Unofficial UK Film Societies watch with an audience, on a big screen, movies not otherwise shown in your area.

Find your nearest Film Society Click the picture to see our interactive map with hundreds of film societies in the British Isles. Zoom in on your area - right down to street level - find a society and click on the marker for information about it. (Apologies to Shetland and the Channel Islands who are on the live map but not visible in this picture!) You can see where they meet and usually what films they are showing.

• Knock-Off Nigel... Filmsocs do it right, but Nigel knocks-off DVDs ... what do you think of him?!
• Make your own Movies
  Check out IAC Online for ideas and advice. Under 19? Try Firstlight.
• Promote your society
  People use local search engines on mobile phones ... can they find your society?
• Special events - a collection of performers, films and presentations for a really unusual extra event.
• Celluloid Lives On - delightful animation by Oscar Stringer on video google.
• ARKive - Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on Earth.

Offers

• Jersey F/S offer 77 free reviews/pics/posters (with blanks for your screening details)
• Ipswich F/S launch of Version 3 of their Film Notes CD-ROM - £6.50 inc. p&p for non-members).
  You can upgrade in future years at member rates (currently £3.50p inc. p&p). Full details of the Society's Film Notes CD-ROM are available on the Society's web site. The notes cover all the films shown by the Society over the last 20 years. Send cheques for £6.50 payable to "Ipswich Film Society" to Ipswich Film Societ, 478 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich IP4 4QA

BFFS

• BFFS Central Office, Unit 315, The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX
  tel: 0114 2210314
  email: info@bffs.org.uk website: www.bffs.org.uk

Please Note...

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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