EFG related pages and posts
Image (above): Director Louise Courvoisier directing Holy Cow (Vingt dieux). Photo: Laurent Le Crabe. Cover photo: Valentine Gaxieu – Voice of the Jura. Links (below) to further information on Louise Courvoisier and Holy Cow (Vingt dieux), which screened 20 February…
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)…
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…
Photos (left to reight): Exterior: Grassmarket Community Project. Interior: Community Picture House Grassmarket Community Picture House An Open Door to Great Cinema for Everyone in the heart of Edinburgh, supported by the Edinburgh Film Guild The Grassmarket Community Picture House…
WHALE Arts Local Cinema Project (2024 & 2025-2026) In 2024, the Edinburgh Film Guild helped enable the WHALE Arts Local Cinema Project to secure and enhance community cinema facilities in 9 screening locations within Edinburgh. Local Cinema is a network…
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…
The Edinburgh Film Guild has held full cinema seasons at the Institut français d’Écosse (French Institute of Scotland) since 2022. A formal partnership between the Edinburgh Film Guild and the Institut français d’Écosse was signed at that time. This partnership…
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…
The Edinburgh Film Guild was a key partner in establishing ‘Filmhouse’, which provided Edinburgh with a unique, arthouse and cultural cinema. However, the Guild also created two culturally important ‘Film House’ homes long before Filmhouse existed. ‘Film House‘ 6-8 Hill…
This Twenty-First Anniversary Retrospective offers an invaluable overview of the Edinburgh Film Guild’s activities from 1930 to 1950. This retrospective including a comprehensive listing of all screenings, exhibitions, discussions and lectures held during the Guild’s first 20 years. Contents: History…
