Fakenham Film Festival 2025

Central Cinema Fakenham
23rd September to 14th October 2025
🎟 Tickets
You can buy your tickets in advance:
- Online: www.fakenhamcinema.co.uk/buy-tickets-online
- In person: Central Cinema, Fakenham
➡️ Tickets will be available from Wednesday 3rd September
📞 For queries only: 01328 258956
Feature films made in Norfolk
Short films from the archives
Films of recent Fakenham events.
Two competitions
Independent films
For more information about the competitions go to Filmfreeway and search Fakenham
ENTER the competition HERE (entries are now closed)
Theatrical Releases & Short Films
Experience a celebration of cinema with feature films linked to Norfolk locations, paired with inspiring short films from local creators.
Tuesday 23 September – 7:00pm
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Feature Film: Stardust (2007) – A magical fantasy adventure, with key scenes filmed on Elm Hill in Norwich. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2270-stardust?language=en-GB
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Short Film: S.I. Superficial Intelligence – Award-winning sci-fi exploring the challenges of Artificial Intelligence, created by students from Burnham Market Primary School.
Film from the Fakenham archives
Tuesday 30 September – 7:30pm
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Feature Film: Shakespeare in Love (1998) – Romantic comedy with memorable scenes shot at Holkham Beach. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1934-shakespeare-in-love?language=en-GB
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Short Film: Fakenham UKES – A heart-warming documentary about the Fakenham UKES Club
Film from the Fakenham archives
Tuesday 7 October – 7:30pm
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Feature Film: Yesterday (2019) – A feel-good musical journey, filmed in Norfolk locations.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/515195-yesterday?language=en-GB
🎥 Short Film: The Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History – A unique new work by producer Chris Richmond, followed by a live Q&A.
Film from the Fakenham archives
Tuesday 14 October – 7:30pm
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Feature Film: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) – Comedy favourite filmed across Norwich, Sheringham, Cromer, and more.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/177699-alan-partridge-alpha-papa?language=en-GB
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Short Film: Active Fakenham: Summer of Festivals – A vibrant look at the summer’s festivals in and around Fakenham.
Film from the Fakenham archives
Independent Feature & Short Film Presentation
An evening dedicated to original storytelling from independent creators, followed by an engaging Q&A with the filmmakers.
Wednesday 8 October – 7:00pm
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Feature Film:
10 Swords and the Moon – When Kal meets Molly, it feels like love at first sight… until he suspects it’s grief that binds them. A moving feature-length drama, written and directed by
Fenella Greenfield.
🎥 Short Film: Penny Drops – An award-nominated short by local filmmaker Louis Shergold.
💬 Special Event: After the screenings, both filmmakers will join the audience for a lively Question & Answer session.
Film from the Fakenham archives

These are the shortlisted films which will be shown on the night
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Tickets are for all performances only £5
Book here https://www.fakenhamcinema.co.uk/buy-tickets-online
These are some of the people and organisations involved in the Fakenham Film Festival 2025.
Fenella Greenfield
As an indie filmmaker, Fenella's written/directed two narrative shorts and two feature films - 2.0 Lucy (WATCH THE FILM HERE) and 10 Swords & The Moon Song (rel 2025). She’s producing a third feature, which is now in post production, a thriller called NEWEARTH (rel 2026).
She’s had radio plays broadcast on LBC and won an IRDP award for her radio play Cuffee’s Reward about the Antiguan slave uprising of 1736. She freelances as a TV trailer maker for all the major UK broadcasters including NBC Universal, Virgin and Sky to produce conceptually-innovative 360 campaigns across all media.
She has won gold Promax awards in both the UK and US for her work. Her company also produces corporate videos for a wide range of international clients.
She's a founder member of Euroscript. She runs its annual Screen Story Competition, lectures and develops writers as a script editor. Find out more here: www.euroscript.co.uk.
Ash Williams
Hello! My name’s Ash Williams, and I’m proud to be one of the organisers of the Fakenham Film Festival and Competition.
