"Films for all in Highland Perthshire"

Heartland Film Society is delighted to present a season of monthly films from September to July, to be shown at the Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy.

Full details of dates and timings will be confirmed on the monthly Birks Cinema programme and you can view this season's films here.

With occasional exceptions, our films are screened at the state-of-the art Birks Cinema. Each month, usually early on a Sunday evening, we present a film chosen from the best of world cinema, both recent releases and classics. There’s an additional screening at the February AGM and a full weekend of films and events at our annual Aberfeldy Film Festival in November. Now and again, when a particularly interesting film crops up, we’ll add it to our programme too. We’re very grateful for the help and co-operation of the cinema management and the generous discount, currently £1.50, which they offer at the box office to members attending any HFS film. 

Membership costs just £10.00 for 12 months from your date of application, so it’s well worth joining - or re-joining - at any time to take advantage of these discounts and other membership benefits, such as email programme updates and free access to the extensive DVD library of films we’ve shown previously. If you miss a film, you can catch up at home. You should also apply directly to the Birks Cinema for their free loyalty card.  Members’ discounts will be applied for all HFS films and Birks loyalty points awarded for other screenings.  

Without additional support and funding from outside sources, such as the Griffin Fund, Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery, Regional Screen Scotland and Film Hub Scotland, we would be unable to present such an exciting programme of films.  To obtain this funding we need a sound membership base. So do join us and help bring outstanding international films to audiences from Aberfeldy and beyond. 

Film festival and short film competitions

We hold a film festival every year in Aberfeldy and host the Palme Dewar short film competition and Young Indies short film competition. 

Heartland Film Society is based at the Birks Cinema in Aberfeldy. Visit their website for more information.

Are you a film maker? If so, you may wish to enter the next Palme Dewar short film competition, which is part of the Aberfeldy Film Festival in mid November each year.

Young film makers may also enter the Young Indies Short Film Competition which is part of the annual film festival.