For Young People

Your Take

Your Take is a free online filmmaking course for young people living in the Edinburgh and Lothians, as well as any family members or guardians they share their home with. All of our course materials are curriculum linked, also making it a great resource for teachers and their pupils working remotely. Read more

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. Read more

BFI Film Academy

The BFI Film Academy is an advanced programme for young people aged 16-19. Participants undergo intensive development in film understanding and practical film production alongside industry masterclasses and progression support towards education and the workplace. Read more

Moving Image Arts

MIA is an applied Subject which examines the history, techniques and creative impact of film and equips students to make their own films, informed by that knowledge and those skills. The qualification is accredited by CCEA in Northern Ireland and is designed for those aged 16 & 21. Read more

SEE Youth

SEE Youth is a creative committee of young people assembled from across all our programmes to advise, support and shape our work at Screen Education Edinburgh. Read more

Edinburgh & Lothians Schools Film Competition

Edinburgh & Lothians Schools Film Competition is open to all pupils in nursery, primary and secondary education within the City of Edinburgh, East, West and Midlothian. The competition sees selected films sharing the festival limelight with leading filmmakers from across the world. Read more

Young Filmmakers Groups

Our weekly groups for young people in S1 to S6 in localities around the City of Edinburgh. Taking place during term time, young learners explore a wide range of filmmaking roles, stages, skills and techniques. Read more

Latest

Tracks

A man on the run from the police finds shelter in the memories of the woman he loved.

Fixing the Pieces

Tom and his father sit at the dining room table as he tries to bond with Tom by teaching him how to solve a rubix cube. This film follows the pair as Tom grows up and further away from his father. A portrait of the relationship between a father and son through the decades.

Black Forest

A young woman's body is found in the woods by police. As the best friend of the victim is shutting herself off from the world in her grief, the killer comes for her and those closest to her

Consience

When a young woman finds a wallet in the street she chooses to take it and run. After a chase on foot she may find herself the hardest to deal with.

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.