Saturday 9th May 2026, 7 for 7:30pm. £15
Lauriston Castle, 2 Cramond Rd S, Edinburgh EH4 6AD

Before the cinematic term Film Noir was coined there was the very noir 'Piccadilly' (1929) a silent with sound drama released after the emergence of the Talkies. Directed by E.A. Dupont, it features the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, fashion icon Anna May Wong as Shosho.

Set in an eponymous nightclub and restaurant in London's Piccadilly Circus, dishwasher Shosho becomes an instant sensation when she is promoted to lead dancer after a series of unfortunate events. Personal jealousies result in a crime of passion that only the courts can decide.

Cycle 14 Alt-w Production Award -
Frances Priest with Sam Healy
francespriest.co.uk

6th April to 29th May 2026. FREE
Level 2, EFI, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9EF

Motifs from the realm of neoclassical architecture dance and evolve on screen, tracing a journey from the ancient, analogue and physical, to the modern, digital and abstract. Craft techniques such as tiling, mosaic, marquetry, weave and stitch all originated as mathematical pattern structures and here are brought full circle, ‘re-encoded’ as algorithms.

For details of our next Atmosphere click here.

Atmosphere is our most popular research and event programme. First premiered at the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival, it re-imagines the concept of Atmospheric movie theaters from the 1920s and 30s.

Each expanded screening uses a team of guest artists and creatives to work with technology old and new, multi-sensory interactives and live elements too. Expect some smoke and mirrors, before the bells and whistles.

Explore the Alt-w Fund archive here.

Initiated in Dundee by Scottish Screen, the Alt-w Fund is for practitioners based in Scotland to make and develop new artworks, devices and creative applications that challenge the notions of what new media creativity can be.

The fund supports artists to explore experimental and interactive practice, make use of technology as both medium and message, and recognise the changing role that digital culture has in our society.