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The Festival. Image shows from L to R: Shane (Hammed Animashaun), Nick (Joe Thomas)
The Festival

The Festival

  • 2018 film

Comedy about a group of friends at their first music festival. Stars Joe Thomas, Hammed Animashaun, Claudia O'Doherty, Hannah Tointon, Kurt Yaeger and more.

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Press clippings

The Festival review

Relentlessly crude but good-natured British comedy.

Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 15th August 2018

The Festival review

The Inbetweeners' Joe Thomas crowdsurfs a weekend of misadventures and self-abasing nudity in Iain Morris's likable comedy.

Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 14th August 2018

Film preview: The Festival

There is nice material here, but too often the film is lazy and underworked.

Kevin Maher, The Times, 14th August 2018

The Festival review

Very similar to The Inbetweeners - but that's a good thing

James Luxford, Metro, 14th August 2018

Review: The Festival

Puerile but exuberant Inbetweeners-style comedy featuring typically game work from Joe Thomas.

James Mottram, The List, 14th August 2018

The Festival, review

Joe Thomas makes a long weekend of elaborate misery consistently funny.

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 13th August 2018

Joe Thomas interview

'I get "Bus Wanker" shouted at me a lot. I approach buses with caution'

Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 12th August 2018

Interview: Hugh Coles

Hugh Coles teases upcoming British comedy film The Festival.

Pip Ellwood-Hughes, Entertainment Focus, 10th August 2018

The Festival review

This just might be the first film to portray the true, miserable horror of attending music festivals.

Stuart Heritage, i Newspaper, 10th August 2018

The Festival like a Inbetweeners movie in all but name

"I think it's similar to The Inbetweeners, but not 'the same'. Very funny but with honesty and heart - that was the aim."

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 25th June 2018

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