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Mariam Margolyes in Wings
Norwich Film Festival rolls out the virtual red carpet Norwich Film Festival, the fastest growing film festival in the UK,
British director Helen Randag and comedy actor Paul Kaye
launches in November, with the entire Official Selection of short
appearing in a short film called Petrichor.
films being available to watch online nationwide for the first time in the festival’s history.
This year’s festival drew submissions from 55 countries including China, the Ukraine, Syria and South Africa, with films
The online platform will feature 132 short films within a wide
from 33 countries being selected to be screened. Norwich
range of specially curated programming strands. Despite the
audiences will get a unique interpretation of issues facing
move online, the festival will remain recognisable to those
communities around the world - poverty, homelessness and
familiar with the usual format, with the programme featuring
social stigma as well as wonderful, imaginative, thought-
the return of strands such as Emerging Talent, LGBTQ+, Women
provoking storytelling from makers around the globe. Films
in Film, Late Night Shorts and many more. Audiences will be
range from just one minute to 25 minutes in length.
able to purchase a range of different passes, giving them access to individual films, specific strands or the entire selection throughout the duration of the festival. .
Three films will particularly resonate with audiences this year. ‘Remember When’, ‘Wicked Friday Night’ and ‘Alex and Mr Fluffkins’ all look at life during lockdown due to Covid-19.
Festival highlights include BAFTA award winning Miriam
‘Remember When’, a seven-minute film, was written, directed
Margolyes and Virginia McKenna starring in a short film called
and performed in Norwich and offers a fictional snapshot of life
Wings, star of BBC’s Being Human Russell Tovey and Shameless’
during lockdown.
Maxine Peake appearing in ‘It’s Me’ - a 15 minute short film by
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