Wirksworth Film Society 2007-08

Join the Wirksworth Film Society

Membership costs £25 per person and there are several benefits:
It entitles you to free entry to all the 8 films in the 07/08 season.
It becomes your society and entitles you to participate in the running by attending and voting at the AGM.
It also guarantees you a seat - Wirksworth Filmsoc is growing in popularity, we have an exciting new programme and we expect another sell-out for some of the films.
We need your support especially at the beginning of the season as there are many outgoings.

Non-members can attend films as 'guests' by booking in advance and paying £4 per film.

To join send your cheque (payable to Wirksworth Film Society) to;
Colin Humphreys,
18 Greenhill,
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire DE4 4EN

Don't forget to include your name, address and email. Membership cards can be picked up at the first show, or will be sent by post.
You can download and print off a PDF application form here and our other recent publicity material here

News 15 July 2007

We still would like to hear from anyone who would like to help run the society, see below

New chairman, and final list for next season

We welcome Colin Humphreys as our new chairman.
We now have a final list (subject to availability) as follows:

Films this coming season:

October 5: TIT AND THE MOON
November 2: HISTORY BOYS
December 7: TOP HAT (how about coming in fancy dress of the period?)
January 4: L' ATALANTE
February 1: NOTES ON A SCANDAL
March 1: CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
April 5: BEAUTIFUL THING
May 3: BOMBON EL PERRO

Latest News 25 June 2007

Recent round robin to all members as follows:

Wirksworth Film New Season 2007 / 08

New Committee Members Urgently Needed - have your say in shaping the future

Thank you for your past support and we hope you enjoyed the last season's programme; an eclectic selection of excellent films. Highlights for me personally were RUN LOLA RUN, RIFIFI and the silent film METROPOLIS with live music from committee member Colin Humphreys and ensemble.
A low point was the inadequate sound during THE CONSTANT GARDENER - but we have taken advice on this and it will not happen again! We have high quality kit which is just [only a little bit] a bit more complicated to operate than a home set up.

Next season we are back to the Town Hall, a warmer and more comfortable venue than the Parish Rooms, with a proper bar. PLEASE NOTE we will showing on the first Friday of each month instead of Sunday.

Other interesting changes in the pipeline include:
We are looking at fixed or semi fixed installation in the Town Hall with a view to making our projection facilities available to other groups in the town, and encouraging other uses outside our main programme. Special interest groups could do their own show, or use the kit for PowerPoint presentations, or for educational purposes.
We are negotiating a reciprocal agreement with other film societies in the area for free entry, which will make membership an even better deal.
We are looking at extra-mural activities such as coach trips away to Bradford (National Media Museum}, film festivals or involvement in film making activities.
We hope to expand the website and have a message board for discussions, announcements etc. www.wirksworthfilm.co.uk/
We are showing a film in Middleton by Wirksworth in September and are considering other activities out of Wirksworth
Wirksworth Film is a part of the town's cultural and arts scene. It already makes its own contribution to the town's festival, but what about developing it? A Film festival? Involving local film makers, film groups and other creative people?
So we have a lot to look forward to.

Committee Changes

Jenny Hoon has resigned as chair. Both Jenny and Peter remain on the committee but taking less active roles. Adam Salt and Pam Smedley have dropped out.

These four, especially Jenny, have done a great deal of the work during the four years of our existence and it will be difficult to proceed without them.

We urgently need to build up committee numbers and the continuance of our film society depends on building up a new and stronger committee.

We really need at least 5 new members to take an active part in running Wirksworth Film. It means commitment, but more hands - less work. It's rewarding in many ways and the input of new faces and ideas could be interesting and might take us forward in new directions.

We particularly need someone who could contribute on the technical side so that we get the best possible performance from our excellent kit, but there are plenty of other jobs too - and you get to choose the films!

So this is an invitation for you to join our committee - we need you NOW.

Please get in touch with me or with one of our secretaries:

Jacob Butler - acting chair 01629 822170 info@wirksworthfilm.co.uk Flora Joyce - secretary 01629 823952 flora.joyce@w3z.co.uk Vicki Campbell - secretary 01629 821844 victoriacampbell@w3z.co.uk

Films shown 2003 -2007:

* DINNER RUSH * TALK TO HER * SCOOBY DO * STAR WARS: EPISODE II * THE SHIPPING NEWS * THE CLOSET * STUART LITTLE * 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE* POLLOCK * Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN * CABARET * DIRTY PRETTY THINGS * BELLEVILLE RENDEZVOUS * WHALE RIDER * THE DEEP END * LOST IN TRANSLATION * ETRE ET AVOIR * THE SWIMMING POOL * TOKYO STORY * MYSTIC RIVER * BEAU TRAVAIL * THE LEOPARD * NINE QUEENS * MELINDA AND MELINDA * BREAD AND TULIPS * THE QUIET AMERICAN * THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COLONEL BLIMP * LOOK AT ME * DOWN BY LAW * 5 X 2 * DOUBLE INDEMNITY * RUN LOLA RUN * THE CONSTANT GARDENER * BEST IN SHOW * RIFIFI * THE SWIMMING POOL * VOLVER * APARAJITO * TSOTSI *

In Middleton by Wirksworth: * UNDER WIRKSWORTH * THE PEAK DISTRICT (1954) * Films by local film maker Will Hoon * The famous Youlgreave film from 1936, untitled * MEMORIES OF THE HIGH PEAK part 2*

News 8 June 2007

The film selection sub committee for 2007-08 is hard at it working on a new programme. In the mean time you can look at past programmes by clicking on the archive links above.

Not short of opinions themselves but neverthless would welcome suggestions from members. Titles preferably, with comments. Comments without titles would of course be considered but are often suprisingly hard to act upon e.g. "theres a brill South American film about lesbians " - actually we did research this and came up with too long a list of suprising alternatives.

We often hear that people don't like too many sub-titled foreign films. Also that some members (and committee members) would resign immediately if a limit was to be placed on foreign films. There seems to be no formula for an ideal programme and the audience is a moving target. Perhaps the best we can hope for is diversity and variety.