Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmEIFF 2013: Natan
When a person is murdered and the body burned, all that is left is a name and a sum total of everything said about them; distort the shape of their life's ou... Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
Film
Felicity Jones on Breathe In
Rising star Felicity Jones talks to us about Breathe In, her second collaboration with Like Crazy director Drake Doremus Read more »| 08 Jul 2013 -
FilmZombie Grit: Kieran Parker on the Outpost Trilogy
The team behind the Outpost movies unveiled another chapter of their splatter-heavy zombie Nazi saga at EIFF. We sat down with director Kieran Parker and talk gunfire, throat-slitting and Russian martial arts Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
FilmThe Deep
Trawler fishing has enjoyed something of a cultural boom of late, with shows depicting the hi-octane escapades of burly men with magnificent facial hair popp... Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
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Monsters University
Monsters University both thrives and struggles under the strictures of a prequel. The big advantage of returning to the world of Monsters, Inc. is that it wa... Read more »| 05 Jul 2013 -
FilmEIFF 2013: Three Sisters (San Zimei)
Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing validates his 2012 Edinburgh film festival masterclass with an outright masterpiece in 2013. Three Sisters orbit... Read more »| 04 Jul 2013
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FilmEIFF 2013: Outpost 3 - Rise of the Spetsnaz
The new Outpost film, by Scottish director Kieran Parker, is set during World War II, eschewing the flashbacks of its predecessors, except in a short framing... Read more »| 03 Jul 2013 -
Books
Trollsong: Ljodahått
This group take their name from a verse form in Old Norse poetry. ‘Ljodahått’ can be roughly translated as ‘magic song’ or even... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Unbloced: John Lemke & Poppy Ackroyd with Writers' Bloc
The collective of wordsmiths known as Writers' Bloc are moving into new territory for their show at Jura Unbound this year. We caught up with them to find ou... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Songs in the Key of Fife
Well don't be! The Fence Collective, a loose grouping of musicians based around the Kingdom of Fife, are one of the most inspiring and heartening collectives... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Adam Thirlwell: Found in Translation
In which Adam Thirlwell explains how he got 61 writers to push 12 stories through 18 languages Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Open Rhodes: Dan Rhodes in Interview
Dan Rhodes chats with us about mainstream acceptance, mellowing with age, and what to expect from his Jura Unbound event Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Super-Powered: Comics and Graphic Novels at Jura Unbound
The debate about the legitimacy of comics as an art form is over. As Literary Death Match and Illicit Ink prepare comics-themed events for Jura Unbound, we celebrate the rise and rise of sequential art Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Three Decades of Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival is celebrating its 30 year anniversary and Jura Unbound is getting in on the action. We spoke to the organisers of three events reflecting upon a specific decade and one that encompasses all three Read more »| 02 Jul 2013 -
Books
Jura Unbound 2013: An Introduction
It is 2013 and the Edinburgh International Book Festival is celebrating its 30th birthday. If the Book Festival is the respectable adult of Charlotte Square ... Read more »| 02 Jul 2013