Edinburgh Film Guild

Spreading the word...

: Friday, 22 March 2024 at 6 pm. “Some films try really, really hard to be cool, and some simply are. In 'Don't Touch the Loot' (Touchez Pas au Grisbi) the style is everything.” (Bluray_com)
Trailer & Tickets: https://shorturl.at/gxBKX

This Friday at IFE. A stylish and entertaining continental gangster movie where loyalty is stretched to breaking point.

: Friday, 22 March 2024 at 6 pm. “Some films try really, really hard to be cool, and some simply are. In 'Don't Touch the Loot' (Touchez Pas au Grisbi) the style is everything.” (Bluray_com)
Trailer & Tickets: https://shorturl.at/gxBKX

. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'A Season In France'. Friday, 23 February, 6pm
“Portrays the pride and pain of the refugee experience with compassion and a sharp edge.” (The Guardian). Trailer & Tickets: https://shorturl.at/cwP47

. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'A Season In France'. Friday, 23 February, 6pm
“Warm and subtly heartbreaking, offering a moving vision of life for those stuck in legal and emotional limbo.” (The Hollywood Reporter). Tickets: https://shorturl.at/cwP47

. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'A Season In France'. Friday, 23 February, 6pm “Sensitive and involving, this French drama takes a low-key approach to the pungent topic of asylum seekers.” (Shadows On The Wall). Trailer & Tickets: https://shorturl.at/cwP47

See our 'Follow-up' page with links to articles that may be of interest to those who attended our sold-out screening of Jacques Tati's 'Jour de fête' (26 January 2024). https://edinburghfilmguild.org.uk/follow-up-jacques-tati-jour-de-fete/

. Jacque Tati's 'Jour de fête'. Friday, 26 January, 6pm . “A brilliant, smart, timeless comedy, which immediately established Tati's reputation as a major director and auteur.” (E Levy) Trailer / Tickets: https://shorturl.at/hvEHN

. Jacque Tati's 'Jour de fête'. Friday, 26 January, 6pm “Tati's performance is a masterclass in silent pantomime. Slapstick poetry" matched to "frantic energy.” (Empire).
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/jmrT4
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/hvEHN

Friday, 26 January, 6pm
“What makes 'Jour de fête' such an enduring classic is its effortless, totally unbridled sense of fun.” (French Films)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/jmrT4
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/hvEHN

Friday, 15 December, 6pm . “Céline Sciamma’s glorious period romance is a masterclass of swelling passions in a time of stifling restraint.” (TimeOut)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/fipD0
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/wFJMP
Leaflet: https://shorturl.at/dnosS

Friday, 24 November, 6pm . “Often cited as one of the most poetic horror films ever committed to celluloid.”(Allmovie)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/cfhn5
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/foVW2
Leaflet: https://shorturl.at/dnosS

Friday, 24 November, 6pm . “Often cited as one of the most poetic horror films ever committed to celluloid.”(Allmovie) Trailer: https://shorturl.at/cfhn5
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/foVW2
Leaflet: https://shorturl.at/dnosS

Friday, 24 November, 6pm “Often cited as one of the most poetic horror films ever committed to celluloid.”(Allmovie)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/cfhn5
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/foVW2
Leaflet: https://shorturl.at/dnosS

Friday, 20 October, 6pm “One of Jean Renoir’s most enjoyable films. Its wit, freshness, and spontaneity continue to impress." (BBC)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/kQRS0
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/dmvD8
Season leaflet: https://shorturl.at/hlDKL

Friday, 20 October, 6pm IF Ecosse. “This deliciously subversive social comedy kicked off Jean Renoir’s greatest period.” (Total Film)
Trailer: https://shorturl.at/kQRS0
Tickets: https://shorturl.at/dmvD8
Season leaflet: https://shorturl.at/hlDKL

: Our new French Season starts Friday 20 October 2023, and runs until March 2024
Season leaflet: https://shorturl.at/hlDKL
First screening: https://shorturl.at/emAM4

. Friday 12 May, 6pm. “Something like the cinematic Birth of the Cool.” (The Village Voice).
Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Bob-the-Gambler-Bob-le-Flambeur.html
This Spanish trailer says it all https://youtu.be/bBXusFDc-bE

The Best Scottish Film Events in May 2023 – The Skinny This month GFT and Cameo present Wes Anderson seasons, there's a travelling programme from SQIFF and things get spooking in Dundee with the return of DCA's horror festival Dundead

. Friday 12 May, 6pm. "Infused by understatement and a sense of cool.” (Roger Ebert) This Spanish trailer says it all https://youtu.be/bBXusFDc-bE Details and tickets : http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Bob-the-Gambler-Bob-le-Flambeur.html

. Our next screening:
14 April at 6pm, in partnership with . “An unrivalled depiction of childhood, memory and war. Every line, every scene, and every shot is composed with mastery.” (The Guardian)
Details & tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Goodbye-Children-Au-Revoir-Les.html

in . "Jean Grémillon’s most perfect film.” (French Films) Screening Friday, 17 March 6pm, in partnership with . Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Summer-Light-Lumiere-d-ete.html

in . "Jean Grémillon’s most perfect film.” (French Films) Screening Friday, 17 March 6pm, in partnership with . Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Summer-Light-Lumiere-d-ete.html

in . Screening next Friday, 17 February 6pm, in partnership with . Trailer: https://youtu.be/k0yFA5qQ5cM Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Timbuktu-Le-chagrin-des-oiseaux.html

in . Our upcoming screening is Friday, 17 February 6pm, in partnership with . Trailer: https://youtu.be/k0yFA5qQ5cM Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Timbuktu-Le-chagrin-des-oiseaux.html

Timbuktu trailer - in cinemas & on demand from 29 May 2015 Passionate, humanistic and powerful, Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars.Not...

in . Our upcoming screening: 'Timbuktu' (2014). Friday, 17 February 6pm, in partnership with IF Ecosse. Trailer: https://youtu.be/k0yFA5qQ5cM Details and tickets: http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Timbuktu-Le-chagrin-des-oiseaux.html

in . ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964). Friday, 20 January 6pm, in partnership with IF Ecosse. “A bold reinvention of the movie musical.” (Slant Magazine) Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival. Further information, trailer and tickets: https://tinyurl.com/3a34jecm