CFF: Typist Artist Pirate King

We are thrilled to welcome director Carol Morley to Cambridge for our 42nd Opening Night!

Typist Artist Pirate King is a touching tribute to Sunderland-born artist Audrey Amiss.

Carol Morley takes us on a heart-warming road trip that captures the memories, locations and nostalgia that influenced Audrey’s art and writing.

The film first finds Audrey (Monica Dolan) going through the archives of her life’s work, feeling driven to return home to put on a final exhibition.

Her psychiatric nurse Sandra (Kelly Macdonald) gets roped into the trip, and they encounter strangers and new friends on the road.

"This portrait of Audrey Amiss is by turns riotous and touching" - Catherine Wheatley, Sight and Sound.

The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and education for the benefit of the public, in Cambridge, the Eastern region, and throughout the UK.