Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Keg de Souza at Royal Botanic Gardens
One writer reflects on Keg de Souza's exhibition at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, which examines the legacies of colonialism on the global south's natural ecologies Read more »| 03 Oct 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Jesse Jones’ The Tower
One writer reflects on her experience of Jesse Jones’ intensely haunting installation at Talbot Rice, which explores terrifying histories of misogyny in Ireland and beyond Read more »| 12 Sep 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Markéta Luskačová at Stills
One writer explores the work of Prague-born, UK-based photographer Markéta Luskačová and her enduring photographs of children from the 1960s to the present day Read more »| 11 Sep 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Orlando, My Political Biography
Philosopher Paul B. Preciado uses Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando as the jumping off point for this playful exploration of gender and identity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Showing Up
Kelly Reichardt reunites with her regular collaborator Michelle Williams for a melancholy comedy about the struggles of creativity Read more »| 29 Aug 2023 -
InternationalEIF: Dimanche @ Church Hill Theatre
Belgian theatre companies Focus and Chaliwaté join forces to demonstrate the devastating effects of the climate crisis through mime, puppetry and propwork Read more »| 18 Aug 2023
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InternationalEIF: Thrown @ Traverse Theatre
Nat McCleary's Thrown is a highly relatable and undeniably human look at friendship, class, race and gender in modern Scotland Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Thomas Schubert on Afire
Thomas Schubert is fantastic as Leon, the self-obsessed writer at the heart of Christian Petzold’s Afire. We speak to Schubert about his affinity with his character and the experience of working with Petzold Read more »| 17 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Rodger Griffiths on Kill
Kill, the debut feature from Rodger Griffiths, sees three brothers plan to off their abusive dad while on a hunting trip. Griffiths talks to us about shooting this lean, mean thriller, which has its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 15 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Jeanie Finlay on Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay’s intimate portrait of author Aubrey Gordon aims to make us rethink our attitude to the word 'fat'. The filmmaker explains why she wanted to document Gordon's life and activism ahead of Your Fat Friend's Scottish premiere at EIFF Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Variety’s disruptive voyeurism at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Bette Gordon’s 1983 feminist classic Variety is back in cinemas. Let this subversive, sensuous neo-noir take you to the most uncomfortable places Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FilmEIFF 2023: Babak Jalali on Fremont
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival closes with Babak Jalali's Fremont. Jalali tells about his desire to make a film with empathy and compassion, but without the schmaltz Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2023: Our Top Ten Picks
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival is smaller than usual but there's no shortage of great films. Here are ten titles we’d urge you to see Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
InternationalEIF: Trojan Women @ Festival Theatre
This Korean adaptation of Euripides' classic play is a sweeping epic that showcases pansori Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
ArtQueering the City: Edinburgh Art Festival 2023
As Edinburgh Art Festival returns this month, The Skinny meet Sean Burns and Tarek Lakhrissi to discuss their artistic contributions to the festival Read more »| 09 Aug 2023