Our Supporters
Our 2025 Festival is Supported by
Main Funder
Everyone should have access to a wide choice of films, no matter where they live or their circumstances. Sunrise Film Festival makes this possible for audiences across Lowestoft and beyond. So we are delighted to support the festival again this year in their energetic efforts to reach new audiences and to increase access to screen culture for all – a mission jointly shared by the BFI Film Audience Network across the UK.
Main Sponsor
Mode Insurance is a specialist insurance provider for freelancers and small businesses working in the creative industries. From filmmakers and photographers to camera assistants and sound designers, we understand the varied and fast-paced nature of creative work – and the need for insurance that keeps up.
We offer flexible, tailored cover designed around the realities of freelance life. Whether you’re on set, behind a screen or on location, our policies are built to protect your work, your kit and your reputation.
But we don’t stop at insurance. At Mode, our mission is to support creative freelancers at every stage of their journey – with resources, advice and community-led content that empowers you to focus on what you do best: creating, innovating and inspiring.
Visit Mode Insurance’s website to find out how they can support you.
Main Funding Contributors
Lowestoft Town Council is committed to enhancing the cultural and social environment of the town. By supporting local events and initiatives, the Council aims to foster a vibrant community and promote the arts.
The Object of the Geoffrey Watling Charity is to pay or apply the annual income of the Charity’s funds to such charity or charities or for such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees shall from time to time in their absolute discretion determine.
The Foyle Foundation was established in 2000 as an independent grant making trust to distribute grants to U.K. based charities (primarily arts and learning) and schools.
Sustainability Sponsor
We’re all about sustainability here at Sunrise Film Festival, which is why we’re thrilled to have TrainSplit as our official Sustainability Sponsor!
Trainsplit makes rail travel cheaper and more eco-friendly by using smart split-ticketing technology to find you the best fares—helping you save up to 90% on your journey.
Plus, we’re running a competition with them. Visit our Visiting Lowestoft page to find out more.
Volunteer’s Sponsor
GXO is a world leader in providing cutting-edge logistics solutions for multinational companies and blue-chip market leaders. The logistics company also has a local logistics site in Lowestoft.
Sponsors
Since 2013 Rianne Pictures has been building support and opportunities for women in film, and has no plans to stop. In 2019, they launched Women X Film Festival, which was accredited by BIFA in 2023, and their 6th edition returns in 2025. You can find out more about Rianne Pictures and their own incredible film festival by clicking here.
Film East is proud to support the 2025 edition of the Sunrise Film Festival, Film East is a multi-award-winning global film organisation based in the East of England and the East Coast of the United States. Since its founding in Norwich, UK in 2019, the group has provided a platform for audiences to experience and interact with film.
CSSCloud is dedicated to providing expert technology solutions and support, backed up with customer service excellence, to over 350 Norfolk and Suffolk organisations. We use the latest knowledge, skills and best practices to keep our customers safe, secure and benefiting from technology at all times.
Limitless Film and Media is a video marketing agency based in the East Anglia region. With our shared industry knowledge within the social media space, and deep connections within the TV advertising industry, we can get your brand recognised anywhere.
Norfolk Rivers Trust is an independent and trusted charity, our team of experienced ecologists and advisors take a river catchment-based approach (CaBA) to develop practical, cost-effective and integrated long-term solutions.
Working across Norfolk (and in the Cam and Ely Ouse Catchment), the scale of the challenge necessitates partnership working with a wide range of organisations, including farmers, landowners, water companies, government bodies and the third sector, as well as the general public.
Studio 74 are trusted fine art printing specialists, located on the south coast, esteemed for our high quality, friendly service. Our meticulous proofing process, fine-tuned over fifteen years, is what sets us apart and will guarantee a carefully prepared, truthful reproduction of your work, whatever the medium. We believe that everyone should be able to own and enjoy a special piece of art, and our stunning giclée prints will allow you to widen your audience, bringing joy and developing your business.
Partners
The Marina Theatre is at the cultural heart of the Lowestoft, Waveney and Suffolk community.
We deliver a wide range of shows, films, events and community activities, bringing in a diverse range of audiences of around 80,000 per year.
The Marina Theatre is a registered charity and whilst our passion and imagination is almost unlimited, the same is not true for our resources. Support from our Audience, Donors, Community, Partners and Funders is essential to enable us to continue our work.
From humble beginnings as a homeless night shelter in Lowestoft, Access Community Trust has grown significantly in scale and reach for nearly half a century.
Today, the charity champions homelessness support across East Anglia, alongside providing a range of mental health and wellbeing assistance that helps vulnerable individuals of all ages, families and, wider communities that find themselves socially isolated.
We would like to thank the following people for supporting the 2025 festival:
Will De Ritter, Kim Harvey, David Terry, Fila Mason-Bradshaw, Antonela Vita, Cynthia Nicole, Martinez Tamez, Steve Woodcock, Kosi Sessi, Ben Gardener, Sue Medley, Narendra Patel, Naresh Mapari, Liyu Arega, Caoimhe Foran, Mary Munford, Lewis Dunnill, Yolanda Franco, Mark Johnson, Dylan Greenwood, Weronika Jezewska, Emma Tennant, Lucy Wratten, Reaiah Brissett, Jade Guikoume, Lucy Holmes, Kieran Battams, Samantha Withers, William Groucutt, Ryan Brady, Sophie Parea, Becca Medley, Poorva Shukla, Alice Tubby, Anthony Longhurst, Jill Brown, Emma Needham-Jones, Mark piper, Ben Nash, Esme Willis, Shawn Basil Gouveia, Steven Owino, Anjana Sabu, Kaenat Hussain, Ada Padbury, Ksenia Turea, Charlie Robinson, Reihaneh Seidy, Ritik Kapoor, Simone Lewis, Sakura Nakatani, Megan O’Callaghan, Georgia Hudson, Kit Gilby, Sana Hussain, George Guy, Barbara Bargiel, Jacqueline Knight, Grace Langham, Georgia McGee, Melissa Goodwin, Alina Shaukat, Charlotte Pelham, Amelia Cooper, Katie King, Sofia Knowles, Nat Allsopp, Milla-Alexia Gojkovic, Helen Tompson, Oona Bose, Ellen Reade, Lucy Denham, Ksenia Turea, Agne Kaminskaite, Viola Macrelli, Marijana Lucic, Tez Frost, Kristin Burniston, Declan Smith, Natalie Hewis, Mandy Mussett, Sam Vallerius, Lauren Ashley, Gemma Seager, Lauren Gell, Matt Crawford, Claire Pegg, Eddi Sharp, Louise Rogers, Mike Gateshill, Lizzie Banks, Josh Trett, Mark Finbow, Makenna Guyler, Sarah Leigh, Matilda Green, Vladislav Motorichev, Tom Turner, Suzie Hanna, Sian Evans, Kat Haylett, Lily Van Den Broecke, David Williams.