Jean Vigo (centre) on the set of ‘L’Atalante’ Links (below) to further information on Jean Vigo & L’Atalante (1934), which screened 23 January 2026 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Artist of the floating world: what makes Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante great…
Friday, 23 January 2026 at 6pmL’AtalanteJean Vigo | France, 1934 | 89 min | French with English subtitles | Rated PG Newly-weds Juliette and ship’s captain Jean sail the waterways of northern France, accompanied by Jean’s eccentric crew. “A cine-poem…
Links (below) to further information on Costa-Gavras & ‘Section spéciale’(Special Section) 1975, which screened 12 December 2025 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Interview: French resistance: Costa Gavras (Maya Jaggi, The Guardian, 4 April 2009) Costa-Gavras: “Film is a perfect way…
Photo: Q&A with director Alice Winocour, Quinzaine des Cinéastes, 2023 Links (below) to further information on Alice Winocour & ‘Revoir Paris’ (2022), which screened 21 November 2025 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Alice Winocour on Revoir Paris & Her Storytelling…
Links (below) to further information on Henri-Georges Clouzot & ‘Les Diaboliques’ (1955), which screened 24 October 2025 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Henri-Georges Clouzot (David Hudson, 08 December 2011 | Harvard Film Archive) Review: Diabolique (Roger Ebert, February 17, 1995)…
Click on the image (above) to open the ‘Edinburgh Film Guild Season’ page on the The Institut français Ecosse website. Season: 24 October 2025 to 20 March 2026 Leaflet: ‘French Cinema Season’ 2025/2026‘ Tickets: £8 (general public) / £5 (French…
Illustrated TalkPresentation and Reveal by Dr C. HurseySunday, 7 September 2025The Muriel Spark Centre, James Gillespie’s High School. 120 Warrender Park Rd, Edinburgh EH9 1DD In the early 1920s a masked woman, born in Edinburgh, appeared in Scottish venues with…
Collaboration with Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2025 “EIFF, in collaboration with Edinburgh Film Guild, presents six compact and beautiful films directed by Budd Boetticher, which present the apotheosis of the Western genre and all star classic Hollywood golden age movie…
The Edinburgh International Film Festival was founded, organised and administered by the Edinburgh Film Guild between 1947 and 1977, a fact which is often omitted from contemporary Festival history. “From the Guild came the Edinburgh International Film Festival that has…
Photos (left to right): CHOCOLAT, MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY, PLEIN SOLEIL THE SEASON. This was the Edinburgh Film Guild’s 95th season and the 3rd full season of screenings at the Institut francais d’Écosse, held during 2024-2025. SCREENINGS took place once a…
