“Heartwarming… will make you laugh and cry.”
A Bunch of Amateurs
by Kim Hopkins • 2022 • 95’ • UK
Credits
Director/Producer:
Kim Hopkins
Producer:
Margareta Szabo
Executive Producers:
Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles, Simon Beaufoy, Capella Fahoome, Megan Gelstein
Growing old amid flickering memories, one of the oldest amateur film clubs in the world is teetering on the brink of survival. Desperately clinging to their dreams, and to each other, this hilarious and moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer in us all.
Awards & Festivals
Audience Award Winner
— Sheffield Doc/Fest 2022
Audience Award Winner
—Folkestone Doc Festival 2022
Audience Award Winner
— Leeds International Film Festival 2022
Documentary Award
— Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023
Audience Award
— Mendocino 2023
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2022 — International Competition
Edinburgh Film Festival 2022 — Competition
Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2022
Cinéfest Sudbury 2022
Lunenburg Doc Fest 2022
Calgary International Film Festival 2022
DOK Leipzig 2022
Cambridge Film Festival 2022
Holmfirth Film Festival 2022
Brisbane International Film Festival 2022
Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2022
Birmingham Film Festival 2022
Bath Film Festival 2022
Inward Eye Film Festival 2022
Dunoon Film Festival 2022
Noordelijk Film Festival 2022
Aldeburgh Film Festival 2022
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2023
Miami International Film Festival 2023
Art Museum of Estonia Foundation 2023
Docville 2023
Phoenix Film Festival 2023
ZagrebDox 2023
DocAviv 2023
Millenium Docs Against Gravity 2023
Mendocino Film Festival 2023
Docudays UA 2023
Vero Beach Film Festival 2023
Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2023
Midnight Sun Film Festival 2023
DOK Leipzig Summer Series 2023
Helsinki Film Festival 2023
Docville Zomerfilms 2023
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2023
Beholders 2023
Tuscon Film Festival 2023
Film Forum Höchst 2023
Silver Screen European Filmfestival for Generations 2023
Midnight Sun Film Festival 2023
Filmmaker’s Biography
A graduate of the National Film & TV School, Kim has been making award-winning documentaries for nearly fifteen years. She has TV directing/shooting credits for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, National Geographic, and Al Jazeera among others. Her films span the scope of social issues to violence against women around the world, modern slavery, healthcare in the developing world, and biographical portraits. Kim also teaches documentary film production, having been instrumental in setting up the documentary department at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio, Cuba.