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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FilmArcadia
Scottish filmmaker Paul Wright raids the BFI archives to create a dreamy study of rural life that's both nostalgic and nightmarish Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Film
Submergence
James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander star in Wim Wenders' beautiful but shallow adaptation of JM Ledgard's novel Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Art
Alberta Whittle wins 2018 Margaret Tait Award
Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle has been announced as the Margaret Tait Award winner in the centenary year of the Orcadian filmmaker’s birth Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
Film
The Breadwinner
From the director of The Secret of Kells, The Breadwinner is a powerful film in which the cuteness and colour of the animation is balanced by realities of life in war-torn Afghanistan Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
FilmDisappearance
Iranian siblings come up against the insanity of their nation's backwards healthcare rules in this bold drama that begins well but plays its hand too early Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
FilmThe Party's Just Beginning
In Karen Gillan's Inverness-set directorial debut The Party's Just Beginning, the script, the camera, and the actor all move in perfect time with one another Read more »| 26 Feb 2018
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Film120 BPM
Director Robin Campillo, co-writer of The Class, presents a sprawling portrait of AIDS activism in early 90s Paris that's both vibrant and devastating Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
FilmChloé Zhao on The Rider, her tender portrait of America's heartland
The Rider, Chloé Zhao's study of an injured rodeo rider, fuses reality and cinema poetry. We discuss the film with Zhao, who explains how she created this moving film out of a charismatic rodeo rider's real-life fall from the saddle Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Film
Todd Haynes on enchanting childhood tale Wonderstruck
For the past three decades, Todd Haynes has been one of the most important voices in American indie cinema. Here he discusses new film Wonderstruck, using sign language and the Velvet Underground Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
Film
Not Horsing Around: Charlie Plummer on road movie Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer speaks to us about his knockout performance in Andrew Haigh's downbeat road movie Lean on Pete, using acting to cure his shyness and just missing out on being Spider-Man Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
How Ida Lupino went from Hollywood star to pioneering director
Ida Lupino was one of the first women directors in American cinema, but her achievements continue to be overlooked. As her centenary year coincides with a seismic shift in Hollywood gender dynamics, it's the perfect time to celebrate her talent Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
A Fantastic Woman
Transgender actress Daniela Vega gives a star-making turn in this stylish drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Film
Isle of Dogs
This gorgeous and rambunctious stop motion adventure set in a future Japan where dogs have been exiled sees Wes Anderson at his most imaginative and loose-limbed Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Bill Pullman's Best Films: from Spaceballs to Lost Highway
Bill Pullman comes to GFF this year with flinty western The Ballad of Lefty Brown and will give an extended In Person Q&A at the festival. Ahead of his Glasgow visit, we count down his finest five performances Read more »| 16 Feb 2018 -
Film
Pin Cushion
Pin Cushion, writer-director Deborah Haywood’s debut feature film, joins the ranks of Lady Macbeth, God’s Own Country and The Levelling as an example of the quality of excellence being produced by contemporary British filmmakers Read more »| 16 Feb 2018