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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FilmDirector John Landis heads to Edinburgh’s Dead by Dawn
The legendary filmmaker heads to the annual horror festival to introduce two of his films, and the 25th anniversary edition of Dead by Dawn also includes a taste-along screening of Evil Dead II and premieres of brand new horror films from around the globe Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
FilmAlchemy Film & Moving Image Festival 2018: Preview
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns to Hawick with a lively programme that includes the new collaboration between Ben Rivers and Ben Russell and the reportedly final film from the great Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
FilmBeast
The boundary between man and animal is explored in Michael Pearce's compelling, sensual and pleasingly off-kilter Beast Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
Film
Custody
An astonishingly tense drama from first time director Xavier Legrand following an acrimonious custody battle with a young boy caught in the middle between his dysfunctional parents Read more »| 03 Apr 2018 -
MusicElectric Fields announce more bands for 2018
Public Service Broadcasting and Dream Wife are among the latest to join the fifth edition of the festival at Drumlanrig Castle Read more »| 27 Mar 2018 -
Festivals
EIFF line up female filmmakers & 80s horror retrospectives
This year’s EIFF retrospectives featuring American cinema of the 1980s is inspired by today’s current Trump-era America, say organisers Read more »| 22 Mar 2018
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Art
Glasgow International's new director on the 2018 festival
As the 2018 edition of Glasgow International draws near, we check in with the festival's director, Richard Parry, to discuss his plans Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
Film
Female directors rule at GSFF 2018 awards
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018 handed out its annual awards last night, with a dreamy Basque Country short and Alia Ghafar’s Edinburgh College of Art graduation film winning the top prizes Read more »| 19 Mar 2018 -
Art
Platform unveil Outskirts programme for 2018
The Easterhouse arts hub announces details of this year's Outskirts festival, including new music from Golden Teacher's Oliver Pitt and a host of Glasgow International art tie-ins Read more »| 16 Mar 2018 -
ComedyLink and Lorne on TV comedy and their new show
Ewan Denny and Joe Hullait on TV commissioning, casting and leaving your best mate on the cutting room floor Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Art
Closing Time: No LeithLate in 2018
The much-loved community-focused festival will not return this year – “delivery of the festival has become unsustainable” say the organisers Read more »| 15 Mar 2018 -
Film
Foxtrot
Samuel Maoz’s Israeli drama Foxtrot is a story of familial grief told in three parts Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Film
The Third Murder
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest follows the thickening fog around a murder trial that may not be as straightforward as it seems Read more »| 14 Mar 2018 -
Film
Glasgow Short Film Festival: Meet some of the local filmmakers
The occasion of the eleventh Glasgow Short Film Festival gives audiences a chance to check out the fantastic shorts being made on the local scene. We speak to five of the best young Scottish and Scotland-based filmmakers with work in this year’s programme Read more »| 13 Mar 2018 -
Music
Wide Days 2018: showcase announced
Wide Days returns in April with another diverse showcase of emerging talent and its award-winning convention Read more »| 13 Mar 2018