This Twenty-First Anniversary Retrospective offers an invaluable overview of the Edinburgh Film Guild’s activities from 1930 to 1950 – including a comprehensive listing of all screenings, exhibitions, discussions and lectures held during the Guild’s first 20 years. Contents: History and…
Images (left to right) AI NO CORRIDA, À BOUT DE SOUFFLE, HEAVEN’S GATE THE SEASON. This was the Edinburgh Film Guild’s 60th Anniversary Season. SCREENINGS took place in Filmhouse Cinema 1, which “now contains 70mm projection capabilities”, with some “alternative”…
Images: BLUE COLLAR (main) and (left to right) AUTUMN SONATA, THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE LACEMAKER THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated its 50th Anniversary during its 1979-1980 season. This was the second year of screenings at ‘Filmhouse’,…
Photo (left to right): KWAIDAN, THE COMEDY OF TERRORS, WHO SAW HIM DIE THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated its 40th Anniversary during its 1969-1970 season. THE SCREENINGS took place in the Guild Cinema at ‘Film House’, 3 Randolph…
Photos: (main) FUNNY FACE (left to right) REAR WINDOW, THE GRASSHOPPER, FOUR CHIMNEYS THE SEASON. The Edinburgh Film Guild celebrated both its 30th Anniversary and its move to a new ‘Film House’ during the 1959-1960 season. SCREENINGS The main performances…
Photos: (main) L’ETERNAL RETOUR poster and (left to right) HETS (TORMENT, FRENZY), IVAN THE TERRIBLE, CITIZEN KANE THE SEASON. “The 17th Season of the Edinburgh Film Guild opens at a time of new ideas and new opportunities. The season will…
Images (left to right): TAQDEER, LERMONTOV, RAMUNTCHO THE SEASON. “The 16th Season of the Edinburgh Film Guild opens at the beginning of a new age. During the difficult years of war, we composed our programmes as best we could to…
Photos: (main) LE MILLION poster and (left to right) BORDERLINE, WAXWORKS, THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA THE SEASON. This was the Edinburgh Film Guild’s 2nd season of film screenings, held during 1931-1932. One of the principal objectives was “to…
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…
