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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FilmScottish Queer International Film Festival announces 2018 programme
The essential SQIFF returns with a programme featuring queer East Asian and Arab cinema, an asexual reading of the Wizard of Oz and a chance to experience queer virtual reality Read more »| 25 Oct 2018 -
Film
Destroyer
Nicole Kidman will receive plaudits for her transformation into a grizzled LA cop, but the real star of Destroyer is director Karyn Kusama's muscular, pulsating direction Read more »| 25 Oct 2018 -
MusicEastern Promise at Platform: 2018 Preview
The eighth edition of Platform’s Eastern Promise festival combines cutting-edge music, art and performance Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
FilmLFF 2018: The Favourite
The director of Dogtooth and The Lobster delivers his most accessible and entertaining film yet, with Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman outstanding in this wild period comedy Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
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Africa in Motion Film Festival: 2018 Preview
Africa in Motion is back for its 13th edition and it's in a rebellious frame of mind with a diverse programme of African cinema from 28 countries taking over Glasgow and Edinburgh Read more »| 09 Oct 2018 -
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Scotland Loves Anime 2018: Preview
Scotland Loves Anime returns for its ninth outing. Expect tales of love, death and future dystopia, not to mention the most inventive time-travel story in recent memory Read more »| 09 Oct 2018
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Music
No Bounds Festival 2018: Preview
No Bounds Festival's radical programming is a welcome addition to the UK's festival circuit. We identify five acts to keep tabs on ahead of the sophomore edition this weekend Read more »| 08 Oct 2018 -
FilmNic Cage unleashed as Glasgow’s Cage-a-Rama returns
Cage-a-Rama, “Europe’s longest-running Nicolas Cage Film Festival”, returns to Glasgow next year with two more days of Cage-related antics Read more »| 01 Oct 2018 -
Music
Freakender @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, 14-16 Sep
With standout performances from Kaputt, Savage Mansion, Free Love and Irma Vep, the third Freakender weekender is most certainly a welcome one. Here's to more freaky weekends! Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
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Electric Fields 2018: Review
Electric Fields remains a diverse, enjoyable weekend of music, but when End of the Road offers much the same, plus incredible headliners, it’s hard not to want more from a flagship Scottish event Read more »| 27 Sep 2018 -
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End of the Road 2018: Review
St. Vincent, Feist, Stella Donnelly, Iceage, Vampire Weekend and more delight at the 2018 edition of Dorset's End of the Road festival Read more »| 13 Sep 2018 -
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The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for a fifth edition
The annual festival will screen 15 Spanish language feature films and seven shorts throughout October Read more »| 11 Sep 2018 -
Film
A look at Scotland's thriving small film festivals scene
In Scotland, barely a week goes by without a film festival bringing interesting cinema to our shores. We speak to some of the people who help deliver these festivals to discover how they're creating film spaces that are both ambitious and inclusive Read more »| 10 Sep 2018 -
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Manchester Psych Fest 2018: Review
Manchester Psych Fest once again proves that versatility is the watchword for success as it showcases the city's vibrant possibilities Read more »| 07 Sep 2018 -
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The Glasgow Youth Film Festival team introduce their programme
The Young Programmers of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival clue us in on what to look forward to at this year's event, from a film about kickarse female skateboarders to a documentary about a legendary science-fiction writer Read more »| 06 Sep 2018