Books & Ideas Workshops Tue 20 May at 2.30pm Bilingual creative writing workshop: Exploring French and British travel writing in the Enlightenment In this bilingual collaborative workshop with French students from the University of Rouen, participants will be introduced to the genre of travel writing across both…
Films Tue 20 May at 6pm Curveball The grotesque, at times even surreal, true story of how the Iraq war was started based on nothing but fake intelligence and the involvement of…
Films Wed 21 May at 2pm and 6pm Joy House / Les Félins Marc, a petty criminal, seeks refuge in a house owned by Barbara and her niece, Melinda. He wishes to hide from his previous gang members…
Arts Books & Ideas Exhibition 15 April to 22 May Prix BD Cabaret Vert Exhibition Le Cabaret Vert is a multi-disciplinary festival at Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes. It lasts 4 days in mid-August, the 18th edition will take place from…
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 22 May at 5.30pm Francophone literatures today: between the postcolonial and the global ‘’Francophonie‘’ today constitutes a literary archipelago of global importance. As there are still many misunderstandings regarding the notion of ‘francophone’, it is particularly interesting to…
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 22 May at 6pm in Glasgow Rewilding Scotland: From Past to Future Scotland’s landscapes have been shaped by centuries of deforestation, but today, rewilding is rewriting the story. This Earth Month 2025 event will bring together experts, artists, and…
Arts 14 April to 22 May En Plein Air John Nicholson is an established Scottish artist whose work has been shown widely including at the Royal Scottish Academy. After studying art at the Byam…
Films Books & Ideas Thu 22 May at 8pm in Glasgow Why We Fight / Pourquoi on se bat + Q&A with director Camille Étienne The screening will be followed by a Q&A with French director and environmental activist Camille Étienne. It will take place at the Goethe-Institut Glasgow as…
Books & Ideas Tue 27 May at 12.30pm Groupe de lecture “Le livre des heures” de Anne Delaflotte Mehdevi Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 27 May at 4pm Marie-Antoinette, the woman beyond the myth Myths about Marie Antoinette abound. She is one of the most famous characters in History, and yet so much we know about her is wrong:…
Films Wed 28 May at 2pm and 6pm A Good Jewish Boy / Le dernier des Juifs Following Bellisha, a Jewish man who lives with his mother, Giselle. The suburb where they live has seen the synagogue shut down, and now the…
Arts Talks Thu 29 May at 6pm From Toulouse to Saint-Tropez: the region’s painters and visiting painters, 1885-1905 Richard Thomson was Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art (1996-2018) at the University of Edinburgh, to which he remains attached in retirement. He has published…
Kids & Families Workshops Jan to May 2025 at 2pm Board games workshops Join us for an afternoon of Board games every last Friday of the month! Our librarian Catherine will prepare you a selection of board games…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 3 June at 4pm Meet the author Anne Delaflotte Mehdevi French writer Anne Delaflotte Mehdevi was born in Auxerre. After completing a degree in international law, she moved to Prague where she learned and practiced…
Films Wed 4 June at 2pm and 6pm The Good Teacher / Pas de vagues When Julien, a young literature professor, is wrongly accused of harassment by one of his students, he seeks support in vain from his colleagues. The…
Films Fri 6 June at 6.30pm Pride Month short films The French Institute celebrates Pride Month with a selection of 3 short films by Lauriane Lagarde, Arthur Thomas Pavlowsy and Drag Race France winner Paloma/Hugo…
Music Workshops Sat 7 June at 6pm Bal Baroque The Cousins’ Ball : Dances from the time of Louis XIV & Charles II Dances called by Talitha MacKenzie, Interval Performance by Autrefois. Live music…
Books & Ideas Kids & Families Workshops Sat 7 June at 1pm World Ocean Day – Workshop for Kids and Teens Join us for a fun and educational workshop to celebrate World Ocean Day! The participants will explore the wonders of the ocean through interactive discussions…
Books & Ideas Tue 10 June at 12.30pm Groupe de lecture “Le passeur” de Stéphanie Coste Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Films Wed 11 June at 2pm and 6pm Smoke Signals / Une affaire de principe Brussels, 2012. When the Health Commissioner is dismissed overnight, amidst the utmost secrecy, MEP José Bové and his parliamentary assistants decide to investigate. They uncover…
Films Wed 18 June at 2pm and 6pm Green Tide / Les algues vertes Not less than 3 men and 40 animals were found dead on the Breton beaches. The identity of the killer is an open secret: green…
Special events Thu 19 June at 7.15pm Quiz de l’Institut français d’Ecosse on the theme of Festivals in France You are a quiz fan? Come and test your knowledge about France and French language in a fun and relaxed atmosphere at the Institut français…
Music Fri 20 June at 6pm Make Music Day: Trio Contrasti concert Live Music Now Scotland is back at the French Institute to celebrate Make Music Day! This year, introducing Trio Contrasti, a trio led by Armenian…
Education Mon 23 June from 10am The Future of French en Écosse: The Way Ahead Following last year’s inaugural Future of French en Écosse conference held at the University of Strathclyde, registration is now open for this year’s event: The Future of French en Écosse:…
Education Workshops Tue 24 June at 10am French language teacher training On June Tuesday 24, the Institut français d’Ecosse will hold a talk by Sébastien DeVreese from the French publishing house Maison des langues on how to teach…
Films Wed 25 June at 2pm and 6pm Foreign Language / Langue Étrangère Langue Étrangère is a poignant coming-of-age drama about cross-cultural discovery. Fanny, a shy young French girl, embarks on a student exchange to Leipzig, where she…
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 26 June at 6pm The question of the public space in today’s society The idea of public space has been transformed in recent decades, with restrictions on movement and interaction in public; with the retraction of lives into…
Course Summer Term Group Courses for Kids Mon 30 Jun Summer Mini Camps – 3-5 y/o “Travel through the 4 elements” French for kids from 3 to 5 yo! A summer camp in French for the wee ones. Each camp includes…
Course Summer Term Group Courses for Adults Mon 07 Jul Summer Brush’up from A1 to B1 Level Make the most of your summer to revise and consolidate your French!
