Still from Etre et Avoir
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How much do people participate, and what more might they do? The last item in this thread opened up the promise of what an increased…

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Creating great programme notes
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What makes a good film handout? It’s common for film societies and community cinemas to make notes available to your audience, but there are some…

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The Participatory Film Society
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Imagine this scenario: You go to a community cinema, buy a ticket at the door, sit down in near silence with a few other souls….

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Still from The Social Network
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What’s the best time to post to Facebook? and how can community cinemas use it to best advantage? Rather than ponder whether to use Facebook…

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Still from National Velvet
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The Sunday afternoon children’s and family films in the village hall at 3 o’clock are a real joy for all concerned.  It is like entering…

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Still from 36 vues du pic Saint Loup
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How do we choose what films to put on? This is a question that we are often asked and, since we’ve also had good feedback…

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Still from Celine and Julie Go Boating
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There is a very important place in Forest Row where you can satisfy your film interests other than coming to the village hall on a…

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Still from Im Kwon Taek's great Mandala
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Please let us have your ideas for films for next season. We’re keen to screen films that could attract a hundred people, and those that…

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Graph showing opens and clicks of mail campaigns
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I suspect we all use email to get information out to our audiences. It is still one of the best means of direct contact. Though…

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Using Twitter for community cinemas and film societies
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At the BFFS National Conference, Bryony Forde and I ran a session on social media, which was lots of fun. There was a lively Twitter…

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