Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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FilmBenedetta
Basic Instinct and Elle director Paul Verhoeven dips his toe into the lesbian nun sub-genre with Benedetta, a darkly comic and provocative drama exploring the overlap between religious devotion and eroticism Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
FilmBergman Island
In Mia Hansen-Løve's latest, a filmmaking couple takes a trip to island of Fårö in Sweden, where Ingmar Bergman shot many of his films and where he resided in later life Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
FilmA Banquet
Tensions between a widowed mother and her eldest daughter arise when the latter gives up eating due to potentially unnatural forces in this feature film debut from Ruth Paxton Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
FilmRed Rocket
Sean Baker returns with another tale from the fringes. In Red Rocket, his focus is a washed-up porn actor who's looking to get back on his feet Read more »| 04 Mar 2022 -
FilmLizzie Mackenzie on The Hermit of Treig
We meet up with documentarian and Oban native Lizzie Mackenzie ahead of the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of her debut feature The Hermit of Treig to find out about her fascination with outsiders and rebels Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmThe Skinny on… Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci returns to his hometown this month for an on-stage talk at Glasgow Film Festival; ahead of that chat, we asked Iannucci to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Feb 2022
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FilmSean Baker on Red Rocket
With Red Rocket, Sean Baker has once again turned his camera on a corner of the US rarely represented in American cinema. Baker introduces us to the concept of the 'suitcase pimp' and explains why he's happy working outside the Hollywood mainstream Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
Uk FestivalsConnect Festival 2022: Massive Attack, The National headline
Connect Festival in Edinburgh announces a lineup topped by Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers, The National, Jon Hopkins, Mogwai and more Read more »| 23 Feb 2022 -
Uk FestivalsThe Great Eastern festival returns for 2022
Edinburgh all-dayer The Great Eastern is back, with Kathryn Joseph, Free Love and Anna B Savage among the first acts announced for 2022 Read more »| 23 Feb 2022 -
Uk FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2022: First acts announced
We take a closer look at Kelburn Garden Party's first announcement for 2022 featuring Max Cooper, HENGE, DJ Kampire, Nova, Optimo, Free Love and more Read more »| 11 Feb 2022 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival reveal films in 2022 competitions
GSFF are back in-person and have revealed the films competing for the Bill Douglas Award and the Scottish Short Film Competition. The Skinny favourites James Price, Cat Bruce and Bryan M Ferguson are among those with films in the latter Read more »| 10 Feb 2022 -
Uk FestivalsHippFest 2022 preview: Scotland's silent film fest returns
Mark Kermode's band scores FW Murnau’s City Girl and Withnail & I’s Paul McGann narrates the closing gala, L’Homme du Large – those are just a few potential highlights from this year's HippFest Read more »| 09 Feb 2022 -
MusicDoune the Rabbit Hole 2022: Ten acts to catch
With the shocking reveal that Patti Smith is set to play at Doune the Rabbit Hole in Stirlingshire this summer, we pick out ten other acts not to be missed Read more »| 28 Jan 2022 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival reveal 2022 programme
Glasgow Film Festival returns as a hybrid of in-person and at-home screenings, where work from the world's great auteur filmmakers (Claire Denis, Sean Baker, Mia Hansen-Løve) is paired with films with a local flavour Read more »| 27 Jan 2022 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2022: Ten films to watch
Exciting Scottish talent and internationally renowned directors rub shoulders at the latest edition of the Glasgow Film Festival. Stories of gallus imposters, smouldering love triangles and heartbreaking romances are just some of the potential highlights Read more »| 27 Jan 2022