Festival

Multi-character black comedy that takes place at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The story concerns a dozen people that are somehow involved in the annual comedian contest. These includes member of the jury, the egocentric top comedian Sean (Stephen Mangan), who seems less interested in the competition than to get laid, the one-woman show performer Faith (Lynsey Marshal), whose experimental acts leaves the audiences nothing but perplexed, as well as the Irish stand-up bozo Tommy (Chris O’Dowd), who goes to bed with the BBC journalist and member of the jury Joan (Daniela Nardini), in attempt to convince her of his entertaining qualities.Shot at location during the 2004 festival the film contains several documentary-like inserts, aiming to capture the pulse of the real event. With its mosaic of characters, fast paced story and dose of Scottish black humor, Festival somewhat bears resemblance to the cult movie Trainspotting (1996). Director Annie Griffin was actually herself working as a performer at the Edinburgh Festival, before entering film business.ARRAM ECKERBOM

Premiärstatus
Nordisk premiär: Medverkande
Daniela Nardini, Stephen Mangan, Chris O’ Dowd: Producent
Christopher Young: Manus
Annie Griffin: Foto
Daniel Cohen: Musik
Jim Sutherland: Talat språk
English