[1] The festival has received support from various celebrities, such as Olivia Colman, Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerney, Julian Jarrold and John Collee.

[4] Venue: Cinema City, Norwich, 28 April-4 May 2013 Jury: Olivia Colman,[5] Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman, UEA lecturer Dr Sarah Godfrey, and the director of the 2012 Best Film (Sunny Boy), Jane Gull.

[6] Main Venue: ODEON, Norwich, 6–13 May 2014 Jury: Academy Award winning film editor Martin Walsh.

The festival also gave regional premieres to two feature films - My Feral Heart, which included a Q&A with Duncan Paveling (writer/producer) and James Rumsey (producer), and Light Years, which was followed by a Q&A with its award-winning director Esther May Campbell.

The 2018 festival kicked off with a screening of cult British classic, Shallow Grave, followed by a talk with its star, Christopher Eccleston.

The 2019 festival launched on 4 November 2019 with an 'In Conversation' event with British actor David Morrissey, hosted by film critic Peter Bradshaw.

[11] Guests throughout the festival also included Jessica Hynes, Michael Smiley, Joe Cornish, Miranda Raison and Anwen, Lady Hurt.

In total, 151 films were screened online during the festival, including several guest strands from other institutions, and the two winners of the EAFA Mashup Filmmaking competition.

Jury: Dexter Fletcher, Stephen Woolley, James Marsh, Arianne Sutner, Jill Culton, Julie Lockhart, Lisa Cortés, Stuart Dryburgh, Will Becher, Todd Banhazl, Kate Phillips, Antonio Aakeel & Tim Downie.