A Bunch of Amateurs
Synopsis
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2022 - International Competition - World premiere
Grierson Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best Cinema Documentary
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 min
- Director
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Kim Hopkins
- Producer
- Margareta Szabo, Kim Hopkins
- Co-Producer
- Capella Fahoome
- Executive Producer
- Lisa Marie Russo, Megan Gelstein, Simon Beaufoy, Caroline Cooper Charles, Capella Fahoome
- Editor
- Leah Marino
- Screenwriter
- Kim Hopkins
- Director of Photography
- Kim Hopkins
- Sound
- Sound Editor: Miles Foster-Greenwood, Morgan Honaker
- Composer
- Terence Dunn
- Principal cast
- With contributions from: Colin Egglestone, Harry Nicholls, Joe Ogden,Jeanette Wilson
- Co-Executive Producer
- John Archer
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI DocSociety, Screen Yorkshire, Catapult Film Fund
Labor of Love Films
38 Bishopthorpe RoadYork
North Yorkshire YO23 1JL
Sales Company
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