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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Uk FestivalsFilm Event Highlights – November 2012
The Coens come to the Cameo; DCA delivers a symphony of horror; French cinema is celebrated across Scotland; a new film night launches in Glasgow; and the GFT hosts a Jewish movie simkhe Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Glasgay! 2012: Queer Shorts
We preview the local and international short film programmes screening at this year's Glasgay! Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
Uk FestivalsGood Gaul: French Film Festival UK 2012
November sees the English Channel narrow as a boatload of French fancies make their way across for the 20th French Film Festival UK. Highlights include a new Asterix romp and a retrospective of great cinema modernist Chantal Akerman Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
International Festivals
CMJ 2012, Days Three and Four: Death Grips, Color Film, and Sub Pop Records' showcase
Detour Scotland's Ally McCrae checks in after days three and four of the New York new music showcase Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
THAT Festival @ The Macrobert
It's THAT festival again...THAT festival returns with some of the freshest performances in theatre. Read more »| 19 Oct 2012 -
International FestivalsCMJ 2012: Detour Scotland's Ally McCrae surveys the New York Music Marathon
Greetings from the midst of New York’s yearly marathon of new music, (cue American broadcaster voice) Ally McCrae reporting from CMJ 2012. This festiva... Read more »| 18 Oct 2012
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Uk FestivalsIn Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Saturday 6 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 All the action from Platform's family friendly Eastern Promise Festival 2012, featuring sets from Plank!, Richard Youngs, The ... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
In Pictures: Eastern Promise Festival 2012 @ Platform, Friday, 5 October
Eastern Promise Festival 2012 Returning for a third year, the first night of Platform's 2012 edition of the eclectic Eastern Promise Festival offered sets b... Read more »| 12 Oct 2012 -
Art
Scotland + Venice: Critical Dialogues
What is a fallow year for Venice Art Biennale is the big blowout for the architecture world. But as you might expect, the work on show at the 13th Internatio... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Glasgay! 2012: The Movies
We preview the movies being screened in Glasgow's annual celebration of queer culture Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Pusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Document 10: A Year of Independence
Document celebrates a decade of politically minded, socially driven film curation with a programme titled A Year of Independence. Homelessness, people trafficking and revolution are just some of the themes in this tenth edition Read more »| 04 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Africa in Motion 2012: Redraw Your Movie Map
Africa in Motion, the UK's finest celebration of African cinema, is back for a 7th consecutive year with another bursting programme. Here's a taster of what you can expect, from Arab Spring docs to ass kicking femmes fatales Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Harold and Maude & I Heart Alice Heart I @ Glasgay!
Glasgay! gets old... Read more »| 03 Oct 2012 -
Uk Festivals
Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012: Walk in My Shoes
The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival asks audiences to experience the world through different eyes. No art form is better for this task than cinema. We speak to Eddie Harrison, the festival's film programmer, to learn more Read more »| 01 Oct 2012