Festival 19 years old

'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

Credits

Festival Cast

Name Character
Megan Dodds She was 35, now 54 years old as Dina
Richard Ayoade He was 28, now 47 years old as Dwight Swan
Clive Russell He was 59, now 78 years old as Brother Mike
Chris O'Dowd He was 25, now 45 years old as Tommy O'Dwyer
Lucy Punch She was 27, now 46 years old as Nicky Romanowski
Amelia Bullmore She was 41, now 60 years old as Micheline Menzies
Lyndsey Marshal She was 27, now 46 years old as Faith Myers
Selina Cadell She was 52, now 71 years old as Estate Agent
Karen Fraser She was 60, now 80 years old as Nurse #1
Raquel Cassidy She was 37, now 56 years old as Petra Loewenberg
Tom Goodman-Hill He was 37, now 56 years old as Dougie MacLachlan
Stephen Mangan He was 32, now 52 years old as Sean Sullivan
Stuart Milligan He was 51, now 71 years old as Arnold Weiss
Meredith MacNeill She was 30, now 49 years old as Mary
Deirdre O'Kane She was 35, now 54 years old as Frida Finucane
Matthew Holness He was 30, now 49 years old as Roger - Lighting Man
Peter McDonald He was 33, now 52 years old as Architect
Jonah Lotan He was 32, now 51 years old as Rick
Neil Fitzmaurice He was 35, now 55 years old as Howard Wingham
Mark McDonnell as Comedy Award Presenter
Duncan Duff He was 41, now 60 years old as Gordon Menzies

Festival Crew

Name Department
Danny Cohen as Director of Photography. He was 42 (56) years old when He died Camera
Annie Griffin as Director. She was 45 (now 64) years old Directing
Annie Griffin as Writer. She was 45 (now 64) years old Writing
Festival poster
Festival (19 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 15, 2005
  • Runtime: 107 minutes