UK Festivals
Welcome to The Skinny UK festival guide. We bring you previews, reviews, and line-up information for arts, film, music and comedy festivals around the UK.
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FilmBFI London Film Festival 2012: The Highlights
The Skinny picks ten films that shone at this year's London Film Festival. Look out for them on general release over the coming twelve months Read more »| 02 Nov 2012 -
FilmAfrican in Motion 2012: Short Film Competition
One of the highlights of Africa in Motion 2012 was its Short Film Competition programme. Here's an overview of the runners and riders Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
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Film Event Highlights – November 2012
The Coens come to the Cameo; DCA delivers a symphony of horror; French cinema is celebrated across Scotland; a new film night launches in Glasgow; and the GFT hosts a Jewish movie simkhe Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
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Glasgay! 2012: Queer Shorts
We preview the local and international short film programmes screening at this year's Glasgay! Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
FilmGood Gaul: French Film Festival UK 2012
November sees the English Channel narrow as a boatload of French fancies make their way across for the 20th French Film Festival UK. Highlights include a new Asterix romp and a retrospective of great cinema modernist Chantal Akerman Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Festival GuideTHAT Festival @ The Macrobert
It's THAT festival again...THAT festival returns with some of the freshest performances in theatre. Read more »| 19 Oct 2012
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In Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Saturday 6 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 All the action from Platform's family friendly Eastern Promise Festival 2012, featuring sets from Plank!, Richard Youngs, The ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
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In Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Friday, 5 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 Returning for a third year, the first night of Platform's 2012 edition of the eclectic Eastern Promise Festival offered sets b... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
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Glasgay! 2012: The Movies
We preview the movies being screened in Glasgow's annual celebration of queer culture Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
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Document 10: A Year of Independence
Document celebrates a decade of politically minded, socially driven film curation with a programme titled A Year of Independence. Homelessness, people trafficking and revolution are just some of the themes in this tenth edition Read more »| 04 Oct 2012 -
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Africa in Motion 2012: Redraw Your Movie Map
Africa in Motion, the UK's finest celebration of African cinema, is back for a 7th consecutive year with another bursting programme. Here's a taster of what you can expect, from Arab Spring docs to ass kicking femmes fatales Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Festival Guide
Harold and Maude & I Heart Alice Heart I @ Glasgay!
Glasgay! gets old... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
FilmScottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012: Walk in My Shoes
The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival asks audiences to experience the world through different eyes. No art form is better for this task than cinema. We speak to Eddie Harrison, the festival's film programmer, to learn more Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
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Play Poland 2012: Looking Back to the Future
To mark the start of Play Poland, the largest mobile film event in Britain, we speak to Bartosz Konopka, director of Fear of Falling and Rabbit à la Berlin, two of the key titles in this year's event Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
Festival Guide
Crime Pays – Bloody Scotland Literary Festival
Last month at the inaugural Bloody Scotland literary festival, the cream of Scottish and international crime fiction writers descended on Stirling for a weekend of debates, signings and discussions. The Skinny was there to investigate... Read more »| 01 Oct 2012