The Edinburgh Film Guild and Grassmarket Community Picture House present ‘Cinema Italiano’, four classic Italian films. Tickets are free. Donations are welcome. Wednesday, 19th August 2026 at 7:00pmLa Chimera Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, 2023 | 132m | Italian with English…
Images (left to right): Event poster. Set-up in the Salle Émilienne Moreau-Evrard room at the Institut français d’Écosse. Musicians and composers Dan Abrahams and French drummer Phillipe Boudot with the projection of the silent film ‘Finis Terrae’. Photos from Cinetopia. Cinetopia…
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…
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…
Director Philippe Falardeau Links (below) to further information on Philippe Falardeau & ‘Monsieur Lazhar’, which screened 20 March 2026 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Interview: PHILIPPE FALARDEAU Monsieur Lazhar (3 April, 2012. filmsteve3) Director Philippe Falardeau Talks ‘Monsieur Lazhar‘ (Jami…
Image (above): Director Louise Courvoisier directing Holy Cow (Vingt dieux). Photo: Laurent Le Crabe. Links (below) to further information on Louise Courvoisier and Holy Cow (Vingt dieux), which screened 20 February 2026 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Gorgeous French Country…
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…
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)…
