Edinburgh Film Guild

Edinburgh Film Guild The Edinburgh Film Guild is one of the oldest film societies in the world, based in Edinburgh, Scotland

For more than 80 years, our mission has been to programme a full variety of films past and present, films that are rarely shown on the big screen, and films that are just too good to be forgotten. To learn more about the films we are showing and how you can join, just visit our website.

THIS WEEK! ‘La Pointe Courte’, Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PMLa Pointe CourteAgnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80...
29/09/2026

THIS WEEK!

‘La Pointe Courte’, Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PM

La Pointe Courte
Agnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80 min | French with English subtitles | Rated PG
A graceful, penetrating study of a couple’s deteriorating marriage, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. La Pointe Courte is both a stylized depiction of the couple’s complicated relationship and a documentary-like look at the daily lives of the local villagers.

“A stunningly beautiful and accomplished first film.” (G. Vincendeau)

“Truly the first film of the nouvelle vague.” (Georges Sadoul)

“A film of textures. Poetic. Meticulously shot. Striking cinematography. Affecting.” (Movieyana)

“This intoxicating feature debut from Varda…is a remarkably assured, gutsy and conceptually ostentatious piece of film-making.” (Time Out)

Tickets: Book your tickets online or contact 0131 285 6030

Location:
Institut français d’Écosse (French Institute of Scotland)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RN
(The Institut français d’Écosse is fully accessible with step-free access.)

NEXT WEEK‘La Pointe Courte’, Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PMLa Pointe CourteAgnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80 m...
23/09/2026

NEXT WEEK

‘La Pointe Courte’, Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PM

La Pointe Courte
Agnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80 min | French with English subtitles | Rated PG
A graceful, penetrating study of a couple’s deteriorating marriage, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. La Pointe Courte is both a stylized depiction of the couple’s complicated relationship and a documentary-like look at the daily lives of the local villagers.

“A stunningly beautiful and accomplished first film.” (G. Vincendeau)

“Truly the first film of the nouvelle vague.” (Georges Sadoul)

“A film of textures. Poetic. Meticulously shot. Striking cinematography. Affecting.” (Movieyana)

“This intoxicating feature debut from Varda…is a remarkably assured, gutsy and conceptually ostentatious piece of film-making.” (Time Out)

Tickets: Book your tickets online or contact 0131 285 6030

Location:
Institut français d’Écosse (French Institute of Scotland)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RN
(The Institut français d’Écosse is fully accessible with step-free access.)

La Pointe Courte’, Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PMLa Pointe CourteAgnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80 min | Frenc...
04/09/2026

La Pointe Courte’,
Screening Friday, 2 October 2026 at 6:00PM

La Pointe Courte
Agnes Varda | France, 1955 | 80 min | French with English subtitles | Rated PG
A graceful, penetrating study of a couple’s deteriorating marriage, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. La Pointe Courte is both a stylized depiction of the couple’s complicated relationship and a documentary-like look at the daily lives of the local villagers.

“A stunningly beautiful and accomplished first film.” (G. Vincendeau)

“Truly the first film of the nouvelle vague.” (Georges Sadoul)

“A film of textures. Poetic. Meticulously shot. Striking cinematography. Affecting.” (Movieyana)

“This intoxicating feature debut from Varda…is a remarkably assured, gutsy and conceptually ostentatious piece of film-making.” (Time Out)

Tickets: Book your tickets online or contact 0131 285 6030

Location:
Institut français d’Écosse (French Institute of Scotland)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RN
(The Institut français d’Écosse is fully accessible with step-free access.)

French Cinema Season: 2nd October 2026 to 19th March 2027Our new season of French language films, in partnership with th...
29/08/2026

French Cinema Season: 2nd October 2026 to 19th March 2027

Our new season of French language films, in partnership with the Institut français d’Écosse, runs from the 2nd of October 2026 to March 2027. Click on the link in our bio for details of the season, ticket prices, available concession and a ‘A Season Pass’. which saves £12 on the regular price!

Book tickets online or contact 0131 285 6030 (Institut français d’Écosse)

Location: Institut français d’Écosse
(entrance via George IV Bridge)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RN

French Cinema Season: 2nd October 2026 to 19th March 2027Our new season of French language films, in partnership with th...
29/08/2026

French Cinema Season: 2nd October 2026 to 19th March 2027

Our new season of French language films, in partnership with the Institut français d’Écosse, runs from the 2nd of October 2026 to March 2027. Click on the link in our bio for details of the season, ticket prices, available concession and a ‘A Season Pass’. which saves £12 on the regular price!

Book tickets online (link in bio or linktree or contact 0131 285 6030) (Institut français d’Écosse)

Location: Institut français d’Écosse
(entrance via George IV Bridge)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RN

The Edinburgh Film Guild and Grassmarket Community Picturehouse present ‘La Chimera’, Wed 19 August 7pm, part of the ‘Ci...
14/08/2026

The Edinburgh Film Guild and Grassmarket Community Picturehouse present ‘La Chimera’, Wed 19 August 7pm, part of the ‘Cinema Italiano’ mini-season of classic Italian films.

Tickets are free ✅

Donations welcome ✅

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‘Cinema Italiano’ The Edinburgh Film Guild and Grassmarket Community Picture House present ‘Cinema Italiano’, four class...
07/08/2026

‘Cinema Italiano’

The Edinburgh Film Guild and Grassmarket Community Picture House present ‘Cinema Italiano’, four classic Italian films. Tickets are free. Donations welcome.

Wednesday, 19th August 2026 at 7:00pm
La Chimera
Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, 2023 | 132m | Italian with English subtitles | Rated 15
Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. “Italian social realism heightened by myth and magic..” (Time Out)

Monday, 24th August 2026 at 2:30pm
Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times)
Michelangelo Frammartino | Italy, 2010 | 88 min | Italian with English subtitles | Rated U
A study of the circle of life as an old man struggles to maintain his goat herd in the mountains of Calabria. This quirky, wordless account of rural Calabrian life is elegant, touching and funny, a philosophical poem to enduring tradition. “A wonderful film about life, the universe and everything. It’s captivating, touching, wryly humorous, mysterious, intriguing and uplifting.” (Time Out)

Wednesday, 26th August 2026 at 7:00pm
Amarcord (I remember)
Federico Fellini | Italy 1973 | 124 minutes | Italian with English subtitles | Rated U
“Federico Fellini’s Amarcord takes us back to the small Italian town of his birth and young manhood, and gives us a joyful, b***y, virtuoso portrait of the people he remembers there. It’s not only a great movie, it’s a great joy to see.” (Roger Ebert)

Thursday, 27th August 2026 at 2:30pm
The Great Silence
Sergio Corbucci | Italy, 1968 | 105 min | Italian with English subtitles | Rated 15
On an unforgiving, snow swept western frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. Only a mute gunslinger named Silence stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. “Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence is rightfully considered one of the greatest European westerns ever made.” (Blu-ray.com)

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