A BUNCH OF AMATEURS – Five Points Theatre

Day: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: Five Points Theatre, 1 Dunlop St W, Barrie, ON L4N 1A1

Documentary | 95 min. | UK

Director: Kim Hopkins
Featuring: Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden, Jeanette Wilson, Philip Wainman, Ian Egglestone, Andrew (Ted) Cockerill, Marie McCahery, Judith Simpson, Ian J. Simpson, Keith Wilcock, Edmund Davies, Jim Walker, David Marshall

PG – Coarse Language

The most quintessentially British working-class filmmaking club, Bradford Movie Makers’ members grow old amid flickering memories and the brutal reckoning of their final years. Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this quietly hilarious, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all and to the need to spend time together face to face in an increasingly lonely, digital age.

“… A profoundly poignant film about coming to terms with mortality while finding great comfort in the permanent life of flickering images.” – Kevin Maher Times (UK)

Awards: 3 wins, 4 nominations

Nominated, Best International Documentary, Calgary International Film Festival, 2022
Winner, Audience Award, Best Documentary, Leeds International Film Festival, 2022
Nominated, Best Documentary, Leipzig DOK Festival, 2022
Nominated, Best Documentary, Miami Film Festival, 2023
Winner, Best Documentary, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2023
Winner, Audience Award, Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, 2022
Nominated, Grand Jury Award, Best Documentary, Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 2022

Tickets are $12 (service fees/HST included in price).

• Online tickets sold via Ticketpro.
• By phone at 1-888-655-9090 (Ticketpro).
• For in-person sales, Box office is located at Five Points Theatre, 1 Dunlop Street West. Box office hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays from 12pm-4pm.
• On day of screening the Box office will open one hour before the performance.

Funders: City of Barrie and Telefilm Canada

Sponsors: Busch Systems, Digital Giants, Downtown BIA, Lehman & Associates, Netgain, Plumbtech Plumbing Inc., Sigma Engagement Systems, Venable Park Investment Counsel Inc.