Film festival organiser wants cinema in Firstsite (From Gazette)
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Film festival organiser wants cinema in Firstsite
2:09pm Monday 15th October 2012 in News By James Cox
More films at Firstsite?
ORGANISERS of the Colchester Film Festival want to increase the number of cinema showings at Firstsite.
Steve Dorrington and Tristan Syrett hosted the First ever, three-day festival from October 5.
Hundreds of people turned up to the showings proving that there is a need for more arthouse films in the town.
Mr Dorrington, said that Firstsite, which already hosts regular movies, would be an ideal place for a permanent movie theatre.
Speaking at the festival, he added: “Films like The Artist are only shown when they get really big.
“I would like to get more films shown here and am trying to get Picturehouse on board.”
Colchester Film Festival featured scores of cinematic vignettes, including claymation short, Head Over Heels, by director Tim Reckart.
Full story in Colchester Gazette.
Comments(8)
Sdapeze
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3:15pm Mon 15 Oct 12
romantic
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4:27pm Mon 15 Oct 12
The Odeon, for whatever reason, rarely show "left-field" films, so the VAF could be the ideal place to show them.
Feisty CBC
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4:28pm Mon 15 Oct 12
6079 Smith W
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11:32pm Mon 15 Oct 12
romantic wrote:Must go along with this. Although Sdapeze has in the past managed to think some random big anti must have been me by a different name, I've pretty much been saying as you have whenever I've commented on this subject. It's here, we should now be making the best of it. Yes, turning the old Odeon into an arts cinema would have been a nice idea, but realistically, and practically, it ain't gonna happen.
Good idea, and a good way to get people in. Whether you´re a supporter of the VAF or not (and I was not), it is in our interests, now that it is built, to get people through the doors. Nobody gains by people boycotting the place on principle.
The Odeon, for whatever reason, rarely show "left-field" films, so the VAF could be the ideal place to show them.
Though one slight puzzle. Was an arts cinema ever part of the original plan? I can remember arguing with a friend who was very pro-VAF a few years back (though even then, more from a pro-bus station rather than anti-VAF perspective), who in trying to sell the VAF, told me such a cinema was going to be part of it. Or did my friend get that wrong?
Boris
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1:40am Tue 16 Oct 12
Feisty CBC wrote:To you, Feisty:
Of course everyone will flock to a free cinema. A good way for the VAF to manipulate visitor numbers too. Can't wait for the popcorn machine to be installed.
For some at least of the films in that festival they were charging an entrance fee.
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To Winston:
An arts cinema was never part of the original plan. They used to talk of occasional film shows and lectures, and they were hoping for a lot of commercial use of that auditorium.
The Colchester Film Society shows a feature film once a month there. Some of these would qualify as arts films, others as classics. I am e-mailing you this year's list.
wormshero
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9:03am Tue 16 Oct 12
6079 Smith W
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5:58pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Boris wrote:Thanks. I'm going with my friend being wrong. I hope she wasn't involved in the 'art' of dark propaganda!
Feisty CBC wrote:To you, Feisty:
Of course everyone will flock to a free cinema. A good way for the VAF to manipulate visitor numbers too. Can't wait for the popcorn machine to be installed.
For some at least of the films in that festival they were charging an entrance fee.
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To Winston:
An arts cinema was never part of the original plan. They used to talk of occasional film shows and lectures, and they were hoping for a lot of commercial use of that auditorium.
The Colchester Film Society shows a feature film once a month there. Some of these would qualify as arts films, others as classics. I am e-mailing you this year's list.
Bert_Stimpson says...
2:44pm Mon 15 Oct 12