Norwich Film Festival (NFF) returns this autumn with a star-studded line-up in person and on the big screen.
The annual event is back for its 14th year from November 11 to 24 2024 and tickets to all events go on sale on Tuesday, October 8.
NFF has also announced Cinema City and Norwich Playhouse as new hosting partners.
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The diverse and vibrant programme will centre around the NFF 2024 'Official Selection'—137 short films by independent filmmakers presented across 19 screenings.
They will then be judged by a panel of industry heavyweights, including directors Sasha Rainbow and Sam Moore and US filmmaker Andrew Chesworth.
Across the selection, there will be cameos from famous faces including Tamzin Outhwaite, Christopher Eccleston, Jessie Buckley, BAFTA breakthrough winner Susan Wokoma and Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens.
NFF will host workshops on skills such as directing and editing alongside talks with industry experts, including VFX specialist Julian Foddy (Fast and Furious 6, The Dark Knight Rises) and editor Carly Brown (The Crown).
A new element for the 2024 season is a series of experience-based feature-length film screenings.
This includes the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu, complete with a live score from a four-piece band at the Norwich Playhouse.
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There will also be a screening of Shakespeare in Love, partially shot at the Holkham Estate, featuring a Q&A with its Oscar-winning director John Madden.
Professor Keith M Johnston, professor of film and television at the University of East Anglia and chair of NFF said: "At this year's Norwich Film Festival, we are proud to celebrate not just the established voices of the film industry, but the creativity and passion of filmmakers from all walks of life."
Nominees for the festival’s prestigious awards will be announced in October.
Tickets will go on sale at norwichfilmfestival.co.uk
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