Thanks to those who stayed for our Annual General Meeting. I will be sending a brief summary separately, subject headed AGM, for any who would like to know a bit more about the founding of The Bungay Film Club and its workings.
The final film of this season will be the multi-award winning FISH TANK at 7.30 on Monday 26 July 2010 at The Fisher Theatre. Please visit our website at bungayfilmclub.com for more information.
It will soon be time to programme three films to show in the autumn.
We’d really like to hear from you, particularly if there are films you’d like to see.
After twelve screenings we have found out a lot about Film Clubs, and a little about choosing films for Bungay.
Surprisingly few titles are available for public screening on DVD, older films are particularly difficult. When we were setting up the club last year and asked you to tell us what you would most like to see, fewer than one in seven of your suggestions for twentieth century films was available.
Modern films have been most successful with our audiences. Only one older title, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, made a profit. Only two recent titles were shown at a loss.
Dark subject matter keeps more of you away than good weather, dreadful weather, or Andy Murray on top form at Wimbledon.
And most important, that enough people in and around Bungay want to see foreign, independent and classic films to make them well worth showing. We have a healthy bank balance, because we’ve taken more money than we’ve spent. Thanks to everyone of you who has bought a ticket or recommended a show to a friend.
Many, many thanks to those loyal supporters who have trusted us with money up front by subscribing.
Please email suggestions for films you’d like to see, preferably no more than three each. We know that availability alone will prevent us from showing many on your wish lists, but would like to learn more about your tastes. We don’t have to turn a profit at every screening, just as long as the majority of shows make money. We hope that we can continue to please enough of you for enough of the time to carry on programming interesting and varied films at The Fisher Theatre.
Best wishes to you all, and hope to see you again soon.
Katharine
Please bear in mind when sending your lists that we try to screen material to compliment Thursday Night Cinema at the Fisher. We hope to bring films to Bungay which have been less widely distributed and publicised than the enjoyable range of recent English language films selected by the theatre.
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