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…
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…
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…
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…
