Bundeena-Maianbar Film Society
Newsletter 010723
The first screening for the Spring Season, 2001 will be held on Saturday, 28 July at 7.30pm in the Bundeena School Hall, Scarborough Street. The main feature will be Mr Hulot's Holiday, a hilarious French comedy. Check out the full description and news of future films on the attachment. Mr Hulot's Holiday will be introduced by Garry Shead, who is so enthusiastic about the film that he must have actually accompanied Mr Hulot on one of his holidays. In any event we might discover what really went on during the holiday!
Thank you first of all to those who have taken out seasonal memberships already. You
should have received your card by now. If not please contact one of the Executive
Committee members (see below). Membership is growing rapidly and I believe we now have
more than 50 members or about-to-become members. Your contributions have solved the
financial worry we had earlier of whether we would have sufficient funds to pay back our
setup loans and provide working capital. We have now cleared our loans and can look
forward to giving you more for your $$. Next year we hope to be able to expand our program
by running five screenings per season (six months) with screenings in every month except
December and January. In addition we may be able to present some special screenings of
films not generally available for scheduled exhibition.
For those of you who have not yet joined but would like to, you can contact one of the
Executive to get a copy of the season program and a membership application form. It would
be a great help to avoid the queue if this could be completed before Saturday.
Alternatively you can join on the night, but please come early (7 - 7.15) so we can get
the show on the screen on time.
It might have seemed that the Film Society had gone quiet since the very successful show
on 24 March. However, there has been lots of activity going on behind the scenes. We
originally come into existence late in 2000 as a working group within the Art of Living
Festival structure. The excellent response to the questionnaire given out at the 24 March
show gave us confidence that a regular scheduled films could be attractive to the
community. Thank you to all those who contributed your thoughts and gave us such
encouragement. We have now registered as an Incorporated Association (non-profit,
community-based) and are now operating autonomously. Before separating from the Art of
Living structure an interim Executive Committee was set up to handle the establishment
process and day to day matters following. The office bearers are as follows:
President - David Gosden - 9544-4983
Vice President / Exhibition Manager - Meg Galvin - 9544-0201
Secretary - Maria Peterson - 9527-6885
Treasurer - Alan Jones - 9523-8568
We are looking at ways to provide an opportunity for members at large to make an input to
the operations of the Film Society. In particular, the choice of films and programming
format will be a continually evolving issue. We can only expect to maintain and build
membership if the presentations are of interest to members. To this end we are considering
the formation of a Program Advisory Committee to deliberate on such matters and make
recommendations. If you are interested in being part of this please let your interest be
known to one of the Executive.
Depending on resources (and items to write about) I hope to be able to get together a
regular Newsletter. It will remind you of forthcoming shows and other times of interest.
At times it might be possible to get hold of special or unusual films at short notice.
Because of the short notice, they cannot be scheduled more than a week or two in advance
so the best way of promulgating the information is by email. To work within our tight
budget and volunteers' time, it will only be possible to distribute items such membership
renewals and core season programs by the postal system. So if you know of other Film
Society members or interested people who may not be on email or whose email address does
not appear in the list above, could you encourage to them to register their email address
with David Gosden on 9544-4983 so they can join the emailing list.
The Film Society now has access to two EIKI 16mm projectors which have been thoroughly
overhauled and are ready to go. Using two projectors allows us to run a full length
feature without an annoying break for reel changes. Because of the size of the hall, it is
necessary to place the projectors not far from the middle. They are fairly quiet and
should not be too distracting but if you want to hear the quietest whispers on the sound
track, it's best not to sit right next to the projectors.
Finally, I'd like to pass on my thanks to those who have helped to get the Society to a
fully operational state.
David Gosden
President / Newsletter Editor
23 July, 2001