PREVIEW: A Bunch of Amateurs (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Philip Wainman, Marie McCahery, Edmund Davies, Keith Wilcock, Ian Egglestone, Andrew Cockerill, Jeanette Wilson, David Marshall, Judith Simpson, Ian J. Simpson, Jim Walker

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kim Hopkins (Voices of the Sea), director, writer, producer, cinematographer; Margaréta Szabó (Cuban Dreams), producer; Terence Dunn (A Syrian Love Story), composer; Leah Marino (Above All Else), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Members of the Bradford Movie Makers – one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world – struggle to keep their way of life afloat when the club falls on hard economic times…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

There’s hope and plenty of passion for filmmaking in this sweet and funny documentary about one of the world’s longest-running club of amateur filmmakers.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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