I trooped up to Covent Garden on 5 August to take part in a filmed interview for the forthcoming NatWest Film First programme. This is a new initiative targetting special screenings at NatWest customers, and also supporting film societies and community cinemas, thereby:

giving customers the chance to experience film in areas which don’t have easy access to cinemas or multiplexes

One of the ways NatWest will be enabling this is by supporting the British Federation of Film Societies, the national organisation for all community cinemas. We’ve certainly benefitted greatly from BFFS advice, support, expertise and training over the years, so this is a fantastic new initiative.

The filming took place in the screening room in the Covent Garden Hotel on Monmouth Street, and I answered some questions about why film societies and community cinemas are important, and what the NatWest support of BFFS will mean for us. The interviews will form part of a short introductory film about NatWest Film First, which will be shown as part of some big outdoor screenings next month, and will also be online.