Course Summer Term Group Courses for Adults Mon 07 Jul French for France: Travel Conversation A1/A2 Strengthen your oral language skills in an interactive summer workshop! Workshop for students from post beginner (A1) to intermediate (A2) level.
Course Summer Term Group Courses for Adults Tue 15 Jul French & Art : Drawing Edinburgh in French What if you practiced both drawing and your French? Join us for a creative lab with French artist and teacher Yannik Ruault.
Performances Theatre 1-24 August at 2.30pm - break on 7, 11, 18 Antigone After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, Mythography return with their urgent and haunting production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone. Irreverent and full…
Kids & Families Music Theatre 1-25 August at 11am - break on 11 & 18 Heebie Jeebies Halò! Bonjour! Hello! Have you seen the Heebie Jeebies? They are all around you, but you've probably never seen them – until now! Take a…
Music Performances 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 19 & 23 Aug at 6pm MUO Live Join Scottish artist and musician Lomond Campbell for a unique live performance of MUO, an audiovisual experience powered by the universe itself. Using muon detectors,…
Music 8-25 August at 6pm - break on 11, 14, 19 & 23 The Brel Promise No Arnaud Askoy is not Brel but to hear him, to see him, one could believe it. Arnaud brings Chanson Francaise icon Jacques Brel to…
Arts Music 8-25 August - Break on 11 Aug MUO MUO is an immersive audiovisual installation by Lomond Campbell which makes use of muon detectors, sensing harmless radiation in the atmosphere. This radiation is created…
Course Summer Term Group Courses for Adults Mon 18 Aug Choir workshop in French for adults B1 to C2 You like French and singing? Why not practice your French singing and learning classic French songs with our teacher Sarah.
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 19 Aug at 6pm Meet the author Laurent Binet Meet multi-award-winning French writer Laurent Binet for a talk on his books HhHH, The 7th Function of Language, Civilizations and Perspectives. Known for his international…
Books & Ideas Kids & Families Sat 13 Sep at 10.30am Heure du conte with the author Camille Brunel Join us for a special Heure du conte with French author Camille Brunel! Having taught literature for seven years near Paris, Camille Brunel now writes…
Films Kids & Families Sat 13 Sep at 1pm Hello World! / Bonjour le Monde! + Q&A Intro and Q&A with film critic and journalist Camille Brunel. Made of papier-mâché, the delicate puppets come to life in stop-motion, in beautiful, colorful settings,…
Books & Ideas Education Thu 25 Sep at 6pm European Day of languages – Aberlangs: Aberdeen City of Languages During this talk hosted for the European Day of Languages, Drs Fransiska Louwagie and Clémence O’Connor (University of Aberdeen) will discuss Aberlangs, a partnership initiative…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 14 Oct at 5.30pm Jean-Yves Laurichesse: Writing between memory and fiction A Professor of Modern and Contemporary French Literature with a string of publications on such authors as Jean Giono, Claude Simon and Richard Millet, Jean-Yves…
Books & Ideas On Celebrating Comics and Graphic Novels Next event : Prix BD Cabaret Vert Exhibition Thu 22 May at 17:00
Arts Books & Ideas 22 April to 22 May Earth Month 2025: Cultures of Action Next event : Prix BD Cabaret Vert Exhibition Thu 22 May at 17:00
Festivals & series On Women Shaping the World Next event : Marie-Antoinette, the woman beyond the myth Tue 27 May at 16:00
Books & Ideas Festivals & series On The Earth, Here and Now Next event : Hello World! / Bonjour le Monde! + Q&A Sat 13 Sep at 13:00
