Friday, 20 March 2026 at 6pmMonsieur LazharPhilippe Falardeau | Canada, 2011 | 94 min | French with English subtitles | Rated 12 At a Montréal public school, Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher…
Cinetopia in collaboration with the Edinburgh Film Guild present ‘Finis Terrae’, the 1929 French silent film written and directed by Jean Epstein, plus a live performance of a newly composed original score by Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Dan Abrahams and French drummer…
Image (above): Director Louise Courvoisier directing Holy Cow (Vingt dieux). Photo: Laurent Le Crabe. Cover photo: Valentine Gaxieu – Voice of the Jura. Links (below) to further information on Louise Courvoisier and Holy Cow (Vingt dieux), which screened 20 February…
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…
We achieved a long-term goal in the Spring of 2023, when the Guild’s collection of approximately 37,000 film production stills, dating back to the 1920s, was transferred to the University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections. It had been our…
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…
