James R | On 06, Nov 2020

Four of the UK’s largest film festivals have come together to create Amplify!, a special online film festival for the whole of the UK.

The joint festival is co-curated by Cambridge, FilmBath, CINECITY and Cornwall Film Festivals. It runs from today until 22nd November and features more than 60 films and events, including Q&As and a free collection of short films.

Programme highlights include 25 UK premieres such as Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling, a Cannes 2020 official selection, Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough, and Patrick (De Patrick), which casts Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement in a Belgian dark comedy about a nudist camp. Other UK premiere highlights explore what it means to be human in Robolove, a journey into adulthood in I Never Cry, an outsiders view of Brexit Britain in Cat in the Wall, and a drama about a women trying to find a pretend husband in Open Door.

Slow-burn psychological thriller Rose Plays Julie, starring Aiden Gillen, also streams, alongside Tribeca audience favourite Asia, the Chilean film The Mole Agent, and Caught in the Net, the story of a virtual flytrap set for online paedophiles.

The Cambridge Film Festival brings its popular Camera Catalonia strand to the digital line-up, including the UK premieres of La Inocència (The Innocence), Keith Haring 1989 Barcelona and My Mexican Bretzel.

Audiences have the opportunity to see six short programmes for free, including the IMDb Awards from FilmBath, Cornwall’s International shorts programme and South West best regional shorts, as well as CINECITY’s New Voices – a collection of regional shorts made by 16 to 25-year-olds, supported by Screen and Film School Brighton.

Events will include a roundtable discussion with noted journalist Charles Gant entitled Distribution In Uncertain Times, a Q&A with German director-producer Jens Meurer following the UK Premiere of An Impossible Project, a casting panel hosted by Backstage Magazine, and a LIM (Less Is More) script development talk supported by Creative Europe.

Ticket pricing begins at £5, and Amplify! is offering reduced pricing for all 16–30-year-olds, as well as those who are unemployed, living on state pension alone, single parents, refugees and students. A festival pass, which includes 10 tickets at a discounted price, costs £50.

The full guide of what’s streaming when is below – head this way to book tickets.

CINECITY Open Shorts

6th to 22nd November

A selection of short dramas and documentaries made by local filmmakers

New Voices Shorts

6th to 22nd November

Short dramas and documentaries from local filmmakers aged 16–25

Love Child

6th to 8th November
Love Child
Intimate portrait of an Iranian couple outlawed for their love

To Be Continued

6th to 22nd November

An ordinary man, an extraordinary story

Rose Plays Julie

6th to 13th November

An eerie and stylish slow-burn psychological thriller

FilmBath Shorts

6th to 22nd November

Imaginative, funny, and original visions from around the world

Los Lobos

6th to 22nd November

Pups become wolves

Luxor

6th to 12th November

Reconciling the past with the present

Interdependence Shorts

6th to 22nd November

11 short films that humanise the climate crisis

Lola / Lola vers la mer

6th to 13th November

Road movie with a transgender teen and her estranged father

Waxworks / Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

6th to 22nd November

Prepare to be thrilled, dazzled, and thoroughly spooked

Cornwall Film Festival International Shorts

6th to 22nd November

A showcase of national and international filmmaking talent from Cornwall Film Festival

Cornwall Film Festival South West Regional Shorts

6th to 22nd November

Bringing the best South West filmmaking talent to national attention

Robolove

6th to 12th November

Compelling exploration of self and what it means to be human

Short: I Still Breathe

6th to 12th November

A London filmmaker’s response to the death of George Floyd

Asia

7th to8th November
Asia
Wrenching portrait of maternal love

An Impossible Project

7th to 14th November

An ode to analogue.

Adventures of a Mathematician

7th to 13th November

Moral conflict in the Manhattan Project.

The Mole Agent

7th to 13th November

83-year-old undercover in a nursing home.

Aalto

8th to 14th November

The master architect and his great wife.

Coded Bias

9th to 22nd November

Who do algorithms serve?

The Audition / Das Vorspiel

9th to 15th November

Nina Hoss is a fanatically obsessed music teacher.

Falling

9th to 15th November

Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut.

My Mexican Bretzel

9th to 22nd November

Winner of the Found Footage Award at Rotterdam.

The Innocence / La innocència

9th to 22nd November

One final summer at home.

Schoolgirls / Las niñas

10th to 16th November

A conservative schoolgirl’s eyes are opened.

Body of Truth

10th to 16th November

Bodies in art.

BFI NETWORK Funding with Q&A
10th November (5:00 PM – 6:00 PM)

Interview with Sylvia Parker, Script Supervisor

10th November (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM)

Mayor

11th to 17th November

Following the mayor of Ramallah, Palestine.

Patrick / De Patrick

11th to 17th November

If I had a hammer…

I Never Cry / Jak najdalej stąd

12th to 18th November

A Polish teenager’s journey into adulthood.

Caught in the Net / V síti

12th to 18th November

Catching online paedophiles.

Cat in the Wall

12th to 18th November

An outsider’s view of Brexit Britain.

76 Days

13th to 19th November

Zeitgeisty documentary about Covid-19 in Wuhan.

Veins of the World / Die Adern der Welt

13th to 15th November

From the director of The Story of the Weeping Camel.

Independent Film Exhibition: New Realities/New Opportunities

13th November (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)

Casting 101 with Hannah Marie Williams from Backstage UK

13th November (5:00 PM – 6:00 PM)

Casting 101 with Hannah Marie Williams from Backstage UK

Part of Cornwall’s Live Industry Interviews in partnership with AMPLIFY!

Pari

14th to 16th November

Searching for her son, she finds herself.

Cocoon / Kokon

16th to 22nd November

Quiet teen comes out of herself.

Keith Haring 1989 Barcelona

16th to 22nd November

Together we can stop AIDS.

Sing Me a Song

16th to 22nd November

Does technology ruin our lives?

Some Beasts / Algunas Bestias

16th to 22nd November

Winner of the New Directors Award at San Sebastián Film Festival.

You Will Die at Twenty

16th to 22nd November

A prophecy can ruin your life.

Influence

16th to 22nd November

The malleability of truth.

Running Against the Wind

16th to 22nd November

Ethiopian boy wants to be Olympic athlete.

Short: Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ No More Shall We Part – 14 Paintings, 17 Years Later

16th to 22nd November

A Greek painter is inspired by Nick Cave.

The Prince / El Príncipe

16th to 22nd November

Winner of the Queer Lion at Venice.

Open Door / Derë e hapur

16th to 22nd November

Elma needs a (pretend) husband.

The Two Sights / An Dà Shealladh

16th to 22nd November

Exploring the relationship between place, narrative, and environment.

The AMPLIFY! and Backstage casting conversation

18th November (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)

In conversation with casting directors Jessica Straker and Sophie Kingston Smith.

IMDb Awards

18th November (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)
Join FilmBath for the 9th annual IMDb New Filmmaker Award, live.

BFI NETWORK Treatment Development

19th November (10:00 AM – 2:30 PM)

Intimacy on screen with Lizzy Talbot, Intimacy Coordinator

19th November (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM)

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