Below is a summary of the Film and Media short courses available through the University of Edinburgh during 2024-2025. Click on the individual course links for further details. Image: Toby Jones, Berberian Sound Studio (2012) See the Film Media Short…
THE SEASON. This was the Edinburgh Film Guild’s second season of film screenings, held during 1931-1932. One of the principal objectives was “to show unusual films not shown in the ordinary commercial cinema.” The Guild entered its second season with…
Our most recent French Cinema Season (September 2023 to March 2024), in partnership with Institut Français Ecosse, is now finished. Thank you to all our audience members and the brilliant staff at the Institut Français Ecosse for making it a…
Articles that may be of interest to those who attended our screening of Jacques Becker & ‘Don’t Touch the Loot (Touchez Pas au Grisbi)’, 22 March 2024 at the Institut français d’Écosse. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the film,…
Articles that may be of interest to those who attended our screening of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s ‘A Season in France’ (23 February 2024) at the Institut français d’Écosse. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the film, please note that key plot…
Articles that may be of interest to those who attended our screening of Jacques Tati’s ‘Jour de fête’ (26 January 2024) at the Institut français d’Écosse. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the film, please note that key plot elements…
Articles and interviews that may be of interest to those who attended our screening of Céline Sciamma’s ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ (15 December 2023) at the Institut français d’Écosse. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the film, please…
Articles that may be of interest to those who attended our screening of Jean Renoir’s ‘Boudu Saved From Drowning’ (20 October 2023) at the Institut français d’Écosse. Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the film, please note that key plot…
The graphic image above was the cover illustration for the Edinburgh Film Guild’s 1946-47 Cinema Season programme. It shows, what was then, the Guild’s new premises at 6-8 Hill Street EH2 3JZ, which was known as ‘Film House’. The Guild…
We have now archived the information on our 2022/2023 season of films, held at the Institut français d’Écosse. In keeping with the Guild’s educational aims and for future reference, we are retaining descriptions of past programmes and our ‘follow-up’ posts…
