Interviews
Immerse yourself in behind the scene brilliance with The Skinny’s film interviews. Directors, actors, musicians, and more share their stories and artistic approaches to film. You’ll also find interviews with film festival producers.
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Interviews
Indigo Korres on ten years of SQIFF
Scottish Queer International Film Festival turns ten – the festival's director, Indigo Korres, reflects on SQIFF's contribution to Scotland's queer scene over the past decade, looks to its future and helps pick out some highlights from this year's event Read more »| 14 Oct 2025 -
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Scotland on Screen: Robert Aramayo on I Swear
The Rings of Power star Robert Aramayo swaps Elvish for expletives in I Swear, a funny and tender real-life drama based on the life of John Davidson, a man from Galashiels with Tourette syndrome Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
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Creating a Trans Cinema: Louise Weard on Castration Movie
Louise Weard's Castration Movie now spans over nine hours of chaotic, cathartic, camcorder footage. The Canadian director discusses the origins of the project and her influences in creating a cinema “by, for and about trans people” Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
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Jali Collective brings African cinema to Edinburgh
Meet the Jali Collective, a group of curators widening access to Black, African and diaspora cinema in Scotland. The collective's founding trio lay out their aims, and we look ahead to some highlights of their inaugural weekender Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
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Frank Dillane on his starring role in Urchin
Fear the Walking Dead star Frank Dillane gives a wonderful performance in Urchin, the debut film from Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson. We catch up with Dillane, who tells us about his character Mike – a young, homeless man trying to get by in London Read more »| 03 Oct 2025 -
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Sam Riley on Islands
Sam Riley gives one of his finest performances in Islands as a washed-up tennis player who gets embroiled in a mystery. Riley tells us why he related to the character and what, to him, makes for great acting Read more »| 09 Sep 2025
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Festivals
Better Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
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Scotland on Screen: David Hayman
David Hayman discusses his debut feature, Silent Scream, a forgotten Scottish masterpiece from 1990, ahead of a screening at EIFF in tribute to the film's late, great producer, Paddy Higson Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
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Charlie Shackleton on Zodiac Killer Project
Charlie Shackleton was about to make a film about the Zodiac Killer when the rights to the source material fell through, leaving him to make Zodiac Killer Project, a meta documentary about the film he wasn't permitted to make Read more »| 11 Aug 2025 -
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Queer Me Out: new queer cinema at Edinburgh Film Festival
Four out of the ten films competing in this year's Sean Connery Prize for Filmmaking Excellence at EIFF concern LGBTQ+ themes. We speak to these films' directors to explore what their work reveals about queer indie cinema in 2025 Read more »| 06 Aug 2025 -
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KVIFF 2025: Nathan Ambrosioni on Out of Love
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, who sold his game consoles at 14 to buy his first camera. Now 25, he's just won the Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Read more »| 01 Aug 2025 -
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Athina Rachel Tsangari on Harvest
Athina Rachel Tsangari swaps the 'Greek Weird Wave' for the Scottish Highlands with her elegiac period drama Harvest. Tsangari talks to us about the film's Marmite reactions, its doom-laden atmosphere and her fondness for ambiguous characters Read more »| 10 Jul 2025 -
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Remembering cult TV series Moviedrome with Alex Cox
Long before Netflix and torrent files, there was Moviedrome, the TV series from the 80s and 90s that introduced a generation of cinephiles to weird and wonderful cult films. We get nostalgic for this simpler time with Moviedrome's presenter, Alex Cox Read more »| 01 Jul 2025 -
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Open the Doors: Filmhouse returns
We're so back! After a heroic rescue effort, Filmhouse is very close to opening its doors again. Ahead of its 'soft launch' at the end of June, we chat to Andrew Simpson and Rod White, the directors heading up the new iteration of this wonderful cinema Read more »| 12 Jun 2025 -
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Way of the Sword: John Maclean on Tornado
It's been ten years since John Maclean burst onto the movie scene with his stylish western Slow West. His second feature, Tornado, is another western riff, this time set in Scotland and centred on a young Japanese woman who's handy with a samurai sword Read more »| 10 Jun 2025