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ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL MyFrenchFilmFestival returns for an eighth year, presenting a showcase of French and Francophone cinema online until Mon 19 Feb. The festival includes a mixture of shorts and feature i lms, with strands such as ‘French and Furious’, ‘Teen Stories’ and ‘Hit The Road’. MyFrenchFilmFestival can be accessed on 50 partner VoD platforms.
LIGHT ‘EM UP New immersive visual and sound displays are set to light up the dark winter nights in the capital. Running from Thu 8 Feb to Sun 11 Mar, Edinburgh Lumen will include three unique installations: ‘Serenity Gardens’ in St Andrew Square, ‘Moments Lane’ in Assembly Rooms Lane and ‘Ocean of Light’ at The Mound precinct, where visitors can walk through 12,000 individual suspended lights.
A HELPING HAND Help Musicians UK, the leading independent charity for those working in the UK music industry, have opened a permanent new Scottish operation, Help Musicians Scotland. HMScotland will provide bespoke Scottish programming and campaigns, as well as health and welfare support for the music industry.
BEATING A RETREAT The inaugural Glasgow Tattoo took place in January 2017 at the SSE Hydro and featured over
600 performers from across Europe. It was billed as being an annual event but the management of the Glasgow Tattoo have cancelled the 2018 event, which was set to take place in February.
SHORT & SCARY FrightFest, a celebration of the very best in horror cinema at Glasgow Film Festival, has launched a new initiative: a 90 Second Challenge. Create a short i lm (no longer than 90 seconds) in the horror, sci-i , thriller or fantasy genre and send it to FrightFest by Tue 13 Feb and your i lm could be screened at their events in Glasgow and London.
CITY OF DESIGN Scotland’s i rst design museum, the V&A in Dundee (pictured), has announced its opening date as Sat 15 Sep. The museum, which has been designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, features temporary exhibitions and permanent galleries as well as exciting new commissions and installations.
PAISLEY TAKEOVER Scottish Alternative Music Awards have announced a new music festival in Paisley this March. SAMAs Paisley Takeover features music workshops and seminars covering ‘When is the best time to showcase your music to industry?’ and ‘How do you DIY in music in 2018’, as well as live performances in venues across the town.
CREME DE LA CREME Recipients of the new Muriel Spark 100 Fund include Janice Galloway, who will write four shows in response to Spark’s life and work; musician Jessica Danz, who will create a song cycle using the Dame’s poetry; and StAnza, who are asking poets to craft responses to quotes from the new introductions to Spark’s 22 reissued titles, which will be presented to audiences at the festival.
SUGAR DADDIES Edinburgh trio Young Fathers have announced the follow-up album to their SAY Award-winning mixed tape, Tape Two, and their Mercury prize- winning album, Dead. Cocoa Sugar will be released on Fri 9 Mar via Ninja Tune before the group tour the UK and Europe in support of the new album.
CREATIVE BLOCKS The latest round of Creative Scotland Regular Funding awards have created plenty of ripples across the Scottish arts and culture scene. Among the winners in the new Regular Funding portfolio are Stills Gallery in Edinburgh, Creative Dundee, Creative Edinburgh, Magnetic North, Creative Carbon Scotland and the Federation of Scottish Theatre. But several high proi le organisations have lost out, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Dunedin Consort, NVA and Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.
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