I’ve been passionate about films for as long as I can remember. From creating Lego stop-motion shorts as a child to crafting social documentaries in the Guatemalan highlands, my journey with filmmaking has been as rich as it has been varied. My experiences span professional, personal, and educational realms, giving me a deep appreciation for the art of storytelling through film.
I began my career in corporate and educational video production, but it was my work with students and school groups—helping young people bring their ideas to life on screen—that truly ignited my passion for teaching. Today, I’m the Senior Teacher at Burnham Market Primary School, where filmmaking and animation have become cornerstones of the school’s creative ethos.
Over the years, my dedication to both film and education has been recognized with several awards, including winning Best Picture at multiple film festivals. In 2022, I was honored to be nominated as Teacher of the Year at the Into Film Awards—a moment that underscored my belief in the transformative power of storytelling for young minds.
Since moving to North Norfolk in 2023, I’ve continued to create films while seeking opportunities to celebrate the region’s filmmaking talent. Becoming involved with the Fakenham Film Festival has been an incredible way to do just that. I’m excited to help shine a spotlight on the creativity and skill of local filmmakers and to foster a thriving community of storytellers here in this beautiful part of the world.
Hannah Brodie
Hannah Brodie is a full time photographer and videographer based in Norwich covering weddings, commercial and family shoots. Hannah describes her work as candid, colourful and authentic. “I love getting to know people and the variety that my job brings” says Hannah.
“My roots are from Fakenham, I attended high school, Brownies, Guides etc here. I have previously enjoyed filming content for Active Fakenham’s events over the years. In fact one of my career highlights was having one of my short films shown before the trailers at Fakenham cinema I’m very much looking forward to coming back to photograph this years Red Carpet Event”.
https://www.hannahbrodie.co.uk/
Active Fakenham
Active Fakenham is a small voluntary group and works with local clubs, organisations and businesses to initiate, organise and promote activities that enrich the health and wellbeing of Fakenham’s residents and visitors. It has no ongoing funding and no paid staff.
As well as organising events and activities Active Fakenham works to support local businesses and local talent. Over the years it has worked with and commissioned local people, especially younger people, to document our events. Some of these are featured in the 2024 Fakenham Film Festival.
Active Fakenham was set up by Richard Crook in 2012 and Richard continues to be the driving force behind the organisation.
Creative Arts East
Creative Arts East is a community arts charity working across rural Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, aiming to make creativity accessible and available to more people in more places, strengthening their personal & social outcomes as a result.
Partnering with diverse communities and artists to co-design excellent and inclusive programmes that attract people to get involved, we develop creative practice and distribution models which really work for rural and disadvantaged audiences.
Find out more at www.creativeartseast.co.uk
Fakenham & District Community Archive
Founded in 2002 Fakenham & District Community Archive are an enthusiastic group of volunteers who through public donations are dedicated to building and maintaining a digital photographic and oral history archive of pictures and memories from Fakenham and nearby villages.
We meet regularly in Fakenham Parish Church on the last Tuesday of each month from 2.00 - 4.00 pm. where you are invited to join us for a sociable couple of hours of friendly chat and reminiscing over a cup of tea and a biscuit.
At our meetings you can bring photos for scanning into the archive - which will immediately be returned, watch a slideshow, browse photo albums, scrapbooks and documents, listen to recordings of people recounting their memories or search the whole archive on our laptops https://fakenhamcommunityarchive.weebly.com/
Fakenham Film Society
The Society was set up in the summer of 2011. We are a local non-profit society created for the enjoyment and appreciation of film, showing classic, foreign and contemporary films at the historic Central Cinema in Fakenham, Norfolk UK
Membership for the season is £10 and each film night costs £5.00 for members and £7.00 for non-members. 10 films are shown in each season which runs from January to December, with a break of two months in July and August. Please note for 2024 a film will be shown in July and a further break will occur in December. Films are screened at 7.30pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month (unless this clashes with a live stream event).
You can join the Society at any of the Society’s film nights at the Central Cinema, Fakenham.

