A multiple award-winning documentary musical travelling the length of Dublin's fabled North Circular Road, where local characters share their powerful and emotive stories, accompanied by traditional ballads and folk music

SAT 06 APR: ANATOMY OF A FALL (15)

Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their son Daniel have lived a secluded life in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide.

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Another packed house for HELLO BOOKSTORE, free books taken to good homes, book tokens for Stromness Books & Prints. A popular film scoring 4.1 out of 5 on our ping-pongometer.

Thanks The Bookshop Band for 'Once Upon A Time'.

On to our next film..

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We're celebrating World Book Day (well ok, it was yesterday).

There will be fantastic books as raffle prizes, loads of free books to peruse and take away, and a special quick fire quiz with 3 x £15 book tokens to spend at our own wonderful bookstore, Stromness Books & Prints.

Fantastic news, another big win!

What a fantastic start to our reopening, a packed house for OFFICIAL COMPETITION and 4.1 out of 5 on our ping-pongometer. And it was warm!

Join us for our next screening to celebrate WORLD BOOK DAY, with books and book token prizes.
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We are thrilled to share that #ElizabethHobbs ’ The Debutante has been nominated for the Best Short Film Award and Audience Award categories British Animation Awards

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#BFIbacked #NationalLottery

#orkney #movingimage

WEST SIDE CINEMA IS BACK.

First screening SAT 24 MARCH.

Watch this space 0_0

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📢Exciting news! Our #BFIbacked film 'The Debutante' has been selected for the Adelaide Film Festival on October 26th.📽️🎉
🎟️Get your tickets at: [ adelaidefilmfestival.org/event/the-debu… ]
We can't wait to share this special film with you all! Thank you for your support, Adelaide Film Festival! 🙏

What a line up!
Anne Bevan/Ingrid Budge/Magdalena Choluj/Samantha Clark/John Cumming/Laura Drever/Colin Kirkpatrick/Rebecca Marr/Louise Martin/Frances Pelly/Frances Scott/Sigurd Smith/Alan Watson.
Orcadia, Browns Gallery, Inverness 14th Oct-11th Nov.

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Government is breaking its promise on arts funding, and trying to reimpose a £6.6 million cut to Creative Scotland. Scotland's arts and culture needs backing, not broken promises. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

Due to the installation of a new heating system our doors will be closed now until February 2024. We're looking forward to not having to wear thermals, hats and gloves to watch films. We hope you'll all stay warm and cosy until then.

All the best, the West Side team

So great to have a full house in Stromness Town Hall on Saturday for the screening of my film 'From Boo to Starn' at Orkney Science Fest with John Leslie and composer @james_awatson up for an after screening Q & A.

You can now watch the film on line here:
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A fascinating experiment in documentary form.
SAT 09 SEPT West Side Cinema

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(Mark) Looking forward to screening my latest film at Orkney Science Fest, in my hometown Stromness, and with boatbuilder John Leslie joining me for a chat.

FROM BOO TO STARN: A Boat Building Journey With John Leslie
4pm - 5pm SAT 09 SEPT
Stromness Town Hall
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Delighted to be part of Radiophrenia broadcasting from the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, 24 hours a day: 21st August – 3rd September

Orkney Sound Waves: Home on Wednesday 23 August 11:00 - 11:30 am

Light at the end of the dial radiophrenia.scot

Catch it while you can, the Tang & Ware exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Stromness closes at 4pm on Wednesday 23 August.

A legacy of the exhibition is Rebecca's new website that looks at Orkney’s social history of seaweed.
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A tough watch but achingly beautiful, our screening of 'CLOSE' on Saturday scored a respectful 4.4 out of 5 on our ping-pongometer.
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