Films Wed 24 Sept at 2pm & 6pm Little Girl Blue "Marion Cotillard at her absolute best." Vanity Fair. "A heart‑wrenching film" Vogue. When her mother died, Mona Achache discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings,…
Films Tue 30 Sept at 6pm The Universal Theory / Die Theorie von Allem ★★★ "Gorgeous images and a lush score intrigue in Timm Kröger’s 60s-set noir thriller about a postgrad student’s alpine adventures" The Guardian In 1962,…
Films Wed 1 Oct at 2pm & 6pm The Fourth Wall / Le quatrième mur Georges, a politically committed stage director, has given up activism. But when Samuel, his best friend suffering from an incurable disease, urges him to pursue…
Films Wed 8 Oct at 2pm & 6pm Pheasant Island / La isla de los faisanes In the borderless Europe of the 21st century, one border still separates Spain from France, marked by the Bidasoa River. On this river lies Pheasant…
Films Wed 15 Oct at 2pm & 6pm Magnetic Beats / Les Magnétiques A bunch of friends broadcast a free radio station from their home in 1980s rural France. After one of them is called away to Berlin…
Films Wed 22 Oct at 2pm & 6pm Eloïse’s Journey / La Page blanche Eloïse is sitting alone on a bench in Paris. She can't remember who she is, where she comes from or how did she get here.…
Films Fri 24 Oct at 6pm Halloween Special: Les Diaboliques "Henri-Georges Clouzot's film about two women plotting murder is a masterclass in macabre dread – and inspired Hitchcock's classic 'Psycho'" BBC The cruel and…
Films Wed 29 Oct at 2pm & 6pm Divertimento Classical symphonic music is everything for 17-year-old Zahia Ziouani and her twin sister, Fettouma. Nevertheless, living in underprivileged Parisian suburbs in 1995 with their Algerian…
Films Music Thu 30 Oct at 6pm Elevator to the Gallows / Ascenseur pour l’échafaud + Live Jazz Performance Join us for the very first Cinetopia Salon, a new monthly gathering where cinema meets live performance, nibbles and drinks, and good conversation. Experience Louis Malle’s…
Films Wed 5 Nov at 2pm & 6pm Softie / Petite nature Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond…
Films Wed 19 Nov at 2pm & 6pm After the Fire / Avant que les flammes ne s’éteignent Malika confronts the death of her younger brother, killed during a police investigation in the Strasbourg suburbs. They hadn’t spoken in three years. In order…
Films Fri 21 Nov at 6pm Paris Memories / Revoir Paris ★★★★ “Cemented by Efira’s restrained, empathetic performance, Paris Memories is a deft exploration of recovery” Little White Lies “It’s a sensitive, careful film with real emotional…
Films Wed 26 Nov at 2pm & 6pm The Crusade / La Croisade Abel and Marianne discover that their 13-year-old son has been selling the family’s valuables to finance a secret ecological project in Africa he believes will…
Films Wed 3 Dec at 2pm & 6pm Eugénie Grandet Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not…
Films Wed 10 Dec at 2pm & 6pm Age of Panic / La Bataille de Solférino On 6 May 2012, the day of the second round of the French presidential election, TV journalist Laetitia is late leaving home for her assignment…
Films Fri 12 Dec at 6pm Special Section / Section spéciale A German officer is murdered in Nazi-occupied France. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, the collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six…
Films Wed 17 Dec at 2pm & 6pm The Empire / L’Empire Winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Berlinale, Empire is Bruno Dumont’s first foray into science-fiction. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village on the…
Films Fri 23 Jan at 6pm L’Atalante A timeless masterpiece of love and yearning, L’Atalante was the only full-length film made by Jean Vigo before his tragic early death. The film is now considered…
Films Fri 20 Feb at 6pm Holy Cow / Vingt Dieux Totone is 18 and spends most of his time drinking beers and partying with his group of friends in the Jura region. But reality catches…
Films Fri 20 March at 6pm Monsieur Lazhar At a Montréal public grade school, Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While helping his…
Films Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Next event : Pheasant Island / La isla de los faisanes Wed 08 Oct at 14:00
Festivals & series Women Shaping the World Next event : Hector Berlioz and Louise Bertin, a friendship in music by Brenda Poupard and Anne Louise Bourion Fri 17 Oct at 19:00
Films 2024-2025 Edinburgh Film Guild Season Next event : Halloween Special: Les Diaboliques Fri 24 Oct at 18:00
