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 FestivalsEdinburgh International Film Festival: The Scottish talent
Two new films from Mark Cousins and the debut feature from Rachel Maclean are among the highlights of local talent featured in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 15 May 2018 -
Edinburgh FringeWhen The Edinburgh Fringe went Beyond Satire
The Edinburgh Festival dreamt up Beyond the Fringe to upstage its rival, but the revue only increased the Edinburgh Fringe's fame Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
Uk Festivals
The Great Escape 2018: 10 acts not to miss
Ahead of The Great Escape festival in Brighton, here are ten bands and musicians (including our pick of this year’s Scottish acts) that are a must-see Read more »| 14 May 2018 -
International Festivals
Cold War
Ida director Paweł Pawlikowski delivers a stylish love story set during the early years of the Cold War Read more »| 11 May 2018 -
Food And DrinkEdinburgh Craft Beer Festival 2018 Preview
Ahead of Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival, we catch up with four of this year’s featured breweries to talk stylistic choices, collaboration, and the great ideas you get while walking your dog... Read more »| 10 May 2018 -
MusicStag & Dagger, Glasgow, 6 May
Despite some technical issues, Stag & Dagger 2018 is another excellent edition of the Glasgow festival, providing brilliant sets from Warm Digits, Bo Ningen and Protomartyr Read more »| 09 May 2018
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International Festivals
SPOT Festival 2018: we preview the Danish festival
As SPOT Festival kicks off in the Danish city of Aarhus today, we take a look at some of the Danish and Nordic acts you won’t want to miss on this year’s line-up Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF launch their Young & the Wild programme
If you’re between 15-25, The Young & the Wild programme at EIFF give you access to filmmaker masterclasses, hands-on workshops, careers advice sessions and discounted tickets to films at EIFF Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Uk FestivalsLearn your queer cinema history with Queer Classics
Teen movie Love, Simon has been claimed as a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ cinema by critics, but celebrating this tepid take on queer identity serves to overlook the great LGBTQ+ films of the past, some of which screen at new festival Queer Classics Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Film
How The Cabinet of Dr Caligari changed cinema
The horror movie was born in 1920 with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and it's resurrected this month as the film screens with a new live score at Hidden Door in Edinburgh. Ahead of the screening, we look back at the legacy of Robert Wiene’s film Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Film
Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer shines in this moving tale of a boy and his horse's cross country adventure, from talented British director Andrew Haigh Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Sheffield Doc/Fest announce 2018 programme
The UK's biggest celebration of non-fiction filmmaking returns, with a lineup that includes vital new documentaries, virtual reality installations, guest speakers and a recreation of the terrifying docudrama Threads Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIFF and RSNO team up for Jaws in concert
Duuun dun duuun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun BOM BOM dun dun dun dun dun dun doo dedoo doo dedoo dede doo dede doo dededoo – now imagine that with a full orchestra, and you're halfway to EIFF's orchestral Jaws night Read more »| 03 May 2018 -
Uk Festivals
Field Day 2018: Preview
With only a month to go until the London festival, we take a look at some of the not-to-be-missed acts on this year’s Field Day line-up Read more »| 02 May 2018 -
Edinburgh Festivals
EIF 2018: The Light on the Shore music programme
Light on the Shore will be a 16 night celebration of Scotland’s music-making, featuring The Jesus and Mary Chain, Mogwai, Django Django, The Pastels, The Fire Engines, Lydia Lunch, Alan Cumming and more Read more »| 02 May 2018