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Poster for 'Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee'.Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee

An improvised comedy, shot over 5 days by Shane Meadows, starring Paddy Considine. An unpredictable, irrepressible ode to spontaneous filmmaking - and to a burgeoning UK rap talent.
DVD Release: 26 October 2009


October 2009 saw the death of two stalwarts of the film society world: John Robson and Percy Childs. John had been chairman through a long, successful process of negotiation with the BFI. Percy was a member of the Viewing Panel and our unofficial ambassador to several countries.


Coming Soon

  • Bath Film Festival 2009, 13 - 21 November - plans include screenings of Soul Power, featuring James Brown, Hugh Masekela, BB King and more. Cold Souls, with Paul Giamatti. A preview of the staggering Technicolor digital restoration of Michael Powell's The Red Shoes, which so wowed audiences at Cannes this year. The Coen Brothers' new film A Serious Man. Plus new films from Jaques Audiard - Un Prophète - Stephen Poliakoff - The Glorious 39 - and Steven Soderbergh - The Informant! - also feature, as well a clutch of distinguished documentaries, silent film with music, dance films, short films. The festival closer from the Mighty Boosh team is The Bunny and the Bull Their website goes live mid-October: www.bathfilmfestival.org.uk
  • Muddle East: Yorkshire Group's annual study weekend at Cober Hill, 4-6th December concentrates on films from the East, but there's much more ... click for details.

Newly Available Movies

We Live in Public and Vanishing of the Bees available soon from Dogwoof - details.

South West Autumn V/S results.

Forest Row is Film Society of the Year

Click for details of all the awards here.

BFFS Block Booking Movies

Great movies at a great price ! Click here for a pdf with all 150 titles. 150 more good reasons to join The British Federation of Film Societies. What's more they offer summer loan packs of 5 titles for just £10 so that selection teams can choose what's right for their society. Find out all about it on the bright and cheerful Official Filmsocs Website.

Something Different

The Jack Stevenson Archive of 16/35mm prints offers something special for adventurous societies looking to feature cult/underground films. Details.

Great Ideas

List your society on www.clubbz.com - which aims to become a hub for enquiries about all sorts of clubs and activity groups in the UK.

Kids at an autism-friendly screening.Dulwich Paradiso stages occasional film shows that are autistic-friendly, where parents can take their youngsters without worrying about them making a noise or moving around. Read more.


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Publicity pictures for your society. Try www.image.net the site just requires you to register and choose a password. The images seem to be getting bigger but are mostly 0.6 to 2 MB so take some time to download.

Checkout www.bbc.co.uk/collective for masses of reviews, interviews, etc. says Paul Schilling of SW Group. Of particular interest when you start considering next year bookings is www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/lff especially as last November was probably the strongest programme of movies I can ever remember at the LFF

Music for silent movies ... I am a professional classical pianist but can turn my hand to all styes of music. I like to improvise for any type of film subject. I had outstanding reviews at South Hill Park in Bracknell. My last film there was The Sentimental Bloke. Fee very reasonable but depends on the size of the venue. I will travel anywhere but am based in the South in the New Forest. A film synopsis is all I need as I do not need to have seen the film before. Contact Jillian on JMusicmaestro@aol.com


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