Detention of a Life Time

Spending the day in detention, what could be worse? Spending the rest of your life there.

Made as part of Moving Image Arts 2016.

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SEE to Deliver Practical Filmmaking Summer School to Teachers Across Scotland

We are excited to announce we are delivering a Summer School for Teachers as part of a GTCS accredited programme with a focus on practical filmmaking.
Through the Lens launches

Our Through the Lens programme that amplifies the voices of people in their communities through short filmmaking has launched across Edinburgh.
Applications open for our new Community Filmmaking Programme

Applications are now open for our new Community Filmmaking Programme, open to people aged 18 and over (with no upper age limit) living in North and Southeast Edinburgh.
Through the Lens

Our Through the Lens programme will amplify the voices of local people in their communities by providing a platform to express themselves through short films, documentary, or fiction.

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.
Guy, Girl, Ghost

Ben is killed in an accident on his way to ask his friend Eilidh out on a date. This doesn't stop him from trying to tell her how he feels from beyond the grave.
Cutting Cards

Two lone gunmen come together to battle it out over a game of poker.
Saved

Lucy and her father are barely scraping by in terms of paying rent due to her father's alcohol addiction. One incident will make him realise it is important to save for what is important in life.
Dance with the Devil

A young woman starts her first day of school where she catches the attention of a group of dancers who practice in secret in the basement of the school. No one has seen the teacher who leads them in their dark arts.
The Splitminded Girl

On her way to school Hannah is stalked by an sinister figure who never reveals their face. Those around her can't help her if they can't see him coming.
The Heist

Stresses run high for a group of young men planning a bank heist. The operation requires clockwork precision and one among them can't seem to get anything right.

BFI Film Academy Craft Skills

On our BFI Film Academy Craft Skills Residential course, learners receive intensive learning in screenwriting, cinematography, sound, directing, production and editing, engage in industry masterclasses, and produce a short film. Applications for the summer 2023 course are now closed.
Our mission

Screen Education Edinburgh is dedicated to filmmaking for all, delivering high quality learning, training and production programmes that develop skills, knowledge and opportunities for young people, adult learners, schools, communities, and film talent.
SEE Young Filmmakers Hub

Applications are now closed for the SEE Young Filmmakers Hub.
Screen Progression Programme

The Screen Progression Programme is a national initiative managed by Screen Education Edinburgh and funded by Screen Scotland that provides access to high quality vocational development in Film and TV skills. For those aged 16 and over with no upper age limit.
Set the Scene: Development of Teachers and Pupils in Filmmaking

Set the Scene is a free programme designed to develop and strengthen the filmmaking knowledge, skills, and practice of teachers and pupils in schools across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
BFI Film Academy Edinburgh and South East Scotland Short Course

Applications are closed for the 2023 BFI Film Academy Edinburgh and South East Scotland Short Course.
Screen Education Edinburgh receives grant from The Sean Connery Foundation to launch SEE Young Filmmakers Hub

Screen Education Edinburgh are excited to announce, we have been selected as one of the new grantees of The Sean Connery Foundation!
Who We Are

A group of pupils and staff at Oaklands School give us an insight into their school and their experiences when out and about in the community.
Applications open for our new Film Tutor role

We are hiring a new Film Tutor to join the team here at SEE. The role will develop filmmaking skills, knowledge, and talent of young people aged 12 to 18 as part of our Young Filmmakers Hub programme.
Through the Lens

Our Through the Lens programme will amplify the voices of local people in their communities by providing a platform to express themselves through short films, documentary, or fiction.