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Following a number of performers and judges who converge at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Several tales are interwoven as the judge of a comedy award drives his personal assistant to distraction (and the bottle), a would-be comedienne tries to get her big break, and an actress mounts her earnest and challenging one-woman play.

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Empire Magazine 04/01/2006
3/5
The atmosphere of the festival is effectively portrayed ... and there are few decent laughs. Go to Full Review Stella Papamichael BBC.com 08/27/2005
3/5
Festival will surely tickle your funny bone. Go to Full Review Paul Dale The List 04/25/2019
4/5
Acidic, dyspeptic, darkly funny and filthily rude, Festival is that rare British beast: a good ensemble drama. Go to Full Review Jason Gorber Film Scouts 06/21/2007
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Here's a tip: when making a film about the comedy portion of the Fringe Festival of Edinburgh, make it funny. Go to Full Review ScreenAnarchy 04/17/2007
For the most part, the stories are completely unrelated and therefore suffer from a feeling that some of the strands are completely redundant. Go to Full Review Michael Ferraro Film Threat 03/21/2006
3.5/5
Festival is like the Nashville of the fringe scene; a multi-character exercise that shows writer/director Annie Griffin's wonderful ability to juggle a large cast with an enjoyable story and constant laughs. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/26/2011 More dramatic than the Edinburgh festival ever gets, the ensemble plot isn't bad, but most of the characters are annoying. See more 07/24/2011 actually saw a scene of this getting filmed one night. decent. See more 07/18/2011 I might be a bit biased because I'm an Edinburgh resident but I love this film. It makes me feel so much better about having to live in Edinburgh in August. Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing! It also seems to manage to capture the mad mood of the city during the Festival and is laugh out loud funny though. Bias aside it's a delightful quirky little black comedy. See more 03/09/2009 This film isn't very good. It tries too hard be an English dogme comedy but this is no Festen, its more like Mike Figgis's Hotel and if you know what im taking about, you know that that's not a good thing. Highlights are Chris O'Dowd & Clive Russell's performances, a star each! See more 10/28/2008 This movie is a bit episodic but there are some absolute gems in there, especially the play by the Canadian troupe. The Amazon.co.uk reviews and the IMDB reviews and discussion threads are some of the funniest reads I've had in a bit. See more 09/07/2008 Works better as a TV series maybe. It has its moments though! See more Read all reviews
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Annie Griffin

Director

Lyndsey Marshal

Faith Myers

Amelia Bullmore

Micheline Menzies

Daniela Nardini

Joan Gerard

Chris O'Dowd

Tommy O'Dwyer

Billy Carter

Conor Kelly

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Synopsis Following a number of performers and judges who converge at the annual Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Several tales are interwoven as the judge of a comedy award drives his personal assistant to distraction (and the bottle), a would-be comedienne tries to get her big break, and an actress mounts her earnest and challenging one-woman play.
Director
Annie Griffin
Producer
Christopher Young
Screenwriter
Annie Griffin
Production Co
FilmFour
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 15, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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