Our Next Presentation: I, Daniel Blake

THE CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD – Tuesday 21st MARCH @ 8PM

In a change from our published programme, we present Ken Loach’s multi-award winning I, Daniel Blake. Daniel (59), has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain. (Read more…)

This film will be followed by a discussion meeting, in the Cramphorn Theatre foyer (see below). 

Film Selection for 2017-18

We now have the selection list for next season’s films.  Please download here or you can pick up a copy at the next film.  Select up to 16 films that you would like to see next season, and return to Sally before 10 April.

Our last presentation ‘Our Little Sister’

24 members and guests returned the response slips following the showing of this film, and the breakdown was as follows:

• ‘Excellent’:  11 votes
• ‘Very Good’: 8 votes
• ‘Good’: 4 votes
• ‘Satisfactory’: 0 vote
• ‘Poor’: 1 vote

Read the audience feedback on this film

If you want to add further comments on this film, you are welcome to do so by joining in on our “Our Little Sister” discussion forum.

Second Discussion Evening

The second of our three discussion evenings will take place on Tuesday 21st March following the screening of I, Daniel Blake.  This is an informal event allowing anyone who wishes to stay an opportunity to discuss the films shown since the last discussion evening (Sing Street, Marshland, The Commune, Mia Madre, Our Little Sister and I, Daniel Blake).

Membership for the 2016/17 season

As we have now reached the second half of the season, we are offering Half-Season Membership for £30.

Chelmsford Film Festival: 7-10 June 2017

This June sees the launch of the first Chelmsford Film Festival, a 4-day event showcasing current International Short Films, Music Videos and Documentaries.  Tickets are now on sale from their website.

 Your opinion counts

As well as filling in the Response Slips following the showing of each film, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

CFC on Twitter and Facebook

To receive regular, automatic notification of our films, why not follow us on either Twitter or Facebook.  Both can be accessed via the side panel on the right.

See what Chelmsford Film Club is showing this season on the 2016/17 season page,

Our Next Presentation: I, Daniel Blake

THE CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD – Tuesday 21st MARCH @ 8PM

In a change from our published programme, we present Ken Loach’s multi-award winning I, Daniel Blake. Daniel (59), has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain. (Read more…)

This film will be followed by a discussion meeting, in the Cramphorn Theatre foyer (see below). 

Our last presentation ‘Our Little Sister’

24 members and guests returned the response slips following the showing of this film, and the breakdown was as follows:

• ‘Excellent’:  11 votes
• ‘Very Good’: 8 votes
• ‘Good’: 4 votes
• ‘Satisfactory’: 0 vote
• ‘Poor’: 1 vote

Read the audience feedback on this film

If you want to add further comments on this film, you are welcome to do so by joining in on our “Our Little Sister” discussion forum.

Second Discussion Evening

The second of our three discussion evenings will take place on Tuesday 21st March following the screening of I, Daniel Blake.  This is an informal event allowing anyone who wishes to stay an opportunity to discuss the films shown since the last discussion evening (Sing Street, Marshland, The Commune, Mia Madre, Our Little Sister and I, Daniel Blake).

Membership for the 2016/17 season

As we have now reached the second half of the season, we are offering Half-Season Membership for £30.

Chelmsford Film Festival: 7-10 June 2017

This June sees the launch of the first Chelmsford Film Festival, a 4-day event showcasing current International Short Films, Music Videos and Documentaries.  Tickets on sale soon, from their website.  Submissions for the event are now open.

 Your opinion counts

As well as filling in the Response Slips following the showing of each film, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

CFC on Twitter and Facebook

To receive regular, automatic notification of our films, why not follow us on either Twitter or Facebook.  Both can be accessed via the side panel on the right.

See what Chelmsford Film Club is showing this season on the 2016/17 season page,

Our Next Presentation: Our Little Sister

THE CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD – Monday 6TH March @ 8PM

Hirokazu Koreeda’s previous films, I Wish and Like Father, Like Son, have been well received by CFC members in the past. In his latest work (based on the “Umi-machi Diary” graphic novels), three grown-up, but maybe not-so-grown-up, sisters live together in a house once owned by their grandmother and acquired under painful circumstances. When they attend their father’s funeral they are delighted by his teen-age daughter Suzo, their step-sister, and she is invited to live with them. The narrative accumulates in power as the lives of the sisters unfolds. (Read more…)

Our last presentation ‘Mia Madre’

31 members and guests returned the response slips following the showing of this film, and the breakdown was as follows:

• ‘Excellent’:  11 votes
• ‘Very Good’: 12 votes
• ‘Good’: 4 votes
• ‘Satisfactory’: 4 vote
• ‘Poor’: 0 votes

Read the audience feedback on this film

If you want to add further comments on this film, you are welcome to do so by joining in on our “Mia Madre” discussion forum.

Membership for the 2016/17 season

As we have now reached the second half of the season, we are offering Half-Season Membership for £30.  Once again, this can work out as little as 3.75 (if you see all remaining 8 films)

Film for Tuesday 21st March

The distributors of our intended screening, “Black Mountain Poets”, ceased trading earlier this year, and we are unable to obtain a license for the screening of this film.  We are currently deciding on a replacement, and an announcement will be made here as soon as possible.

The 21st is also the scheduled date of our second informal discussion evening, to be held in the Foyer of the Cramphorn Theatre, following the screening of the film.  This event may have to be rescheduled, however, depending on the length of the replacement film

Chelmsford Film Festival: 7-10 June 2017

This June sees the launch of the first Chelmsford Film Festival, a 4-day event showcasing current International Short Films, Music Videos and Documentaries.  Tickets on sale soon, from their website.  Submissions for the event are now open.

 Your opinion counts

As well as filling in the Response Slips following the showing of each film, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

CFC on Twitter and Facebook

To receive regular, automatic notification of our films, why not follow us on either Twitter or Facebook.  Both can be accessed via the side panel on the right.

See what Chelmsford Film Club is showing this season on the 2016/17 season page,