Dear Members and Friends of Chelmsford Film Club

Another season of films is approaching, starting on Monday 21 September. My thanks go to our Booking Secretary and Website Manager Bob Foale for selecting the films and booking them. Looking at the programme (attached below), I hope you will agree with me that it is a varied and attractive one, in keeping with our core policy of showing independent arthous world cinema. There is a documentary – Our Land – and a ‘feature’ of two films focussing on Jean-Luc Godard’s classic Breathless (A Bout de Souffe), amongst others.

We are keeping the subscription the same as for the last two seasons. Membership is still £75, representing excellent value at £7.50 to see a film. Guests are welcome at £12.50. Agai, each paid-up member will receive two Guest Discount Tickets to use at their discretion, allowing a guest admission for £7.50. And no advertising or trailers!

However, as I pointed out at last year’s AGM, the Club’s resources are at a critical point, virtually all its reserves now being used to hire The Studio for this coming season. It is absolutely vital that we sustain our membership at last year’s level, and even increase it, to ensure we can pay for the screening licences for ten films and, hopefully, be able to plan for yet another season in 2027/28. I do hope all of you will be in a position to support the Club for this coming season and do everything you can to encourage others to do so. In a few weeks’ time, Malcolm will be sending you full details on how to join.

Our first, inaugural, programme for CFC was in 1988/89. It is difficult to believe that we have been showing films at the Studio (The Cramphorn, as it was) for nearly 40 years! I know that many of you will remember those early days and I am deeply grateful for all the support the Club has had since then.

Best wishes

Peter Bunyan
CFC Chairperson