Picture of The food break during the screening of The Mahabharata
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Which aspects of our programme do you most value? I recently asked our audience to name some of their most memorable moments at the films…

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The power of participation in community cinemas
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What else can a film society do beyond just showing films? Why is it important to connect personally with your community around film? What fun…

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Films as social objects
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By their very nature, films elicit comment and reaction. How can you best stimulate this and develop further interaction and participation? This series of blog…

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Still from Alois Nebel
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There is an amazing selection of films to choose from when devising your programme. Following up on my annotated list of titles that are coming…

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Still from Cold Light
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Struggling to decide what to include in next season’s programme? The clutch of films that are coming soon to the BFFS booking scheme looks really…

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Picture of animation workshop
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Doing even more… You’ve generated a buzz and interest in what you’re doing, but what sorts of things can you do to take it to…

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Still from Ratatouille
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What’s the point of being a member of a film society? If all that your members get is just money off admission, then you really…

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Still from Material
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What do you know about your audience? Do you know everyone’s name? Why not try to find out? Then you can find out what they…

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Still from Milk, starring Sean Penn
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How do you give your audience more power over what they watch? The main locus of power in film societies is in the programming, which…

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Making your audience feel special
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All those people who turn up, help, follow you on Twitter are important to you. Let them know it. This post continues my thread of…

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