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Guild 30th Anniversary Season: 1959-1960

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…

Guild Season: 1946-1947

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…

Guild Season: 1945-1946

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…

Guild 2nd Season: 1931-1932

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…

Follow-up: Jacques Tati & ‘Jour de fête‘

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…

Follow-Up: Céline Sciamma & ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

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…

Follow-up: Jean Renoir & ‘Boudu Saved From Drowning’

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…

Guild’s historical archive

The Edinburgh Film Guild’s historical archive is a collection of materials stretching back to the late 1920s. It had been our intention, for several years, to transfer the various parts of the archive to institutions that could preserve, catalogue and…