Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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FilmFremont to close Edinburgh Film Festival 2023
The curtain will come down on the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival with the immigration tale Fremont from Iranian-British filmmaker Babak Jalali Read more »| 27 Jun 2023 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival: Platform 2023 preview
Edinburgh Art Festival has announced the details of its annual Platform exhibition, celebrating the work of four Scotland-based emerging artists Read more »| 20 Jun 2023 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival 2023: The programme
The Edinburgh Book Festival returns to the Edinburgh College of Art this August for its 40th year – here's a look at the 2023 programme Read more »| 14 Jun 2023 -
FilmSilent Roar opens Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
The opening gala film for the new-look Edinburgh International Film Festival will be Outer Hebrides-set teen movie Silent Roar Read more »| 14 Jun 2023 -
InternationalEdinburgh International Festival: The 2023 programme
EIF returns with a new director in Nicola Benedetti, theatre from Johnny McKnight and Punchdrunk, and a music lineup including Alison Goldfrapp and Anouska Shankar Read more »| 24 Apr 2023 -
FilmLooking Violence in the Eye: Icíar Bollaín on Maixabel
As Maixabel – Icíar Bollaín's drama about a victim of terrorism – opens Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, we talk to the director about delegitimising violence, and second chances Read more »| 29 Sep 2022
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FilmAfter Yang
After Yang, Kogonada's followup to Columbus, is a metaphysical sci-fi that feels its way through the complex heartbreak and revelation of memory with a beautifully human touch Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
ArtEcological Empathy and Oysters Divination
Sofia Cotrona recounts her experience of Oyster Readings, a performance by Cooking Sections, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 07 Sep 2022 -
ArtAshanti Harris, Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Beth James responds to Ashanti Harris' exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, in this piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
ArtJosè Campos on finding belonging and creating community
Hazel Peters meets Josè Campos (aka Studio Lenca) to discuss his practice. This piece was commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
ArtStudio Lenca: The Invisibles @ Sierra Metro
Beth James reflects on Studio Lenca's exhibition at Sierra Metro, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love
A purse-snatching leads to a spring-autumn romance in this curious German film exploring a middle-aged woman's sexual desire for a much younger man Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
ArtHazy Dream of Translucence: Lynsey MacKenzie
Isla Valentine Wade reflects on Lynsey MacKenzie's paintings, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Kung Fu Zohra
Kung Fu Zohra sheds some much-needed light on womxn’s self-defence but too often the film uses comedy to diverge from the actualities of abusive relationships Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: Three Times Nothing
Three homeless men win big on the lottery in this French comedy taking on the country's administration systems. The film's message gets lost, though, as the story descends into sentimentality Read more »| 01 Sep 2022