As we prepare to do it all again in 2018, with submissions pouring in for our second Norwich Radical Film Festival, its worth looking back on the amazing success that was our 2016 debut. Topping the bill, we at the NRFF still can't quite believe that legendary New Hollywood actor Timothy Bottoms flew from sunny LA to less-so Norwich to attend screenings of his first and latest … [Read more...]
State of Play: Justice for some, bills for others
Following up on the happier news that we are more determined than ever to revolutionise cinema, and that we will be running a second event in May 2018, some serious business. We are beginning another crowd-funding campaign, and I would like to explain why. What follows is an account of what I have been doing as festival director since the events of August – it explains our … [Read more...]
Norwich Radical Film Festival II – Coming 2018!
After a spectacular first year of earth-shaking cinema, the Norwich Radical Film Festival is back and open for submissions! … [Read more...]
Radical Is: Jack Brindelli on Radical Film
When people ask me for a definition of radical film, as Festival Director of the NRFF, I feel a professional need to state it is broader and more complex than the director owning Das Kapital or wearing a Sandinista beret. A film could be Radical by taking an avant-garde form challenging traditional narrative, in their literal documenting of real world problems, or … [Read more...]
Trumbo: A Radical Film for Radical Times
Trumbo is, quite frankly, a must-see film. Which is odd when you think about it, considering that unless you frequent London’s Leicester Square, you have zero chance of seeing it legally. The barn-storming, tub-thumping lead performance of former Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston - which rightly drew an Oscar nomination – lasted less than two weeks on screens here in Norwich. … [Read more...]