Cultural events In 2011, for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the French Institute presented a show, 'Two Johnnies live upstairs', especially created for the building by the French compagny Mythos festival. This show has been selected as one of the highlights of 2011 by
The Scotsman. The French Institute is also involved in the Edinburgh cultural life and is a partner of
the Cameo, Edinburgh and hosts the office of the French Film festival UK.
Cultural events list Exhibitions Théâtre, cinéma, concerts... The Media Library Activities The Media Library organises activities for kids in French. ''L'Oreille Musicale
, workshop about French music is new from 2011. On November edition, l'Oreille musicale'' invited the Breton band Santa Cruz to speak about their musical tastes and influences. The library is open all week days and access is free. By contrast, only the French Institute members can borrow documents.
Collection The media library contains over 10.000 documents, mainly in French, about a lot of different aspects of France and French culture. You can find documents about literature, art, history, geography, humanities and children's literature. A lot of references book are available, like dictionaries, encyclopaedias and travel guides. The novel collection contain many novels by Scottish authors translated in French (e.g.
Robert Louis Stevenson,
Ian Rankin and
Val McDermid). You can read or borrow newspapers like:
Libération,
Le Monde,
Le Point, general-interest magazines:
ELLE,
Les Inrockuptibles and more specialised magazines like Beaux-Arts and
Positif. The CD & DVD shelves contain 1500 CDs (audio-books and music) and almost 1000 films and documentaries.
Language classes Every term, about 500 students come to the Institute to learn French. == Bibliography ==