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Festival
Festival
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Festival

2005
1h 47m
Drama
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

2005

Runtime

1h 47m

Where to Watch

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Storyline

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Jul 15, 2005
Languages
English
Gaelic
Director
Annie Griffin
Annie Griffin
Production
Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions
UK Film Council
UK Film Council
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

33 Cast Members

Lyndsey Marshal

Lyndsey Marshal

Faith Myers

Chris O'Dowd

Chris O'Dowd

Tommy O'Dwyer

Daniela Nardini

Daniela Nardini

Joan Gerard

Stephen Mangan

Stephen Mangan

Sean Sullivan

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch

Nicky Romanowski

Raquel Cassidy

Raquel Cassidy

Petra Loewenberg

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Brother Mike

Amelia Bullmore

Amelia Bullmore

Micheline Menzies

Megan Dodds

Megan Dodds

Dina

Meredith MacNeill

Meredith MacNeill

Mary

Jonah Lotan

Jonah Lotan

Rick

Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade

Dwight Swan

Duncan Duff

Duncan Duff

Gordon Menzies

Matthew Holness

Matthew Holness

Roger - Lighting Man

Jimmy Chisholm

Jimmy Chisholm

Radio Producer

Deirdre O'Kane

Deirdre O'Kane

Frida Finucane

Billy Carter

Billy Carter

Conor Kennedy

Selina Cadell

Selina Cadell

Estate Agent

Mark Robb

Alasdair

Dorothy Paul

Dorothy Paul

Micheline's Mother

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