Bristol Radical Film Festival 2015: 
Commemorating the 1975 Festival of Independent British Cinema

In 1975 the first ever Festival of Independent British Cinema took place at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol. Organised by the filmmaker, writer, curator and dramatist, David Hopkins (1940-2004), the festival was a landmark event in the history of alternative film in Britain, exhibiting overtly political film alongside avant-garde and experimental work on everything from 35mm and super-8 to multiscreen video, with the express intention of encouraging a vibrant ‘independent’ film culture through the ‘cross fertilisation’ of different forms, approaches and intentions. 

To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1975 Festival, the Bristol Radical Film Festival is organising a series of commemorative activities to take place in the first week of October 2015, culminating in a weekend of screenings and talks on October 10 and 11 at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol, the original venue for the 1975 event.

For more information see http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/the-bristol-radical-film-festival or contact Steve Presence at [email protected].