MADE IN EAST ANGLIA FESTIVAL
22 August – 10 September
Made in East Anglia Festival is a celebration of our beautiful part of the country and its place in British cinema and culture.
FESTIVAL PRICES:
Adult £10
Concession £8
Young Adult 15-24 £8
Child £5
Members £5
Yesterday
Includes scenes filmed in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Down-on-his-luck musician Jack (a charming Himesh Patel) goes from Lowestoft to the international stage when he wakes up one day and learns he’s the only person on the planet who remembers The Beatles in Danny Boyle’s delightful fantasy-tinged romantic comedy.
Fri 22 Aug 19:30
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Includes scenes filmed in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England.
Sun 24 Aug 13:30
The Dig + Talk with Charlie Haylock
Includes scenes filmed around Suffolk, including Thorpeness Beach, Shingle Street, and Snape.
In the late 1930s, wealthy landowner Edith Pretty hires amateur archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the mounds on her property in Sutton Hoo, England. He and his team discover a ship from the Dark Ages while digging up a burial ground.
Wed 27 Aug 14:30
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Filmed around Norfolk, including Cromer Pier, Norwich, and Sheringham.
Steve Coogan reprises his most popular role as the iconic Alan Partridge, the famous local radio DJ and one time talk show host. Alan finds himself at the center of a siege when a disgruntled fellow DJ (Colm Meaney) decides to hold their station hostage.
Fri 29 Aug 20:00
The Living Daylights
Features a scene filmed in Elveden Hall, Suffolk.
Timothy Dalton is suave, cunning and lethal in his debut film as super agent James Bond in this turbo-charged action-adventure that pulls out all the stops for excitement. Armed with razor-sharp instincts, a gadget-laden Aston Martin and his license to kill, Agent 007 must battle diabolical arms merchants who are united in a terrifying conspiracy for world domination that may be linked to the Soviet military high command.
Fri 05 Sep 20:00
The Rainbow Jacket
Filmed extensively in Newmarket, Suffolk.
A former jockey and his protégé throw a horse race for a gang of criminals.
Sun 07 Sep 13:30
Chicken Town + Director Q&A
This showing will be followed by a Q&A with director Richard Bracewell.
The badlands of East Anglia. A young man (Jayce) is released from prison after serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. Broke and looking for answers, he goes into business with an elderly neighbour (Kev) to fence a shed of weed the old man has grown on his allotment. When their activities attract the unwanted attention of some local dimwit hoodlums, Jayce and Kev are forced to confront their past mistakes, discovering a mutual respect they never thought possible.
Wed 10 Sep 19:30
TIM CURTIS
Tim Curtis is an acclaimed Suffolk-based independent filmmaker whose work captures the rich history, landscapes, and human stories of East Anglia. Renowned for his evocative storytelling and immersive visual style, Curtis has directed a number of celebrated films that resonate deeply with local and wider audiences alike.
Life on the Deben
This showing will be followed by a live audience Q&A with filmmaker Tim Curtis.
“Life on the Deben” traces the entire length of the Deben, from the secret and disputed upper reaches near Debenham to the boatyards and bustle of Woodbridge down to the sea at Bawdsey and Felixstowe Ferry.
Sat 23 Aug 13:30
Fire Over Shingle Street + We Fought Them in Gunboats
This showing will be preceded by a live introduction by Tim Curtis.
Fact, Fiction, or Propaganda?
A new documentary by Suffolk-based filmmaker Tim Curtis (Life on the Deben, Stanley’s War) delves into one of Britain’s most persistent Second World War mysteries, asking: Has this enduring enigma been fully accounted for, or are there still unanswered questions?
Sat 23 Aug 16:30
Stanley’s War
Stanley’s War dramatises stories of love, loss and sacrifice, following the lives of Suffolk people during WW1. The film recounts the true life-changing experiences at the Western Front of Stanley Banyard, a farm hand from Ramsholt, and how he saved the lives of his comrades lost in no-man’s-land by using skills he learnt as a boy from a Suffolk gamekeeper
Wed 03 Sep 17:00
Stately Homes of East Anglia
Private Peaceful
Tue 26 Aug 20:00
Featuring scenes filmed in Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
A Cock and Bull Story
Tue 02 Sep 20:00
Filmed in various locations in Norfolk, including Felbrigg Hall, Heydon Hall, Gunthorpe Hall, and Blicking Hall.
Michael Winterbottom’s witty take on Laurence Sterne’s classic stars Steve Coogan as Sterne’s eponymous hero and as Steve Coogan, a vain actor with a roving eye…and a sweet wife and baby in tow.
This showing will be preceded by a short talk from Dr Tom McClelland.
Dean Spanley
Tue 09 Sep 20:00
Filmed in Holkham Hall, Norfolk & Elveden Hall, Suffolk.
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
THE BRIDGE
– ON 35MM FILM
Filmed in various locations around Suffolk, including Framlingham Castle, Southwold, and Halesworth.
The sweeping Suffolk coast provides the backdrop for Victorian romance in this speculative story of real-life painter Phillip Wilson Steer, whose annual trip is disrupted by the arrival of a beautiful – and unattainable – young woman.
THE SECRET TUNNEL (1948)
Mon 25 Aug 11:00
Antiques collector Roger Henderson returns from abroad to his stately home to find a valuable Rembrandt painting missing. His son Roger, together with the handyman’s son John, decide to solve the mystery.
Filmed in Flixton Hall, Suffolk.
Flixton Hall was the seat of one of the largest estates in Suffolk in the 19th century. Largely demolished 1952; only the shell of part of the ground floor standing today
Family Matinée: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sat 06 Sep 10:30
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