Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmEIFF 2025: Little Trouble Girls
Slovenian director Urška Djukić's Little Trouble Girls explores the friendship and burgeoning desires between teen girls from a Catholic choir during a retreat Read more »| 15 Aug 2025 -
MusicKarine Polwart: Windblown @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Karine Polwart pays homage to Edinburgh’s oldest sabal palm through a sublime mix of song, poetry and storytelling Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
MusicAlabaster DePlume @ The Hub, Edinburgh, 8 Aug
The Edinburgh International Festival's Up Late series featuring Alabaster DePlume provides a lovingly curated evening of warmth, humour and communal spirit Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FilmScotland on Screen: David Hayman
David Hayman discusses his debut feature, Silent Scream, a forgotten Scottish masterpiece from 1990, ahead of a screening at EIFF in tribute to the film's late, great producer, Paddy Higson Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
FilmCharlie Shackleton on Zodiac Killer Project
Charlie Shackleton was about to make a film about the Zodiac Killer when the rights to the source material fell through, leaving him to make Zodiac Killer Project, a meta documentary about the film he wasn't permitted to make Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
MusicMŮO Live @ The French Institute, Edinburgh
Lomond Campbell combines nuclear physics with his own compositions for a unique and fully immersive, experimental, science-forward hour of music Read more »| 08 Aug 2025
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BooksSimone Seales and Mele Broomes on poetry performance Dearest
We chat with cellist and writer Simone Seales and dancer and choreographer Mele Broomes about Dearest, Seales' poetry album and zine being performed collaboratively at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2025 -
FilmQueer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
FilmTen films to see at Edinburgh Film Festival 2025
Here are ten titles to add to your Edinburgh Film Festival watchlist, from sparky dramas to documentaries about competitive porridge-making Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
ArtPortrait of an Erased Estate: Aqsa Arif's Raindrops of Rani
At Edinburgh Printmakers, Aqsa Arif subverts the famous Sony Bravia 'Paint' advert that was filmed in her childhood council flat. Our Art Editor considers the necessity for creative expression in the face of growing threats to social housing Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
ArtThe Spectacle of History: Wael Shawky @ Talbot Rice Gallery
Holly Allan, an Edinburgh Art Festival X The Skinny Emerging Writer, considers what it means to observe Wael Shawky’s solo exhibition in a city with a colonial past Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
Edinburgh FestivalsThe Skinny Guide to Edinburgh: A brief guide to the Edinburgh Festivals
When the Edinburgh Festivals – International, Fringe, Art, Book, and Film – arrive in August the city is transformed Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival announces its 2025 programme
The Book Festival returns for its second edition under the stewardship of Jenny Niven. The packed programme features literary icons, figures from politics and quite a few stars from stage and screen Read more »| 10 Jun 2025 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme
The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art returns with a programme featuring performance by Linder and Lewis Walker, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, festival Jupiter Rising, and a new festival hub on Leith Street Read more »| 29 May 2025 -
FilmBen Wheatley's BULK to world premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival
Ben Wheatley's new film BULK will open Edinburgh International Film Festival's Midnight Madness strand this year. We're told to expect "car chases, gun fights, sci-fi and romance" Read more »| 09 May 2025