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Festival

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'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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

15 July 2005

Country

Cast

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

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