Written by: David Boyd, Chief Technician Date: 22.02.2009
Exterior of the Filmhouse cinema. Image by Alasdair McCrum

We are housed in a former church building in the city's West End. Our main 280-seat screen 1 (7.38m x 3.5m for 70mm), opened in 1982 is in the upper half of the church with the café and bar underneath. Screens 2 and 3 are housed at the rear in the former church hall buildings, seating 100 and 70 respectively.

Equipment for 70mm in screen 1 is two Philips DP70 with Strong Super 80 arc lamps. As mentioned before we had a very bad fire in January but we did take the opportunity to re-equip and to refurbish the projectors. We now have a Panastereo CSP4600 for mag which replaces the damaged Dolby processor, and for the first time we are able to play 70mm DTS by having installed a special venue DTS XD10 - this last was installed to replace the damaged and obsolete Dolby ScreenTalk with DTS-CSS, so of course we took the opportunity to equip for 70mm DTS by buying two 70mm DTS timecode readers. Since installation in May we have played "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Aliens". Of course those are all mag but we will finally be screening "Vertigo" in 70mm DTS on 22 January 2009, a title I have been nagging our programmers about for some time.
 
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A Visit to the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland

Gallery: 70mm Cinema, "Filmhouse", Edinburgh, August 2015

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Filmhouse, Edinburgh, UK

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Filmhouse Ltd.
88 Lothian Road
Edinburgh EH3 9BZ
Scotland
United Kingdom
 
Filmhouse cinema screen 1, with 70mm. Image by Alasdair McCrum

Operationally we run the projectors as a pair on changeovers and don't have a 70mm facility on our platter. Since rewiring the machines can also run any speed via a microverter rather than changing belts and pulleys. In interestingly our screen 2 is equipped with two DP75s but only geared up for 35mm - they did have 70mm capacity in their original location the Caley across the road from Filmhouse.

In Edinburgh from 1958 the two main circuit cinemas the New Victoria (Odeon) and Regal (ABC) were equipped with DP70s for 70mm, the Odeon later re-equipping with Victoria 8 and the ABC with DP75. Then in 1968 the Caley Picture House equipped with two DP75s, now installed for 35mm on our screen 2. In 1982 the recently reopened 3,000-seat Playhouse equipped with the DP70s from the Odeon but by 1986 sadly they had been disposed of and there are no film facilities remaining in this now live theatre. So that leaves us as the last 70mm house in Edinburgh and one of only two in Scotland, the other being GFT Glasgow.
 
 
Filmhouse cinema screen 1, with 70mm. Image by Alasdair McCrum.

Some 70mm titles shown here over the years: "Heaven's Gate", "Pathfinder", "Playtime", "The Big Blue", "South Pacific", "Innerspace", "Alien", "Alien 3", "Aliens", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Flatliners", "Spartacus", "Apocalypse Now", "Howard's End", "Doctor Zhivago", "Baraka", "Little Buddha", "Custer of the West", "My Fair Lady", "West Side Story", "E.T.", "Remains of the Day", "the right stuff", "war and peace" (USSR, 2 part version), "Hamlet", "The Sheltering Sky", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "The Thing", "Lawrence of Arabia".

"For 30 years Filmhouse has been *Edinburgh's best independent cinema*, showing over 500 incredible films each year. Filmhouse *celebrates world cinema* in all its brilliance and diversity.
 
 
Filmhouse foyer. Image by Alasdair McCrum.

Our programme features new releases and classic re-releases, retrospectives, film seasons and specialist festivals, including the Italian and French film festivals, Africa in Motion, Dead by Dawn horror film festival. Other regular events include Psychotronic Cinema, monthly late-night off-beat cinema, and Gone, But Not Forgotten, commemorating the recently deceased of the film world.

Filmhouse is also the home of the *Edinburgh International Film Festival* which takes place in June.

Centrally located at 88 Lothian Road in the West End of Edinburgh’s city centre, Filmhouse has three cinemas which are open to the public seven days a week. Cinema One screens the latest international releases and presents special events with guests talking about their work in different branches of the film industry. Cinemas Two and Three include a wider range of material from the history of world cinema, 16mm, video and digital video work.
 
 
Screen 1 projection box showing platter, DP70s and DLP. Image by Alasdair McCrum.

The result is that Filmhouse presents a more *varied programme* than any other cinema in the country. The choice that is available to the people of Edinburgh and the many tourists who visit the city makes Filmhouse one of the leading entertainment and cultural venues in the Capital City. Filmhouse runs a number of *courses, workshops and special events*, such as a Introduction to European Cinema series, family events, scriptwriting workshops and animation courses for adults and children. Mondays at 10.30am it is ‘For Crying Out Loud’ time, when carers can see a film from our programme without having the worry of their little darlings making a noise and upsetting other members of the audience. Baby changing, bottle warming and buggy parking facilities are available during these screenings.
 
 
Close up of DP70 projecting 70mm film. Image by Alasdair McCrum.

As well as three screens, Filmhouse also houses a *lively Cafe Bar*, a popular meeting place, that offers fresh, affordable and imaginative food and a great choice of hot and cold beverages - open 7 days from 10 till late. Once a month Filmhouse Cafe Bar hosts the phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) *Film Quiz*.

Filmhouse has *charitable status* and highly values any additional funds that help to continue the development of the premises and expand the activities that take place throughout the year. For Ł30 a year you can become a *Friend of Filmhouse*. As well as supporting the cinema you will receive a number of free tickets special offers and deals, the Filmhouse brochure delivered to your home each month and invitations to Friends of Filmhouse receptions. As part of our on-going fundraising strategy, Filmhouse has also launched a *Seat Dedication Scheme*. With Tilda Swinton as Honorary Patron, this scheme provides the opportunity for people to dedicate a personalised seat plaque to role models in the film industry, media professionals, loved ones or organisations.
 
 
Filmhouse screen 1. Image by Alasdair McCrum.

Filmhouse screens can be hired for *private events and corporate functions.*

Filmhouse foyer and box office are reached via a ramped surface from Lothian Road. Our cafe/bar and disabled toilet are also at this level. There is wheelchair access to all three cinemas. There are induction loops and infra-red in all three cinemas for those with hearing difficulties. Our brochure carries details on which films have subtitles. There is a large print version of the brochure available at the Box Office on request, or it can be posted out to you free of charge."
 
 
   
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