News
The news on new releases, soundtracks, special screenings and UK film festivals from The Skinny. Find info on new films, and watch freshly released trailers. We bring you the latest news in all things film.
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Music
Starred Up Reworked: Track Premiere
Listen to 'Credit', the closing track from the reworked soundtrack to David Mackenzie's BAFTA Scotland-winning film Starred Up, due for a vinyl release this November Read more »| 15 Sep 2015 -
Art
HOME announces Oct 2015-Mar 2016 season
Manchester multi-arts venue HOME announces its Autumn/Winter season of art, theatre and film Read more »| 10 Sep 2015 -
Film
CAUSTIC GULP wins The Skinny Short Film Competition
The Skinny are thrilled to reveal that the winner of our 2015 short film competition is CAUSTIC GULP from filmmaker Bryan M Ferguson. Read more »| 24 Aug 2015 -
Festivals
Sensoria launches its 2015 Programme
Sheffield music and film festival Sensoria returns for 2015, with Tim Burgess’s Tim Peaks Diner. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
Videos
RETCON by Bensalem Mitchell
Director Bensalem Mitchell explains the ideas, inspirations and processes behind his film RETCON, the final shortlisted film in The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015 Read more »| 14 Aug 2015 -
Festivals
Take One Action! Launchs 2015 Festival Programme
Take One Action! Film Festival reveals its 2015 programme Read more »| 13 Aug 2015
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Film
The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015 Shortlist
We're delighted to announce the shortlist of films in contention for The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015. Following our inaugural 2014 competition, ... Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
Videos
Robert Carlyle on The Legend of Barney Thomson
Trainspotting and 28 Weeks Later star Robert Carlyle discusses his directorial debut, the Glasgow-set black comedy The Legend of Barney Thomson. Carlyle sta... Read more »| 22 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
45 Years and Ainslie Henderson win Edinburgh Film Festival awards
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years has won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Michael Powell Award for Best British Film, with the 2015 Festival aw... Read more »| 26 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival announces Best of the Fest line-up
The list of films for the annual Best of the Fest screenings to conclude the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival has been revealed, ahead of the Festi... Read more »| 25 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival unveils full 2015 programme
The full programme for the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival has been announced ahead of the 2015 festival this June. Among the films in the runnin... Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
Festivals
EIFF unveils Scottish talent lineup for 2015
A clutch of new Scottish films have been added to the lineup for the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival, with new work featuring Frankie Boyle and Peter Mullan, an... Read more »| 19 May 2015 -
Videos
Long-lost Star Wars companion short Black Angel released online
It's been unavailable for 34 years, but now Star Wars fans can see fantasy short Black Angel, the short film that accompanied The Empire Strikes Back on its original release Read more »| 13 May 2015 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival 2015 to close with Scott Graham's Iona
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that its 69th edition will come to a close with the world premiere of Scott Graham’s second feature... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
Festivals
Doc/Fest announces Joshua Oppenheimer and Monty Python in its 2015 line-up
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK’s premier celebration of documentary filmmaking, has revealed its line-up for this year’s festival. Proceedings kick ... Read more »| 07 May 2015