Following the recent announcements, the Institute, its cinema and library are closed until further notice. Courses continue online.

Bookings are now closed for our Winter Term. Thank you all for such an excellent turnout. See you in Spring or in our one-to-one classes!

The Institut français d’Ecosse launches le Concours de la Francophonie 2021, a national school competition to encourage all young French learners and their teachers around Scotland and to celebrate the international day of La Francophonie.

IFcinéma à la carte is back and will accompany you throughout 2021 with a selection of online films available for free wherever you are in the world!

A trip to Aubigny l’Ecossaise, the most Scottish of all French towns. The talk will be in French, hosted by Gerry Toner of Glasgow Branch and Vee Walker of Highland Branch with guest speaker is M. François Gresset.

IFcinéma celebrates throughout March 2021 La Fête du Court Métrage with a selection of online short films available for free wherever you are in the world!

To celebrate La Semaine de la Francophonie, the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom and the Québec Government Office in London, with the support of the Francophonie UK group, bring you six Quebecois/Canadian movies and documentaries to watch for free online.

Presented on the occasion of the National Humanitarian Conference 2020, this exhibition highlights the commitment of women to humanitarian action. Come see the virtual exhibition and pay tribute to them with us!

Come discover or rediscover French pâtisserie with Nathalie, Cheffe graduated from the Ecole Cordon Bleu. A moment of conviviality, online and live, with recipe easy to follow with step-by-step guidance. Join, bake, ask questions, and share your enthusiasm for baking with us!

Celebrate International Women’s Day with us! Find out about our programme for the day.

Join us as we celebrate International Women’s Day with an online discussion with poet and biographer Robert Crawford and translator Paul Malgrati.

Members of the IFE can join this virtual talk with guest speaker Gillean Arjat. It will touch on intercultural misunderstandings or misconstructions and will draw on some of Gillean’s own experiences between the Scottish and Moroccan way of life.

fff@home returns and offers you three weekends of French Films online. Tickets are on sale now!

Celebrate La Semaine de la Francophonie with us and our programme of online events.

The Groupe de Lecture is back! The new sessions will take place online (for now) with Catherine Guiat. Register and join the club! Members only.

Join us to celebrate Francophonie Week with a special quiz, in partnership with the Alliance Française Glasgow!

The IFE, the University of Edinburgh and the IFRU are proud to welcome the celebrated Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane for an online talk. The event is free and open to all. Register now to attend.

Watch numerous programmes streamed in French and subtitled in 5 different languages. TV5MONDEplus is an online platform entirely free, available everywhere at any time.

The French Institute in Scotland is delighted to announce that French artist Marion Carré, German artist Siri Black and Scottish artist Libby Odai have been selected for the digital residency programme organised in partnership with the Alliance Française Glasgow and the Goethe Institut.

Join us for a special virtual studio visit with Scottish artist Libby Odai! Libby Odai is one of the three artists selected for the digital residency programme “New Forms of Togetherness“, in partnership with the Goethe Institut Glasgow and the Alliance Française Glasgow.

Join the AF Glasgow to meet French-American author & journalist Harriet Welty Rochefort for a presentation of her first novel Final Transgression, inspired by the true story of Séverine Sevanot during the Vichy regime.

Our Spring Term 2021 will start on Monday 19 April. Book your class now! Limited-time deal: 10% Early Bird discount on all enrolments until Sunday, the 28th of March.

Join us for an annual celebration of Baroque music and discover European harpsichordists and new ways to approach the Baroque era.

Since 1982, every 21st of June, the crowds flow into the streets to enjoy free musical celebrations. La fête de la musique started in France and is now celebrated worldwide. Our open call is OPEN.

Putting a placeholder in your calendar for our Summer Term 2021 French Classes.

The IFE is an official venue of the Fringe festival and welcomes French companies and/or artists to perform during the month of August in Edinburgh. Our open call for 2021 is now CLOSED.

Every year, we celebrate ’Les Journées du Patrimoine’ - Doors Open Days. Relive our 2020 virtual edition and discover the 2021 programme.

Every year in January, the French Institute’s network celebrates La Nuit des Idées (The Night of Ideas) with conferences, activities and talks around a common theme. Rewatch our 2021 free and online events and stay informed of the 2022 edition.