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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FilmBalance, Not Symmetry
Director Jamie Adams collaborates with Biffy Clyro for Glasgow-set drama Balance, Not Symmetry, an unbearable film marred by clichés and an inconsistent structure Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
FilmThe Grizzlies
A true-life story of how sport unites a group of disenfranchised teens in northern Canada, too often The Grizzlies feels like Hollywood schmaltz Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
FilmNot the End (Sin fin)
Time-travelling romance with a sensitive approach to love and loss Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
FilmVenezia
A woman wanders a grey Venice in this gut-wrenching film about loneliness and loss Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
FilmThe Vast of Night
Andrew Patterson's The Vast of Night evokes paranoid 50s B-movies but elevates the genre with stylish visuals and vibrant performances Read more »| 27 Jun 2019 -
FilmScheme Birds
This lyrical documentary follows the life of an 18-year-old navigating the harsh truths of motherhood, relationships and violence in a deprived corner of Motherwell Read more »| 27 Jun 2019
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FilmRobert the Bruce
Angus Macfadyen returns to the role he played 24 years ago in Mel Gibson's Braveheart with this stoic take on the Scottish freedom fighter that plays like a Celtic western Read more »| 25 Jun 2019 -
MusicParklife 2019: The Report
Parklife isn’t for everyone, but if you’re up for a high-octane and electro-fuelled rave come rain or shine then it’s the place to be Read more »| 20 Jun 2019 -
FilmEdinburgh Film Festival: Five Asian films to discover
Edinburgh International Film Festival doesn’t have its own Asian strand but it always offers a good number of noteworthy titles from the East. Here’s a selection of the most intriguing films on offer in 2019 Read more »| 18 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Film Festival: Ten Films to Seek Out
Our film editor picks out ten under-the-radar films to catch at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jun 2019 -
MusicSign the petition to save FLY Open Air
The annual dance music festival in Princes Street Gardens is under threat from new Edinburgh Council restrictions; organisers fight back with a petition Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival: The stars coming to 2019's festival
Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss and Scottish star David Hayman join the already announced Icíar Bollaín, Timothy Spall, Danny Boyle and Jack Lowden Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
ArtHit the North: XpoNorth 2019 preview
XpoNorth returns to Inverness to inspire creatives and offer professional advice Read more »| 10 Jun 2019 -
FilmA snapshot of American indie cinema in 2019
We report back from Sundance London 2019, where selections from America's biggest indie film festival crossed the Atlantic to greet Brits for the first time. Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
MusicElectric Fields 2019 is cancelled
After a massive venue shift from Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway to SWG3 in Finnieston, Glasgow, Electric Fields music festival has now announced it won't be taking place at all Read more »| 04 Jun 2019