Funding for film society
The Beverley Building Society has added its support to the Beverley Film Society by making the volunteer-led group its chosen community initiative of the month.
This is welcome news for the film society, which has had a busy year fundraising for new projection equipment.
The film group provides regular screenings of films from across the world, shown in the town’s Masonic Hall and chairman Kenneth Flowers said: “Since it began over five years ago, the film society has grown into more than just a film club. It is now a place where single and groups of people from the local area and further afield feel they can come and be amongst friends.
“To have the support of local businesses and members of the community is both welcome and essential to our success. We are incredibly grateful for the donation from the Beverley Building Society, which will help us in our fundraising aims, and would like to thank all involved.”
Peter Myers, chief executive of Beverley Building Society, added: “Our focus is on helping local people and businesses. We have successfully grown the building society to offer services nationally but, having been based in the town for 145 years, our roots are firmly grounded in Beverley.
“Supporting the local community is at the heart of everything we do which is why we are delighted to help and promote the Beverley Film Society to our members.”
The January screening of How I Ended This Summer was a popular choice for the society to start the New Year.
Russian director Alexei Popogrebsky’s drama told the story of two meteorologists spending months in complete isolation on the once-strategic Arctic research base. Fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere in a tense allegory about modern Russia.
Now in its sixth year, Beverley Film Society audiences have come to expect a film with a difference and this one was no exception. The post-film discussion in the bar of the Masonic Hall centred on the strong performances of the two central characters, Pavel and Sergei. Most people agreed that the stunning photography of the bleak Arctic landscape deserved to win the award for artistic achievement at the Berlin Festival.
Audience members also watched a trailer for next month’s film, Of Gods and Men (2010). Director Xavier Beauvois’ historical drama won the Cannes grand jury prize.
His film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria during the 1990s. Under threat from fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks must decide whether to leave or stay.
As with all Beverley Film Society’s foreign language films, this one will be subtitled.
The film will be shown on Friday 10 February. New members are always welcome to join the society, which screens its films on the second Friday of each month at 7.30pm at the Masonic Hall in Trinity Lane.
For more details, go to www.beverleyfilmsociety.org.uk or telephone 01482 870751 or find us on Facebook.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Beverley
Monday 21 May 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 8 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 29 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: North
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.