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A Bunch of Amateurs

2022 • 95’ • UK

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.

Director/Producer:
Kim Hopkins

Producer:
Margareta Szabo

Executive Producers:
Lisa Marie Russo, Caroline Cooper Charles, Simon Beaufoy, Capella Fahoome, Megan Gelstein

  • 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
    Broadway Cinematheque 2023
    KAVI Finland / Kino Regina 2023
    Mental Health Film Festival Singapore 2024

Promotional poster for the film 'A Bunch of Amateurs,' directed by Kim Hopkins. The poster features a man wearing a cowboy hat, sitting on a white horse, in front of an old brick building with glowing windows. The background shows a sunset sky with a distant cityscape and rolling hills, and there are chickens and film reels on the ground.

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.