Troubles-set Skintown premieres at Edinburgh with no distributor and Visit Films selling international rights

Kieron J. Walsh's Skintown — a darkly comic coming-of-age film set against the 1994 IRA ceasefire, starring Jack Rowan and Chris Walley — world-premieres in competition at Edinburgh International Film Festival on 16 August 2026. No distributor is attached in major territories; Visit Films handles international sales, making the festival slot an acquisitions window. The Hollywood Reporter debuted an exclusive clip on 13 August.