{"id":776724,"date":"2026-09-20T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776724\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:10:10","slug":"stephen-fry-sends-message-of-support-to-fakenham-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776724\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Fry sends message of support to Fakenham Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Stephen Fry has sent a message of support to a festival celebrating up-and-coming film-makers.<\/p>\n

Fakenham Film Festival will bring together short productions from local independent makers and feature films with a Norfolk connection, at the event which runs from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October.<\/p>\n

Among the line-up is Fry’s 2003 film Bright Young Things, which he directed and scripted as an adaptation<\/a> of Vile Bodies written by Evelyn Waugh. <\/p>\n

In his message he said: “I really am delighted this is taking place. It is very good for Fakenham and very good for Norfolk.”<\/p>\n

This year’s festival, organised by Active Fakenham, is said to have attracted about 30 independent film submissions made by young people across a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

In his message on the festival website, external<\/a>, Fry apologised for not being able to make the event as he is filming in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n

He said: “I am so thrilled there is a Fakenham Film Festival and more thrilled than you can imagine that you are choosing to play amongst other things my film, Bright Young Things. I do hope you all enjoy it, I had an amazing time making it.”<\/p>\n

Bright Young Things is set in 1920s London and features Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy and Michael Sheen with Fry making a cameo appearance.<\/p>\n

Richard Crook, chairman of Active Fakenham, said the message meant a great deal to the “small, volunteer-run community organisation”.<\/p>\n

He said: “Having Stephen’s support helps us shine a much brighter spotlight on those film-makers and on Fakenham’s independent cinema.<\/p>\n

“Fakenham may be a relatively small town, but we want to demonstrate that you don’t have to travel to a major city to discover exciting new film-making.”<\/p>\n

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