Edinburgh Cine and Video Society

02/08/2026

Hi everyone. We’re starting to plan the 2026–27 Thursday evening programme, and this is your chance to help shape it.

Is there:
• a speaker you’d like us to invite?
• a filmmaking topic or workshop you’d enjoy?
• a film or discussion theme you’d like to see?
• an idea you’ve always thought ECVS should try?

No idea is too big or too small. Just add you comment to this message. Even one suggestion could become part of next season’s programme.

Your ideas. Your Club. Your Programme.

12/07/2026

ECVS Smartphone Challenge 2027

Have an idea for a one-minute film?

Whether it’s comedy, drama, documentary, animation or something completely unexpected, now is the perfect time to start planning.

Submissions open December 2026 and close February 2027, so put your ideas aside for the future and turn them into a film.

One minute. One smartphone. Endless possibilities.

07/07/2026

Phase 1 of the cinema upgrade work will be carried out over the summer months. This work is to improve the sound deadening. The Thursday members meeting will continue.

19/06/2026

YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED

The ECVS 90th Anniversary Crowdfunder is now live. Help us secure the future of filmmaking in Edinburgh and keep our creative community thriving for the next 90 years.

Please donate and share.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/edinburgh-cine-video-society-00967

09/06/2026

Members and guests invited to a screening of 48 hour films.

07/06/2026

In 1938, members of the Edinburgh Cine Society packed their cameras and headed to the seaside at Scougal Bay. The resulting colour film, recently rediscovered in our archives, captures laughter, friendship, and a shared passion for filmmaking just months before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Nearly 90 years later, that same passion for filmmaking lives on through the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society.

Today, we need your help to preserve our historic clubrooms and secure the future of Scotland’s oldest filmmaking society.

Support our 90th Anniversary Crowdfunding Campaign and help ensure that the next generation can create, learn and share films for years to come.

90 years of filmmaking heritage. One future to protect. 🎬

Donate today and help keep the cameras rolling.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/edinburgh-cine-video-society-00967

04/06/2026

ECVS 90th Year Anniversary
Italian Filmmakers 1930-1950
We are interested to know if anyone has any knowledge of these past film-makers may have been – presumably society members at the time?
- Enrico Cocozza’s
- One of the film boxes had iZaccardelli written on it
- other familiar names in the titles: Demarco, Crolla, Bratt(isani).
If you can help please comment below.

03/06/2026

James Beyer’s Festival Fringe Production let’s make this our Thursday evening visit👍

🎭 Behind every great story is a passionate storyteller.

Meet James Beyer – film enthusiast, musician, conductor and playwright of Room 1219. His fascination with cinema history inspired this powerful retelling of the Roscoe Arbuckle story.

Please Like & Share to support independent theatre.

https://tickets.thespaceuk.com/event/911:6731/

29/05/2026

Support the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society
90th Anniversary Fundraiser

For nearly 90 years, ECVS has helped filmmakers create, learn, and share their passion for film.

Now our historic cinema and clubrooms urgently need upgrades including:
- Electrical safety works
- Soundproofing
- Equipment improvements
- Building preservation

Every Donation Helps Keep Filmmaking Alive in Edinburgh