Category Archives: Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled

Classic Movie Weekend review

bvsmayAnother Classic weekend of film gold in Balerno kicked off on Friday night with a sold out charity screening of War Horse in aid of Ravelrig Riding for The Disabled. An appreciative audience remained engrossed in this serious feature. At the end when one young Lad was leaving, he remarked, “Look it’s still light“. An indication of how the movies can draw you in and of course that the nights are also fair drawing out. Continue reading Classic Movie Weekend review

Cinema across the generations

red balloonWe had a great community night on Monday with the help of Balerno cubs who opened up the cinema to members of Balerno’s Monday Club. The Monday Club is a group of over 55 year old residents who regularly meet up and socialize together. The chosen film was the 1956 classic “The Red Balloon”. Google it for a lifetime’s reading of film school praise, or just take it as it comes – an enchanting film about a young boy’s adventures with a floating red balloon. Continue reading Cinema across the generations

War Horse fundraiser for RDA

To support the excellent work at Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled we are screening Steven Spielberg’s oscar nominated ‘War Horse’ at 7pm on Friday 10th May . The screening will follow the usual Balerno Village Screen format except all donations raised will go to RDA.

War Horse
(12A 1.5 hours)
“’War Horse’, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages, set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War.
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Tickets will be made available on Tuesday 16th April on the website, at Balerno Post Office and The Mill café. Please invite family and friends to come along to support RDA. Everyone is welcome.