The first of the events that make up this years Tees Valley International Film Festival was announced today. Former frontman of Chumbawamba, Dunstan Bruce, will be coming to ARC on 28th October to take part in an interview and audience Q&A after the screening of his film "I Get Knocked Down".

The film is the untold and remarkable story of Dunstan’s personal redemptive voyage, as well as a call to arms to those who think activism is best undertaken by someone else. He’s wondering where did it all go wrong? For him. For humanity. Twenty years after his fall from grace, the former frontman of the anarchist band Chumbawamba is angry and frustrated. But how does a middle-aged, retired radical, who now feels invisible get back up again?

Festival Director Michael Luke was inspired to contact Dunstan after seeing the film and being blown away the films honesty, it's slant on the aging process, the nineties nostalgia and, more important than all of that, the section of the film in which Dunstan comest to the Tees Valley to revisit his hometown of Billingham!

The film is an outstanding document of a life well lived and a perfect fit for the Tees Valley International Film Festival. Head over to the What's On section to get your tickets now!