The French Film Festival is delighted to be hosting a variety of personal appearances to the 33rd instalment:

Santiago Amigorenaea

Co-writer (Colours of Time).

Santiago Amigorena is a French-Argentine director, screenwriter, producer, and writer. He is the author of A Laconic Childhood, the first in an ongoing critically acclaimed autobiographical fiction project. The Ghetto Within (published in France as Le Ghetto Interieur) was shortlisted for several prestigious literary prizes in France and won the Prix des libraires de Nancy. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Amigorena currently resides in France.

Aberdeen – Union Square Cineworld
20 November (19:30)

    Lionel Baier

    Director (The Safe House)

    Lausanne-born screenwriter and director Lionel Baier, former head of ECAL’s cinema department and co-founder of Bande à Part films. We are delighted to welcome him back to Scotland for the UK premiere of The Safe House.

    Institut français Écosse
    8 November (18:30)

      Benjamin Cléry

      Actor (Nouvelle Vague, The Great Arch, Monsieur Aznavour)

      Benjamin Cléry plays Pierre Rissient – Jean-Luc Godard’s first assistant in Nouvelle Vague.

      Filmhouse Edinburgh
      19 November (20:30) 

        Pasquale Iannone

        Lecturer in Film Studies (University of Edinburgh)

        Pasquale will introduce two of Pagnol’s most acclaimed works: The Baker’s Wife, and Topaze, a sharp satire on the unjust dismissal of the principled schoolmaster Albert Topaze. He will also introduce the celebrated Provence classics Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.

        Institut Français d’Écosse
        11 November (18:30)
        13 November (14:30)

        Edinburgh Filmhouse
        22 November (13:00 & 15:40)

          Prïncia Car

          Director (The Girls We Want)

          The Girls We Want was presented at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2025. In 2018, Prïncia Car founded an alternative film school in Marseille, teaching workshops and evening classes to young people in the city’s northern districts. Inspired by her parents’ theatre troupe, she formed her own group of young filmmakers, producing several award-winning short films and music videos.

          Edinburgh – Filmhouse
          28 November (20:30)

          Glasgow – Film Theatre
          29 November (17:45)

            Christophe Gargot

            Director (Doves in Zero Gravity)


            Doves in Zero Gravity is Christophe Gargot’s second political documentary film. He is also the author and director of From Arusha to Arusha, a feature film about the international justice system’s handling of the Rwandan genocide.

            Edinburgh Institut français Écosse
            10 November (18:30)

            Alliance Française Glasgow
            11 November (18:30)

              Sue Harris

              Professor Emerita of Film at Queen Mary University of London


              For Cold Cuts, Sue Harris will provide a tribute to Bertrand Blier – as the author of the only English-language book on the acclaimed director. She will also introduce The Dinner Game – one of the biggest hits in French cinema history – reflecting on the golden age of Gaumont comedy. For Dead Tired, Sue will explore the glories of Gaumont and the enduring wit of French screen comedy, and she will also introduce The Great Arch in Stirling.

              Edinburgh Institut français Écosse
              12 November (14:00 & 18:30)
              14 November (18:30)
              15 November (18:30)

              Macrobert Arts Centre
              18 November (19:30)

                Stevan Lee Mraovitch

                Director (Where There Is Love, There Is No Darkness)


                Stevan Lee Mraovitch, known for his emotionally rich and insightful films, joins us for the Scottish premiere of Where There Is Love, There Is No Darkness.

                Edinburgh Institut français Écosse
                13 November (18:30)

                  Max Keegan

                  Director (The Shepherd and the Bear)


                  UK film-maker Max Keegan moved to France for three years to make The Shepherd and the Bear – set in the majestic French Pyrenees.

                  Glasgow Film Theatre
                  1 December (20:05)