2007 South West Group Spring Viewing and AGM

Sunday 29th April 10:30am to 6pm
at The Electric Cinema and the Town Hall, Wotton-under-Edge
Wotton under Edge's community cinema is one of the South West's success stories - the old Town Cinema was taken over by a group of local residents in 2002 and eventually re-opened as a fully refurbished cinema, the Electric Picture House, at the end of 2005. Wotton under Edge is a beautiful Gloucestershire town and is easily accessible from the M5, just north of Bristol and only five miles from junction 14		 The Electric Cinema, Wotton-under-Edge.
Features Distrib.
35mm/DVD		 A B C D E

No.

R.I.
Little Miss Sunshine 20th C Fox / Filmbank

18

6

2

0

0

26

90
The Page Turner Artificial Eye / BFI

14

25

5

0

1

45

78
The Prestige Warners / Filmbank

12

14

6

1

0

33

78
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Peccadillo / BFFS

4

13

10

1

0

28

68
Lost Embrace Axiom / BFFS

3

8

11

4

2

28

55
Keane Soda / BFI

4

4

7

3

4

22

51
Shorts

Buongiorno Feedback Films

25

14

4

1

0

44

86
Flowers for Father Feedback Films

6

17

5

4

0

32

70
The Shovel Best v Best

7

7

11

1

2

28

64
Undressing My Mother Best v Best

7

9

7

4

2

29

63
Hibernation Best v Best

3

8

8

5

3

27

53
Packin' It In Feedback Films

2

6

4

7

4

23

45
The Day I Died Best v Best

0

3

3

8

6

20

29

* What is an R.I. (Reaction Index)? Click for explanation.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (101)Still from 'Little Miss Sunshine'.

a darkly comic portrayal of a dysfunctional family with an all-star cast including Oscar winner Alan Arkin and Abigail Breslin.

 THE PAGE TURNER (85)
Still from 'The Page Turner'.
a chilling story of revenge in a believable world of musicians - an homage to Hitchcock from French director Denis Dercourt.

10.38 THE PRESTIGE (128)Still from 'The Prestige'.
Christopher Nolan's latest thriller traces the bitter rivalry between two Victorian magicians played by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.		 Still from 'The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros'.THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (89)

the 2006 Teddy award at the Berlin Film Festival from first-time director Auraeus Solito.
LOST EMBRACE (100)Still from 'Lost Embrace'.

award-winning comedy drama from Argentine 'New Wave' director Daniel Burman set in down-town Buenos Aires

 KEANE (93)Still from 'Keane'. Damian Lewis gives an astonishing performance as the eponymous Keane apparently searching for a lost daughter. When he meets a woman with a little girl (Abigail Breslin again!), we are torn between hope and concern.

South West Group AGM - the Annual General Meeting after lunch in the Picture House approved the Minutes of the last meeting, the accounts and reports. It re-elected the committee and officers. Julia Vickers reported on various national BFFS activities. Chris Baker reported on the SW Group's initiative to encourage more film societies in Devon and Cornwall.
Societies Represented: Batcombe, Bath, Blandford Forum, Bradford on Avon, Dorchester, Gloucester, Lewannick, Looe, Lyme Regis, Malmesbury, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Stroud & District, Swindon, Tetbury, Tiverton, Topsham, Warminster, Weston super Mare, Flix - Wotton under Edge, Yeovil Cinémathèque. (20 Societies)

The Electric Cinemas new digital equipment. Mike and Jeff who are proud of the new NEC Starus projection kit, supplied with the aid of the UK Film Council as part of their Digital Screen Network scheme.

An impressive demonstration of the high-density picture this kit can present was screened.

 Mike and Jeff - lynch pins of the organisation.
The team of helpers at the Electric Cinema.The extraordinary team of helpers at the Electric Picture House who looked after delegates all day long and then went on to have their own normal Sunday evening show in the evening.

You could not hope to find a more cheerful, helpful, pleasant group of people. Forget the movies, come to the EPH to meet the people!

Special thanks to Jeff and Janet Walshe, Michael Crawford, the Electric Picture House and the Flix Wotton under Edge Committee for their hard work in hosting the event, to Paul Schilling and to 'Relish' for the excellent catering. Also to the Mayor and Town of Wotton under Edge for making us feel so welcome and to the BFFS's Julia Vickers.

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