International Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny international festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and 2019 line-up information for international festivals such as Primavera Sound, Le Guess Who and Toronto Film Fest.
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International Festivals
Le Guess Who? 2017: programme announced
This November the Netherlands’ picturesque city of Utrecht will once again host Le Guess Who?, a festival which celebrates musical-boundary crossing with 150 artists coming together to perform at the 11th edition of the event Read more »| 30 May 2017 -
Film
Happy End
Michael Haneke is back, along with his favourite actor, Isabelle Huppert, with family drama Happy Ending, which offers up plenty of the Austrian director's familiar themes Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
David Lynch isn’t giving up on cinema
The Blue Velvet director backtracks on previous statement suggesting he had made his last film with Inland Empire Read more »| 26 May 2017 -
Film
The Beguiled
Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola offers up a ripe Gothic drama filled with full-blooded performances from a cast including Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning Read more »| 24 May 2017 -
Film
The Meyerowitz Stories
Noah Baumbach offers up The Meyerowitz Stories, an emotionally astute comedy-drama concerning a dysfunctional New York family featuring Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler – the latter's performance is so good it might spell a comeback Read more »| 21 May 2017 -
Cannes
Loveless
Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev brings a typically intense film to Cannes with mysterious thriller Loveless Read more »| 19 May 2017
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Film
Okja
Shades of Studio Ghibli in this ecological fantasy film from Bong Joon-ho that'll make you want to hug the nearest animal to hand and swear an oath on a bible that you won’t touch meat again Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Venice Biennale
Venice Vernissage: A world divided
The opening week of the Venice Biennale offers a contradictory reflection of the troubled world of 2017, both within and without the official exhibitions programme Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Venice Biennale
Rachel Maclean – Spite Your Face: Venice Biennale 2017
This year's Scotland + Venice presentation is Rachel Maclean's Spite Your Face in the Chiesa Santa Caterina Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
International Festivals
Snowbombing 2017: Festival Review
We head to Snowbombing in the Austrian Alps for a week of top-notch electronic music in some spectacular – and unexpected – surroundings Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
International Festivals
Festival Guide 2017: Europe
Whether you fancy wandering through Hamburg's Reeperbahn district, exploring electronic music in Croatia or finding your new favourite band in Utrecht, you can bet we've got something for you – here's our guide to music festivals in Europe this year Read more »| 28 Mar 2017 -
Trans Musicales
Trans Musicales: The review
A recap of the Rennes-based festival from the end of the year, which proved to be an incubator for some of 2017's hottest festival acts Read more »| 17 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Festival Guide 2017: Asia and Australia
From one-off gigs in the shadow of one of Australia's most iconic buildings to outdoor fests across Asia, we pick out some of the best music festivals in Asia and Australia in the coming year... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Music Festivals 2017: USA, Canada and Mexico
From the streets of Toronto to the outskirts of Mexico City (via an evening or two in NYC), our pick of some of the year's best festivals across the USA, Canada and Mexico Read more »| 09 Mar 2017 -
International Festivals
Europe's best dance music festivals in 2017
Because sometimes you just want to get off your nut in another country, here are some of our favourite DJ-led festivals across Europe this year Read more »| 08 Mar 2017