Film Screening: Celebrating Amateur Movie Day

🗓️ Date: Tuesday 10^th March 2026 🕕 Time: 1pm 📍 Venue: The Green Room, The Archive Centre, Norwich 🎟️ Tickets: Free, but booking is essential due to limited seating.   Reserve your seat here >>>

To mark Amateur Movie Day, the East Anglian Film Archive invites you to a special screening that celebrates the rich traditions of the region’s amateur filmmaking clubs and their competitions.

This programme presents the remarkable range and imagination found in nonprofessional filmmaking, drawing from the historic collection of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers.  Unlike home movies, which often preserve intimate family moments, these amateur club films were made to be shown to a public audience. With their bold storytelling, humour and experimentation, these films showcase the skill and talent of all involved and a very social way of filmmaking.

The screening offers a rare chance to see these films as they were meant to be experienced – on the big screen, in the company of others and on film. Together, they form a lively social portrait of East Anglia’s grassroots film culture.

The films will be presented by Dr Nick Warr, EAFA’s Academic Director.

Find out more: The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC)

One of the most significant collections held by the film archive is that of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC).  The collection comprises some 1200 titles dating from 1932 to the 1970s, including many award-winning films from the United Kingdom and around the world.  For further information about the IAC filmmaking community visit their website here: 📽️ The IAC

What to Expect

• A curated programme of films selected primarily from the collection of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC).
• This event will feature both digital screenings and projection from film.
• Presented by Dr Nick Warr, EAFA’s Academic Director, each film will be introduced with insights into the archive and the filmmakers.
• Post-screening discussion and Q&A

Admission

This event is free to attend, but spaces are limited.  We recommend that you reserve a seat in advance.

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Support Our work

This event is free to attend. However, if you’d like to support the work of the East Anglian Film Archive, donations of any size are always appreciated and go directly toward preserving and sharing our collections: 💛 Donate Here