

Festival
2005-07-15 · 107 min · ★ 6.0
'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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- Directors
- Annie Griffin
- Production companies
- Film4 Productions, UK Film Council
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lyndsey MarshalFaith Myers
Chris O'DowdTommy O'Dwyer
Stephen ManganSean Sullivan
Lucy PunchNicky Romanowski
Raquel CassidyPetra Loewenberg
Clive RussellBrother Mike
Amelia BullmoreMicheline Menzies
Megan DoddsDina
Meredith MacNeillMary
Jonah LotanRick
Richard AyoadeDwight Swan
Duncan DuffGordon Menzies
Matthew HolnessRoger - Lighting Man
Jimmy ChisholmRadio Producer
Deirdre O'KaneFrida Finucane
Billy CarterConor Kennedy
Selina CadellEstate Agent
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