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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FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival goes online
The Glasgow Short Film Festival was meant to begin today (18 March) but has been among the many events cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The show will go on though… online that is Read more »| 18 Mar 2020 -
Uk FestivalsSilence is golden: HippFest 2020 preview
We take a peek at this year's HippFest programme, featuring a cross-dressing Hamlet, gender-bending steampunk pirates and a live narration by Withnail & I’s Paul McGann Read more »| 13 Mar 2020 -
FilmResin
New Zealand-born, Denmark-based director Daniel Joseph Borgman returns with Resin, a lyrical family story that morphs into a dark thriller Read more »| 12 Mar 2020 -
Uk FestivalsThe evolution of sound system culture
As festivals get ready to celebrate weighty bass music around the world, we sit down with the Scottish branch of sound system culture to find out more Read more »| 12 Mar 2020 -
FilmBacurau
Bacurau raises unanswered questions around gun violence and race – but it's so insane that it hardly matters Read more »| 12 Mar 2020 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2020 round-up
Another packed Glasgow Film Festival came to a close last week, recording its largest audience yet with over 43,000 attendees. Films about a female astronaut preparing to leave earth and a care nurse communing with God were among the highlights Read more »| 10 Mar 2020
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Uk FestivalsGender balance at festivals and Keychange
As festival season swings into view, we take a closer look at Keychange and celebrate some of the festivals who have signed up to its 50:50 gender balance pledge Read more »| 10 Mar 2020 -
Music2020 Music Festival Calendar: UK & Europe
We take a look at some of the festivals happening outwith Scotland that we think are worth travelling for Read more »| 09 Mar 2020 -
MusicScotland's 2020 Music Festival Highlights
Some of the highlights across the Scottish festivals calendar, from big raves at FLY Open Air and Terminal V to big summer parties at Kelburn Garden Party and Jupiter Rising Read more »| 09 Mar 2020 -
ComedyTim Renkow and Rosie Jones on accessibility in comedy
Ahead of Glasgow Comedy Festival, we speak with comics Tim Renkow and Rosie Jones about accessibility in the comedy industry Read more »| 05 Mar 2020 -
FilmThe Skinny on... Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran's hilarious coming-of-age memoir How to Build a Girl is soon to hit the big screen, with Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein playing the Moran surrogate. Read on to discover Moran's fave Beatle, best interview subject and a secret about bums Read more »| 05 Mar 2020 -
MusicPublic Enemy and Kate Tempest to play Doune the Rabbit Hole
Public Enemy (Radio), Kate Tempest, John Cale, Dan Deacon and Nadia Rose join the already announced Belle & Sebastian at the 2020 edition of the Stirlingshire festival Read more »| 04 Mar 2020 -
FilmThe Female Gaze: Mark Cousins on Women Make Film
With his epic 14-hour documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, Mark Cousins offers a rapturous celebration of women filmmakers Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
FilmThe Perfect Candidate
Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour is back on form with The Perfect Candidate, a pointed critique of her country's endemic social misogyny and the way it works to police women’s behaviour Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
FilmRunning to the Sky
Empathetic and mature coming-of-age film from Heavenly Nomadic director Mirlan Abdykalykov Read more »| 03 Mar 2020