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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FilmEIFF 2016: Suntan
Suntan, the new film from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, is firmly in the same mode of disturbing content and discomfort as other works from the so-call... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Music
Liverpool Music Week 2016: First bands revealed
Horrors side project Cat's Eyes join this year's bill, alongside Manchester's GoGo Penguin and hotly-tipped Mersyside favourites Clean Cut Kid and She Drew The Gun Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Film
Kevin Smith on fatherhood & Johnny Depp
Kevin Smith was the undoubted king of this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, and the highlight of his visit was an epic In Person chat in which he preached to the crowd on subjects including Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, and Bruce Willis being a dick Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
ArtAnna Meredith heads MOSI female artists residency
Brighter Sound, in collaboration with Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry, are inviting young female musicians from across Manchester to join celebrated composer Anna Meredith in a residency to create new work Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
FilmEIFF 2016: Little Sister
An ex-Goth nun helps rehabilitate her war-scarred brother in this spiky family comedy set at the dawn of Barack Obama’s presidency Read more »| 25 Jun 2016 -
Film
Edinburgh Film Festival names 2016 prizewinners
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced the winners of its annual awards, including its Michael Powell Award, McLaren Award and best international film Read more »| 24 Jun 2016
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Film
Clancy Brown on Highlander, Connery & Starship Troopers
80s fantasy romp Highlander made a triumphant return to Scotland with a 30th anniversary gala screening at the 70th Edinburgh Film Festival. Guest of honour ... Read more »| 24 Jun 2016 -
Film
Five Animated Years of Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson
Tomorrow, Edinburgh International Film Festival celebrates the careers of animation directing duo Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson. We take a look at what makes them so special, and hear news of their future plans Read more »| 23 Jun 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: Kids in Love
The only thing these kids, played by Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky, Jamie Blackley and Cara Delevingne, seem to be in love with is their own sense of entitlement Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Music
Tenement Trail unveils first bands for 2016
The initial line-up for this year's Tenement Trail in Glasgow has been announced ahead of this year's festival in October. Reformed Sheffield indie rockers ... Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: The White King
Agyness Deyn and Jonathan Pryce star in this dystopian fantasy that, in our current political climate, should feel more urgent Read more »| 22 Jun 2016 -
Music
Electric Fields announces more bands for 2016
A clutch of new bands have joined the line-up for this year's Electric Fields festival at Drumlanrig Castle. Glasgow duo Honeyblood join the main stage bill... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: Yoga Hosers
Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp star in Kevin Smith's good-natured meta-comedy mess Yoga Hosers Relying on a host of sub-Austin Powers gags – in... Read more »| 21 Jun 2016 -
Film
EIFF 2016: Brakes & The Library Suicides
Two very different world premieres at Edinburgh International Film Festival: improvised breakup comedy Brakes and The Library Suicides, a bloody revenge thri... Read more »| 19 Jun 2016 -
FilmEIFF 2016: The Love Witch & Baba Yaga
EIFF are screening Anna Biller's modern take on the 70s sexploitation genre while in the festival's retrospective strand you'll find Corrado Farina's Baba Yaba, an example of the real thing Read more »| 18 Jun 2016