THE FESTIVAL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners Movie), Hammed Animashaun (Borrowed Time), Claudia O’Doherty (Trainwreck), Jemaine Clement (Men in Black 3), Hannah Tointon (The Children), Noel Fielding (Bunny and the Bull), Nick Frost (The World’s End), Theo Barklem-Biggs (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Kurt Yaeger (War Flowers), Lizzy Connolly (film debut), Hugh Coles (The Hybrid), Chris Geere (After Earth), Adrian Lukis (City Slacker), Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow), Natasia Demetriou (film debut), Emma Rigby (Endless Love)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners 2), director; Keith Akushie (film debut) and Joe Parham (film debut), writers; Claire Jones (Kill List), producer; Simon Tindall (Northern Soul), cinematographer; Charlie Fawcett (The Inbetweeners Movie) and William Webb (The Proprietor), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After getting dumped by his girlfriend at graduation, Nick (Thomas) experiences a colossal breakdown and feels like his life is over. His best friend Shane (Animashaun) has the bright idea of bringing him along to a three-day music festival, and with the help of festival aficionado Amy (O’Doherty) Nick learns to embrace the music, the madness, and the mud…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

With festival season in full swing, feel far more comfortable sitting through a comedy that puts all the stresses and worries that come with attending all these giant music celebrations on a pedestal for us to laugh at.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST 2018

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