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In 1997, long-simmering tensions between jocks and punks in Amarillo, Texas, exploded in a violent parking-lot brawl. Some participants carried baseball bats, some twirled heavy steel chains. But one football player had a Cadillac as a weapon, and used it to kill Brian Deneke, a 19-year-old beloved on the punk scene. Two decades later, Amarillo native Jameson Brooks looks at the build-up to and shameful aftermath of this crime in Bomb City, an empathetic drama ready to put straight-laced audiences in the shoes of a maligned subculture. Assured and effective, it deserves a wider release than it is getting from...

Jameson Brooks' debut feature film Bomb City rolls out In U.S. cinema and on VOD and Digital HD on Friday, February 9th. Screen Anarchy has an exclusive clip to share with you below. We have also included the more explosive trailer    In the clip it looks like we have Brian (Dave Davis) and Jade (Maemae Renfrew) holed up in a club bathroom, tending to a wound on his head (see trailer?). Brian expresses concern for Jade's safety, suggesting that they arm themselves from now on. Tensions are apparently rising in this conservative Texas town. This may be a moment a calm before the storm.   A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing...

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Exclusive: Director Jameson Brooks’ feature film debut Bomb City has landed at Gravitas Ventures. The distribution company announced today that it acquired the North American rights to the punk rock crime drama. "Watching Bomb City, you'll find yourself on a roller coaster of emotions, ultimately questioning the very morality of America's justice system," said Gravitas Ventures' Manager of Acquisitions, Zach Hamby. "Jameson Brooks' feature film debut is as powerful as…...

Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.

Lineup Announcements

– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.

The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.