Paul Mescal to speak at Glastonbury's cinema tent

Paul Mescal will speak at a Q&A for a screening of his film Aftersun at this year's Pilton Palais, the Glastonbury Festival cinema tent.

The 2022 independent drama - which received critical acclaim and earned Mescal his first Oscar nomination - will be shown alongside a selection of films including Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17, the Leonardo DiCaprio drama The Beach and the documentary One to One: John & Yoko.

Mescal also participated in the event last year, when he spoke with his co-star Andrew Scott about their film All of Us Strangers.

"The Pilton Palais team is proud to present this year’s programme, which happens to be more star-studded than ever before, with more A-list guests supporting screenings and participating in Q&As of their films" said the festival in a statement.

Other celebrity guests coming to the cinema tent include Tilda Swinton, Margot Robbie, Andrew Garfield, Ncuti Gatwa and Jodie Comer. Bastille frontman Dan Smith will also be attending to pay a tribute to the late David Lynch before the screening of Wild At Heart.

The cinema tent, which has a capacity of 1100, will be hosting events throughout the five-day festival.

 

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Glastonbury Festival is set to take a "fallow year" in 2026, in keeping with the event's tradition to protect the environment. The festival will return the following year.

Irish acts at the UK festival include Kneecap, Inhaler, The Script, CMAT and Snow Patrol.

Ticket information can be found here.