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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FilmVenice Film Festival 2025: 100 Nights of Hero
Julia Jackman's adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel is a distinctive feminist fairy tale powered by excellent performances and endlessly quotable dialogue Read more »| 08 Sep 2025 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is unrecognisable in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr, but the film is lacking in force and depth Read more »| 02 Sep 2025 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2025: No Other Choice
Director Park Chan-wook returns to Venice with a Machiavellian teardown of capitalism and masculinity that saves its gory best for last Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2025: After the Hunt
Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances in Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt, but the wordy movie around her feels more like an exhaustive debate rather than a compelling drama Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2025: Bugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a bold conspiracy theory thriller Read more »| 30 Aug 2025 -
FilmKVIFF 2025: Nathan Ambrosioni on Out of Love
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, who sold his game consoles at 14 to buy his first camera. Now 25, he's just won the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2025
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MusicHit the Road: Music Festivals Outwith Scotland
Sometimes it's fun to double up your festival with a bit of a road trip or holiday, so we've picked out 12 festivals outwith Scotland for you to consider this year Read more »| 08 Apr 2025 -
MusicM for Montreal 2024: Ten Artists to Check Out
We head to this year's M for Montreal festival and celebrate ten standout artists from the 19th edition of the Quebec showcase Read more »| 10 Dec 2024 -
MusicFind Your New Favourite Band at these Autumn Music Festivals
The nights are fair drawing in, but there's new music to be found! We look at some of the music festivals happening near and far this October and November Read more »| 02 Oct 2024 -
FestivalsMusic Festivals 2024: Outwith Scotland
If you're looking for this year's best music festivals a little further afield, here are our top picks for fests outside Scotland Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
MusicScottish Music Festivals Calendar 2024
As if we haven't already provided you with enough festival inspiration, here are some more picks for 2024's impending season Read more »| 09 Apr 2024 -
ClubsTerminal V: The Edinburgh techno festival heads to Croatia
Edinburgh's Terminal V festival sets sail for Tisno on Croatia's south coast with a brand new annual techno excursion – we chat to founders Derek Martin and Simon McGrath, and collaborator Fraz.ier Read more »| 08 Apr 2024 -
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MusicRoskilde Festival 2023: The Report
Danish festival Roskilde is the blueprint for what a forward-thinking modern music festival should be Read more »| 07 Jul 2023 -
FilmThe Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer explores the banality of evil in The Zone of Interest, which just picked up the Grand Prix at Cannes Read more »| 28 May 2023 -
FilmAsteroid City
Wes Anderson explores themes of grief and riffs on Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Asteroid City, which is among the richest films of his career Read more »| 24 May 2023