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Festival 2005 Directed by Annie Griffin

'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

Country USA
Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Gaelic
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Companies Film4 Productions , UK Film Council
Release Date 15 July 2005
107 mins
Cast
Lyndsey Marshal Faith Myers
Chris O'Dowd Tommy O'Dwyer
Daniela Nardini Joan Gerard
Stephen Mangan Sean Sullivan
Lucy Punch Nicky Romanowski
Raquel Cassidy Petra Loewenberg
Clive Russell Brother Mike
Amelia Bullmore Micheline Menzies
Richard Ayoade Dwight Swan
Duncan Duff Gordon Menzies
Matthew Holness Roger - Lighting Man
Jimmy Chisholm Radio Producer
Deirdre O'Kane Frida Finucane
Billy Carter Conor Kennedy
Selina Cadell Estate Agent
Mark Robb Alasdair
Dorothy Paul Micheline's Mother
Tom Goodman-Hill Dougie MacLachlan
Sanjeev Kohli Ahmed Khan
Eileen Buresh Katie Draper
Neil Fitzmaurice Howard Wingham
Monty Cantsin Nigel Hobbs
Peter McDonald Architect
Stuart Milligan Arnold Weiss
Frank Gilhooley Tattooed Man in Shop
Mark McDonnell Comedy Award Presenter
Karen Fraser Nurse #1
Carolyn Calder Nurse #2
Katherine Connolly Mystic Nurse
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