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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FilmGFF 2021: Creation Stories
Creation Stories is anchored by a magnetic performance from Ewen Bremner, but Nick Moran's biopic of the larger-than-life Alan McGee is surprisingly conventional Read more »| 25 Feb 2021 -
FilmGFF 2021: Minari
Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical drama takes us back to the 1980s, where a Korean American family is trying to adjust to life in rural Arkansas. The result is a film touched by magic Read more »| 23 Feb 2021 -
Uk FestivalsLawrence Michael Levine on Black Bear
Aubrey Plaza is a revelation in Lawrence Michael Levine's surprising dark comedy Black Bear. Levine got the idea from a dream – over our chat we dig into his subconscious and the surreal film's hidden meanings Read more »| 18 Feb 2021 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival returns for its 14th edition
The mighty Glasgow Short Film Festival reveals the films in its two competitions, and shares its 2021 launch trailer Read more »| 17 Feb 2021 -
FilmIFFR 2021: Small-scale film gems from Rotterdam
Part one of International Film Festival Rotterdam's two-part 2021 festival was sprinkled with enough small-scale gems to suggest arthouse and experimental cinema might still be in reasonable shape. We report back on some highlights Read more »| 15 Feb 2021 -
Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival highlights Black Scottish filmmakers
Glasgow Film Festival presents Welcome To: a programme shining a light on Black Scottish filmmaking Read more »| 02 Feb 2021
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Uk FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2021: Our Top Ten Films
From a Romanian tale of obsession to a Danish revenge thriller via an Iranian moral tale and a doc about a huge Norwegian pig, there's something for everyone in Glasgow Film Festival's online programme Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
FilmMariah Garnett on Trouble
Glasgow Short Film Festival presents Mariah Garnett's Trouble at this year's Document festival. Blending fact and fiction, it looks at the legacy of the Troubles through the lived experience of her estranged Northern Irish father. Garnett tells us more Read more »| 27 Jan 2021 -
Uk Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival returns online in 2021
Irvine Welsh's biopic of infamous music impresario Alan McGee and a brilliant tragicomedy about a refugee trapped on a remote Scottish island are just two highlights from this year's fully-online Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jan 2021 -
International FestivalsSonic Switch-Up: Eurosonic Noorderslag 2021 goes online
With a return to pre-COVID normality still elusive, the organisers of Eurosonic Noorderslag explain how they've delivered an all-virtual event for 2021 Read more »| 13 Jan 2021 -
FilmFokus: Films from Germany 2020 Preview
Fokus returns for its sixth edition with a slimmed-down but no less nourishing programme of features and documentaries giving a snapshot of the best of Germany filmmaking over the last year Read more »| 27 Nov 2020 -
Uk FestivalsWorld Building: Exploring SQIFF 2020
SQIFF headed to cyberspace in this age of pandemic; one writer reports back on how the festival reflected our increasingly dystopian world back at us Read more »| 09 Nov 2020 -
FilmThe Scottish Film Festivals Offering a Window on the World
Against the odds, three of our favourite festivals return this autumn. After months of lockdown, the fresh new perspectives of Africa in Motion, French Film Festival UK and Scotland Loves Anime should be cherished – and offer more than simple escapism Read more »| 05 Nov 2020 -
FilmPatrick
Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants makes his feature debut with Patrick, a Coen-esque caper centred on a nudist camp's handyman and his missing tool Read more »| 30 Oct 2020 -
FilmAbout Endlessness
Swedish absurdist Roy Andersson returns with another series of bittersweet sketches that both amuse and move in equal measure Read more »| 30 Oct 2020