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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FilmLooking Violence in the Eye: Icíar Bollaín on Maixabel
As Maixabel – Icíar Bollaín's drama about a victim of terrorism – opens Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, we talk to the director about delegitimising violence, and second chances Read more »| 29 Sep 2022 -
FilmAfter Yang
After Yang, Kogonada's followup to Columbus, is a metaphysical sci-fi that feels its way through the complex heartbreak and revelation of memory with a beautifully human touch Read more »| 20 Sep 2022 -
FilmSaint Omer
Alice Diop's debut fiction feature Saint Omer is a haunting courtroom drama based on the real-life story of a young Senegalese Frenchwoman accused of murdering her infant Read more »| 12 Sep 2022 -
MusicConnect Festival 2022: The Report
Although not perfect, Connect has a future as one of the UK's most unique and engaging festivals Read more »| 09 Sep 2022 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEcological Empathy and Oysters Divination
Sofia Cotrona recounts her experience of Oyster Readings, a performance by Cooking Sections, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 07 Sep 2022 -
MusicPITCH Scotland 2022: The Report
PITCH Scotland have achieved an impressive amount in a short space of time and it’s clear they’re only just getting started Read more »| 07 Sep 2022
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ArtAshanti Harris, Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Beth James responds to Ashanti Harris' exhibition Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille, in this piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
Edinburgh FestivalsJosè Campos on finding belonging and creating community
Hazel Peters meets Josè Campos (aka Studio Lenca) to discuss his practice. This piece was commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
FilmVenice Film Festival 2022: Athena
Romain Gavras’ bravura third feature, Athena, is an incendiary exploration of police brutality in the Paris banlieues Read more »| 05 Sep 2022 -
MusicJupiter Rising 2022 festival: The Report
Following a torrential downpour on Friday night, we dive into the action of Jupiter Rising's Saturday programme Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
Edinburgh FestivalsStudio Lenca: The Invisibles @ Sierra Metro
Beth James reflects on Studio Lenca's exhibition at Sierra Metro, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
FilmEIFF 2022: A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love
A purse-snatching leads to a spring-autumn romance in this curious German film exploring a middle-aged woman's sexual desire for a much younger man Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
FilmTake One Action returns for its 15th edition
Take One Action, Scotland's festival for social change, is back for its 15th edition. The festival is more compact this year but it's as radical and hopeful for our future as ever. We caught up with festival programmer Xuanlin Tham to find out more Read more »| 02 Sep 2022 -
FilmWhite Noise
Noah Baumbach takes on Don DeLillo’s darkly comic existential novel White Noise, but the film isn't an exercise in laughing at humanity. Baumbach and his cast, who include Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver, are laughing with it Read more »| 01 Sep 2022 -
Edinburgh FestivalsHazy Dream of Translucence: Lynsey MacKenzie
Isla Valentine Wade reflects on Lynsey MacKenzie's paintings, in a piece commissioned as part of Edinburgh Art Festival's Emerging Writers programme Read more »| 01 Sep 2022