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Festival (2005)

Genre : Drama, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 47M

Director : Annie Griffin

Synopsis

'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

Actors

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
Mark Robb
Alasdair
Dorothy Paul
Dorothy Paul
Micheline's Mother
Tom Goodman-Hill
Tom Goodman-Hill
Dougie MacLachlan
Sanjeev Kohli
Sanjeev Kohli
Ahmed Khan
Eileen Buresh
Eileen Buresh
Katie Draper
Neil Fitzmaurice
Neil Fitzmaurice
Howard Wingham
Monty Cantsin
Monty Cantsin
Nigel Hobbs
Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander
Mark
Peter McDonald
Peter McDonald
Architect
Stuart Milligan
Stuart Milligan
Arnold Weiss
Frank Gilhooley
Frank Gilhooley
Tattooed Man in Shop
Mark McDonnell
Mark McDonnell
Comedy Award Presenter
Karen Fraser
Karen Fraser
Nurse #1
Carolyn Calder
Carolyn Calder
Nurse #2
Katherine Connolly
Katherine Connolly
Mystic Nurse

Crews

Annie Griffin
Annie Griffin
Director
Danny Cohen
Danny Cohen
Director of Photography
Annie Griffin
Annie Griffin
Writer
William Webb
William Webb
Editor
Jim Sutherland
Jim Sutherland
Original Music Composer

Posters and backgrounds

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