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.
- Repeated Friday 3rd January at Midnight on C4
Press clippings
The Festival review
Relentlessly crude but good-natured British comedy.
Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 15th August 2018The 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 2018Film preview: The Festival
There is nice material here, but too often the film is lazy and underworked.
Kevin Maher, The Times, 14th August 2018The Festival review
Very similar to The Inbetweeners - but that's a good thing
James Luxford, Metro, 14th August 2018Review: The Festival
Puerile but exuberant Inbetweeners-style comedy featuring typically game work from Joe Thomas.
James Mottram, The List, 14th August 2018The Festival, review
Joe Thomas makes a long weekend of elaborate misery consistently funny.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 13th August 2018Joe Thomas interview
'I get "Bus Wanker" shouted at me a lot. I approach buses with caution'
Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 12th August 2018Interview: Hugh Coles
Hugh Coles teases upcoming British comedy film The Festival.
Pip Ellwood-Hughes, Entertainment Focus, 10th August 2018The 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 2018The 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