A petition has been started following news that Edinburgh Filmhouse was to close with immediate effect yesterday, October 6.
The Centre for the Moving Image announced it had ceased trading on Thursday, leading to the sudden closure of Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Filmhouse and Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen, and 102 staff members lost their jobs.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival was established in 1947, making it the world’s oldest continually running film festival with the beloved Filmhouse making a name for itself showing independent and Scottish films.