For Adult Learners

Screen Education Edinburgh's adult learning programme offers creative opportunities to anyone over the age of 21.

If you have a desire to learn more about filmmaking, these courses offer a perfect introduction for beginners and anyone seeking to develop their creative voice.

All our courses are created to be affordable and are open to everyone, at a low cost with concessions available to those in receipt of Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit.

For more information on each course and the booking process, please see below.

INTRODUCTION TO SHORT FILMMAKING – BEGINNERS

A weekend course on how to write, direct, shoot and edit your own short film that offers an opportunity to learn new skills and to begin developing your own voice through one of the most powerful and far reaching storytelling tools in the world. Read more

Introduction to Screenwriting

Learn how to write for film on our 10 week Introduction to Short Screenwriting evening course. Designed for people of all levels of experience who want to learn the craft of screenwriting, we’ll take you from a one-line idea to the development of a complete and polished short film script. Read more

INTRODUCTION TO SHORT FILMMAKING – INTERMEDIATE

This course will enable you to develop your filmmaking skills and add to your portfolio. Running across six weeks, you’ll learn more advanced techniques on Screenwriting, Directing, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Editing and Producing. Read more

Latest

BFI Film Academy 2020-21 open for applications

We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications to our BFI Film Academy programme for 2020-21!

Moving Image Arts 2020-21 open for applications

We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications to our Moving Image Arts programme for 2020-21!

BFI Film Academy Edinburgh & South East Scotland

BFI Film Academy offers opportunities for ambitious 16 to 19 year olds aiming to know more about film and how to make a career in the screen industries. This hands-on filmmaking course builds knowledge and skills, and shows the pathways into the industry for talented and committed young people. Applications are now open for our latest course for those living in Edinburgh & South East Scotland.

Moving Image Arts

Aged 16-25 and got a thirst for telling your own story through film? Moving Image Arts AS level qualification gives you a unique opportunity to develop your voice as a filmmaker. You’ll examine the history, techniques and creative impact of film, and use this to inform the development and production of your own work. Applications are now open for our 2020-21 course.

Your Take: Summer Courses

Your Take is running as a short online filmmaking course this summer. Open to all Primary and Secondary young people in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Your Take runs for two weeks. Whether it's a live action or animated short our summer courses provide all the learning and support needed to develop a story, plan and shoot a film, and edit - ready to be shown at a celebratory virtual screening.

Our mission

Scotland's oldest filmmaking organisation, Screen Education Edinburgh (SEE) is dedicated to making film accessible to all. We develop skills, knowledge and passion in filmmaking for young people, schools, adult learners, communities and independent filmmakers, through our education, production and training programmes.

BFI Film Academy Edinburgh & South East Scotland

Accessibility

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Screen Education Edinburgh is a small charitable organisation doing big things to make film accessible for all, no matter their background, ability or financial circumstances.

Our story

SEE was originally known as Pilton Video, which was founded in 1981 to work exclusively in North Edinburgh to develop people, support the work of local organisations, and be at the heart of community development through film education and production.

Learning Projects

We specialise in working with organisations to train, support and develop their service users or staff to create their own content.

Moving Image Arts

Cashback for Creativity

From 2012-20, Screen Education Edinburgh ran CashBack, a high quality learning experience that offered a pathway of progression in film for young people aged 10-24, living in areas of deprivation who have little or no access to creative opportunities.