Founded in 1946, the Institut français d’Ecosse is the Scottish outpost of the French Embassy in the United Kingdom. Within its Edinburgh base, it combines:
A cultural venue with a seventy-seat theatre for shows, concerts, theatre plays, conferences, cinema screenings, and an art gallery
A French-language centre with about 1,500 students per year, more than 150 classes and 15 teachers
A resource centre both physical, with our multimedia library, and online, with the e-library Culturethèque.
The Institut français d’Ecosse has four major aims:
To promote the French language, by providing a high-quality range of French courses for everyone, including businesses.
To promote French culture in Scotland, by programming ambitious, inventive events in its building in Edinburgh. Thanks to film screenings, art exhibitions, concerts, artistic performances, and various other cultural events, the IFE aims to be a centre for French Culture on the Scottish stage.
To encourage cross-cultural exchange between France and Scotland, in cooperation with Scottish Francophile institutions.
To develop exchanges between France and Scotland in Education
We are publicly funded by the French Government, but in order to maintain and continue to offer a high quality, original and inventive programme of events we rely on donations and sponsorship. Find out how you can help to further develop the Institut français d’Ecosse on our Support page.
OUR TEAM
Laurence Païs
Consul General / Director of the Institut français d’Écosse
Philippe Sibeaud
Education Attaché / Director of Studies
Marie Vassallo
Deputy Consul / Secretary General
Anne Grévin - Laurent Guillou
General Secretariat
Doriane Cote - Mathilde Soubeyran
Front Desk Officers
Catherine Guiat
Librarian
Solange Daufès
Cultural Development Officer
Faika Cansin Stewart
Communications Officer
OUR TEACHERS
Sylvain Blanche
Anne-Laure Brugnon
Emily Calmé
Marianne Dupeux
François Giraud
Sarah Griot
Chloé Guilpin
Laurene Huck
Catherine Ivic
Mélina Jarzabek
Valérie Laplanche-Ferguson
Béatrice Malinowski
Sandrine Rosa
Julien Virlogeux
Audrey Wawrzacz
Eva Wiseman
Anne-Sophie Zika
Please find below some design and communications resources from the Institut français d’Ecosse:
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