Festival
'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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Cast
33 people
Lyndsey Marshal
Faith Myers
Known for
Inside Man
Dracula
Chris O'Dowd
Tommy O'Dwyer
Known for
The IT Crowd
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Daniela Nardini
Joan Gerard
Known for
The Fades
The Party's Just Beginning
Stephen Mangan
Sean Sullivan
Known for
Rush
Episodes
Lucy Punch
Nicky Romanowski
Known for
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bad Teacher
Raquel Cassidy
Petra Loewenberg
Known for
Downton Abbey
The Worst Witch
Clive Russell
Brother Mike
Known for
Game of Thrones
Dracula
Amelia Bullmore
Micheline Menzies
Known for
I Am Not an Animal
Gentleman Jack
Megan Dodds
Dina
Known for
Houdini
EverAfter
Meredith MacNeill
Mary
Known for
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Jonah Lotan
Rick
Known for
Generation Kill
The Jacket
Richard Ayoade
Dwight Swan
Known for
The IT Crowd
Soul
Annie Griffin Director · Jim Sutherland Composer Danny Cohen Cinematographer
First release July 15, 2005 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Scottish Gaelic
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
UK Film Council
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Scottish Gaelic
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 15, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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