Martín is an orphan who works as a shoeshine boy on the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. One day, he decides to steal the dog of his best client, a lonely tailor he has begun to imagine is his father. He hopes that in helping the man to search for the dog, the two of them will become closer as they spend time together. The Dog Thief is the debut feature film from Chilean director Vinko Tomičić Salinas. It was developed at the Cannes Cinefondation Residency and the Venice Biennale College Cinema programme and had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.

One late summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s having romantic relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he takes custody of her son. Clémence must fight to remain a mother and a free woman.

As part of Refugee Festival Scotland 2026, we are excited to present Southside Open Air Cinema Day, a full day of screenings and conversations taking place at Queen’s Park Arena in Glasgow Southside on Sunday 14 June. Bringing together filmmakers, artists, activists and local communities, the programme explores climate displacement, exile, memory, belonging and collective resistance through documentary and artist moving image. The day opens with the Scottish premiere of Black Water, presented in collaboration with Scottish Documentary Institute. The film examines the growing crisis of climate displacement in Bangladesh, where rising sea levels threaten to permanently submerge large areas of the country’s southern coastline. This is followed by Routes & Returns, a curated shorts programme featuring works by Bircan Birol, Razan Madhoon, Huss Al Chokhdar and Ahmad Awdallah. Across the programme, personal and poetic forms explore migration, queerness, longing and the fragments of home carried across borders. The day culminates in a special outdoor screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street, returning the film to the neighbourhood where the events it documents took place. Set against the Kenmure Street immigration raid in Glasgow Southside, the film documents the collective action that stopped two men from being detained by the Home Office. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Felipe Bustos Sierra, Aamer Anwar, Tabassum Niamat and Mohammad Asif. Together, the programme traces a journey through global crisis, lived displacement and public solidarity, creating a shared civic space for reflection, conversation and collective gathering in the heart of Glasgow Southside. Explore the full film programme: https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/event/southside-open-air-cinema-day/ and our full festival programme with more than 150 events across Scotland: https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/ Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery.

Returning to Reims won the 2023 Cesar Award for Best Documentary Film. Based on the novel by Didier Eribon, the film tells an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

Join us for Cinetopia Salon #4 a cultural evening of apéro, arts, cinema and good conversation! EDEN by Mia Hansen-Løve + French House DJ set from Ann Tweak 18 JUNE, 6-10.30PM AT FRENCH INSTITUTE OF SCOTLAND (please note this is an 18+ event) Come early for our apéritif hour with a drinks bar and complementary nibbles before the film, a chance to mingle, relax and start the evening in true Salon style. Paris in the early 1990s. Paul is a teenager on the edge of something extraordinary: a wave of underground garage music that transforms dingy clubs into cathedrals of pure feeling. He and his friends form a DJ collective, plunge into the nightlife, and watch their raves grow into something like a grand democracy of bliss. Among the faces in the crowd: a young Daft Punk. Based on the real experiences of her brother and co-writer Sven, Mia Hansen-Løve's fourth feature follows Paul across two decades, from the euphoric early nights to the slow erosion of circumstance, financial pressure, and changing times. In a swell of colour and beats, Hansen-Løve captures the texture of that defining Paris era: beautiful faces, impulsive movement, cascading light, and music that seems to hold everything together for as long as it plays. Eden is a film about what it feels like to be young enough to believe the music will never stop. Before the screening, Liam Schell, guest curator of this event, will introduce the film. Following the screening, Ann Tweak takes over with a French house DJ set inspired by the sounds and spirit of Eden. About the DJ: Ann Tweak is a born and bred DJ from Edinburgh with more than decade under his belt curating and running parties across independent venues in the Capital, with a deep rooted passion for underground music and years spent working at renowned record shop Underground Solution, he brings an extensive knowledge of the sounds he loves. For this event he will be digging deep into his first love for electronic music, French Touch! Everything from Cheek's 'Venus (Sunshine People)' to DJ Falcon & Thomas Bangalter's perfect end of the night classic 'Together'. Special thanks to Leith Kino for their support of this event. Evening Schedule 6-6.30pm – Apéro hour in the Salon 6.30 pm - Film screening EDEN by Mia Hansen-Løve 9.15-10.15 pm – Live DJ set from Ann Tweak - (bar will remain open until 10 pm) Please note: drinks can be purchased at our pop-up bar (cash or card), but are not included in the ticket price. Food is only allowed in the Salon space before and after the film, but drinks will be allowed during the DJ set from 9-10.15 pm in the main space. Complementary nibbles available on a first-come basis only from 5.30 pm. Duration of the film : 2hrs 18 mins Price: £12/£10 for IFE Members

A beautifully-crafted, human story from the frontlines of climate change. Bangladesh is one of the places in the world most vulnerable to climate change. During the monsoon season the country floods, rivers swell and change their channels, moving up to 20 meters each year. Lokhi and her family are preparing to leave their home before everything washes away. They are migrating to Dhaka, the fastest growing city in the world, with thousands of climate refugees arriving every day in the capital. By 2050 a large part of the southern coastline will be uninhabitable. 30 million people will be displaced, the largest mass migration in human history. This event is in collaboration with Take One Action and part of Refugee Festival Scotland. It will feature an extended introduction and post-screening reflection on pathways to action.

Maria Schneider, on the cusp of adulthood, stars in the cult classic “Last Tango in Paris.” Unprepared, she’s thrust into fame, becoming an iconic actress amidst glory and scandal.

Charles Perrault’s celebrated tale, set to music by Sergei Prokofiev, is transposed to a film set. In a series of references to the heroes of the American cinema, Rudolf Nureyev propels his Cinderella under the spotlights of Hollywood. With a producer for fairy godmother and a star actor as Prince Charming, she escapes her miserable destiny and sees her dreams come true. To broaden access to major operatic and choreographic works in keeping with its public-service mission, the Paris Opera promotes the free summer screening—outdoors or in a suitable heritage venue—of an opera or ballet filmed in its theatres, the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille. This is the purpose of the “Opéra d’été” initiative, launched in 2013, to which the Paris Opera is particularly committed. This year, this programme is extended to all French Institutes and Alliances Françaises worldwide, helping to bring the initiative to an international audience.

Giacomo Puccini offers us the heart‑breaking story of the poet, Rodolfo, and the fragile Mimi, and some of the most beautiful pages in the repertoire. The director, Claus Guth, sets their broken love affair in space, creating a universe in which the past resurges in the form of hallucinatory flashbacks. “This intergalactic Bohemia has the charm of a dream as powerful as it is exhilarating.” Les Inrockuptibles “A salutary vision” Libération “The sets and costumes are fascinating” Le Monde To broaden access to major operatic and choreographic works in keeping with its public-service mission, the Paris Opera promotes the free summer screening—outdoors or in a suitable heritage venue—of an opera or ballet filmed in its theatres, the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille. This is the purpose of the “Opéra d’été” initiative, launched in 2013, to which the Paris Opera is particularly committed. This year, this programme is extended to all French Institutes and Alliances Françaises worldwide, helping to bring the initiative to an international audience.

Reinsve plays Nora, a successful stage actress who, along with her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), reunites with their estranged father Gustav Borg (a mesmerising Stellan Skarsgård) – a once-renowned film director planning a major comeback with a script based on his family. When Gustav offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning), an eager young Hollywood starlet primed for her big breakthrough. Following the success of The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve for this profoundly moving film – winner of the Grand Prix award at Cannes – that explores sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the power of childhood memories.