THE EGERTON FILM SOCIETYClick here for forthcoming screenings |
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| Established in 2000 and showing its first film in January 2001, the Egerton Film Society is open to anyone over the age of sixteen. The current annual membership fee is £6, with concessions (£4) for pensioners and full-time students. Screenings are usually held on the last Thursday in the month (except July and August), with occasional special screenings and lectures at other times. A licensed bar is available at each performance. Our films are shown in the Egerton Millennium Hall using high-quality widescreen DVD video projection and Dolby EX 5.1 Surround Sound. | Members, their guests, and members of the public can be admitted to the film screenings, subject to the discretion of the Committee. Admission to performances is usually priced at £4.00 for all members and £5.00 for guests/non-members. Season Tickets are available. Programmes are published and circulated to all members twice each year. All members who wish to do so receive e-mail reminders about the current month’s film. |
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The Society is run in association with the Egerton Computer Centre by a Committee which is elected at the Annual General Meeting, usually held in September. For membership applications enquiries, telephone Richard King on 01233 756592 THE COMMITTEE |
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We always welcome new volunteers, to help with setting up the hall, manning the bar, putting up posters (particularly if you live somewhere other than Egerton) and assisting with clerical and technical duties. Thanks to everyone who helps with this already. Do, please, come along (and volunteer, if you can), for we really do need your help and support for the Egerton Film Society to continue to flourish. We look forward to seeing you. |
| Autumn/Winter Programme 2024 |
| Please note: trailers are provided by third parties, and we have no control over the content (including advertisements) which may be displayed. Click here to download the programme as a pdf file (opens in new tab) |
| Thursday 26th September 2024 7pm for 7:30pm One Life (2023, rating 12A)Anthony Hopkins| Lena Oin | Johnny Flynn This acclaimed film, winner of the 2024 Cinema for Peace Award, follows the true story of Nicholas Winton, a London broker who rescued over 600 children from Czechoslovakia, saving them from the Nazis in World War II. Encountering the harsh, and increasingly dire, conditions for mainly Jew-ish families sheltering from the Nazis in Prague, he sets about putting in place a plan to rescue as many of the children as he could. Despite his achievement, he was tortured through the following 50 years by grief and guilt that he had not saved more. Such feelings only start to abate when he meets so many of those he had saved live on television. Remember that episode of That’s Life? (109 mins. / 1 hr 49 mins) This screening will be preceded by our (short) AGM where members of the committee will be elected for the forthcoming year, and reports from the Chair and Treasurer will be presented. |
| Thursday 17th October 2024 7pm for 7:30pm Egerton in the Movies (Supper Night Special) Featuring films by local film-makers, including Derek Budd, and Egerton’s appearances on TV We’ve got one of our popular special supper nights on 17th October. Enjoy a feast of hot and cold buffet dishes while you reminisce over Egerton’s antics from the last few decades. This evening promises to be a real treat: a trip down memory lane for some and, for the newbies amongst us, a chance to see what the village used to be like. Details of prices and how to order your supper will be circulated before the event. Please note supper starts at 6pm. (115 mins. / 1 hr 55 mins) |
| Thursday 31st October 2024 7pm for 7:30pm Wicked Little Letters (2023, rating 15)Jessie Buckley | Olivia Colman | Timothy Spall Don’t sit at home on Halloween! Join us for the spicy script of Wicked Little Letters. In a 1920s quiet seaside town, Olivia Colman leads a brilliant cast through troubled minds and missives flying around, setting the very proper Edith up against her wild neighbour, Rose. Apparently based on a real story that prompted a national uproar and a trial, the film takes us along with Po-lice Officer Gladys Moss to track down the real writer of the letters. Not what you might expect! (109 mins. / 1 hr 49 mins) Warning: This film (and the trailer linked below) contains a lot of really bad language ! |