Discover Art, Cinema and Culture Without Borders with TV5MONDE this Winter
Every week, host Ali Baddou and his team of guest commentators welcome French-speaking artists from across the world who are “at the heart of current events and who move the lines.” Filmed before a live audience, this vibrant new show blends art, conversation, and creation, featuring guests from established icons to emerging talents shaping tomorrow’s…
The guardians of your Festival – Board Members
THE DREAM TEAM who will shape, guide and lead the French Film Festival UK going forward. The newly revitalised Board of Trustees held their first meeting, graciously hosted at the Institut français d’Ecosse in the thick of myriad temptations of Edinburgh Festivals. The team focus remained sharp: with this year’s 31st edition due to take…
Auld Alliance – a Glasgow cinema’s history…
During the 2022 Festival at Glasgow Film Theatre, we learned about the cinema’s historic connection with France from one of its patrons, and its history as The Cosmo cinema.
Win a dinner for two at Zero/Zero wine bar.
The French Film Festival UK has paired up with new natural wine bar Zero/Zero to offer dinner for two to our Edinburgh-based Festival-goers.
French Film Festival in Scotland
From 11 November, the French Film Festival UK arrives in Scotland, starting with our UK premiere of Maigret in Edinburgh, followed by a packed programme at The Dominion Cinema, Summerhall and the Institut français d’Écosse in the capital, as well as GFT in Glasgow, DCA in Dundee, Eden Court, Inverness and a number of local cinemas from…
Reclining with Agnès Varda… 30 Years of French Film Festival UK
It all started in Paris. The second European Film Awards took place on a cold November evening in 1989 at the Art Deco Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Liv Ullmann was President of the Jury, and the stellar assembly of talents included Yves Montand, Micheline Presle, Leslie Caron, and Sir Richard “Dickie” Attenborough. As journalists, Richard Mowe…
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