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We are a London-based organisation who love watching films and appreciate the power of bringing people together to watch great movies.

Since 2009 we’ve organised nearly 30 screening events for Deptford Film Club and the London Festival of Nigerian Film. And in 2011 we are planning a whole lot more.

If you’d like to work with us, talk to Phoenix Fry on 07872 164601 or info@cinema-forever.co.uk.

Current projectsDeptford Film ClubNollywood Now!How to organise film screenings

New projectsNight Mail’s 75thCinema into the WoodsSydenham Film Club

Deptford Film Club

Fortnightly film screenings on Wednesdays in DeptfordWe set up Deptford Film Club in 2009 with the aim of making brilliant, challenging and enjoyable cinema accessible to the people of Deptford, south east London. We also loved the idea of bringing all sorts of different people together.

We launched with Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, an extraordinary French musical from the late 1960s.

And since then we’ve packed out our venue with films including the best of modern British cinema, two Korean thrillers, a Mexican teen movie, a tense Romanian drama, a superb Bollywood adaptation of Othello and an unbelievable Japanese horror, plus classic films from the golden age of Hollywood.

We’ve secured funding from the New Cross Locality Fund and the Capital Community Fund, and we are now developing partnerships with other arts and community organisations in the Deptford area.

If you love film and you love Deptford, talk to us about how we might work with each other.

www.deptfordfilmclub.org

Achievements Feb 2010 – Feb 2011• 18 film screenings• 325 audience members• 350 mailing list members• 244 Facebook / 245 Twitter• 10,000 website visitors• Coverage in Time Out, LeCool, South London Press, Mercury• Invited to speak at Winchester University, Shortcutz film showcase, Treasure Films

Income• £1850: New Cross local assembly• £650: The Capital Community Fund• £1300: Income from ticket sales

We worked with• SE London Film Club Network• Birds Nest pub• Gallop Cafe• Artefacts Edutainment

DEPTFORD FILM CLUB PRESENTS

A GRITTY BOLLYWOOD ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S ‘OTHELLO’

SEX, GANGSTERS & GLORIOUS MUSIC SET IN THE DUSTY BADLANDS

OF NORTHERN INDIA

AJAY DEVGAN | KAREENA KAPOOR | SAIF ALI KHAN

www.deptfordfilmclub.org Fortnightly film screenings on wednesdays

OMK AR A

7.30pm WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL

GALLOP CAFE BAR198 Deptford High St

FREE ENTRY / DONATIONS

7.30pm WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL

DEPTFORD FILM CLUB PRESENTS

www.deptfordfi lmclub.org FORTNIGHTLY FILM SCREENINGS ON WEDNESDAYS

7.30PM Wednesday 23 June 2010@ Birds Nest, 32 Deptford Church St. SE8 4RZ £2-£3 donations

“SINGIN’ INTHE RAIN”

STARRING

GENE KELLYDONALD O’CONNORDEBBIE REYNOLDS

“AN EXTRAORDINARILY EXUBERANT, ALWAYS YOUTHFUL, JOYOUSLY

INDESTRUCTIBLE MUSICAL.Enjoying ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ has nothing to do

with nostaligia or with sentimentality. It is, simply stated, a Hollywood masterpiece.” NEW YORK TIMES

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Recently voted one of the

most underrated films of

the last decade.

MORVERN CALLAR

birds nest pub 32 deptford church st

deptford film club presents

15

Small town checkout girl

(Samantha Morton) doesn’t

bother grieving for her

her dead boyfriend.

Instead she claims his

big literary advance as

her own - and spends it

on a holiday in Spain.

Why not, eh?

---FREE ENTRY---

7.30pm Wednesday

14 April 2010

www.deptfordfilmclub.org FORTNIGHTLY FILM SCREENINGS ON WEDNESDAYS

Made for next to nothing, shot with non-professional teenagers and set around the bombsites and high-rise flats of Stratford, Bronco Bullfrog captures the truth behind 1960s working-class London.

BRONCO BULLFROG

7.30pm WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER £3

BIRDS NEST32 Deptford Church St, SE8 4RZ

DEPTFORD FILM CLUB PRESENTS

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7.3Opm Wednesday 19 January 2011Birds Nest, 32 Deptford Church St. SE8 4RZ

the human centipede

DEPTFORD FILM CLUB presents

£3 donations www.deptfordfilmclub.org FORTNIGHTLY FILM SCREENINGS ON WEDNESDAYS

18A film by Jacques Demy starring Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac and Gene Kelly

demoiselles

FREEENTRY

rochefortles de

DEPTFORD

7.30pm wednesday 17 february 2010birds nest pub, deptford church stwww.deptfordfilmclub.org | deptfordfilmclub@live.co.uk

FILM CLUB presents

“This utterly French and

shamelessly romantic musical could be

the oddest and most delightful film

you will ever see.” www.deptfordfilmclub.org PG

What the audience saidThe best laugh I’ve had all week!

A fantastic atmosphere and great film selection.

Best night out I’ve had at the movies for a while.

I like so much about this - the passion in organising, the vibe of the night, the chocolate ice cream... keep it up.

Wonderful atmosphere, fantastic film.

Fab film club - great that this is organised.

An amazing film - I’ve always wanted to see it but never had the chance.

Incredible. Top venue, top film!

The weirdest film I have ever seen. I thought the girl getting eaten by the piano was odd, but then someone turned into a pile of bananas.

Nollywood Now! London Festival of Nigerian Film

6-12 October 2010Nollywood is the world’s second largest film industry (behind Bollywod and ahead of Hollywood), producing thousands of films each year for audiences from across Africa and the rest of the world.In October 2010 we ran the UK’s first ever festival dedicated to Nigerian popular film with the aim of:• taking Nollywood out of people’s homes and into a shared public space• bringing Nollywood to new audiences

We took over the grand old Deptford Town Hall building in New Cross and for six nights screened Nollywood films to a hugely diverse audience.The festival began with a panel discussion featuring two film academics, the managing director of the Nollywood Channel and the Odeon’s special projects manager for Nigerian film.

Subsequent screenings featured:• the feature-length documentary Nollywood Babylon• the Yoruba-language melodrama Modupe Temi • teen dramas Arugba and White Waters• culture shock thriller Dangerous Twins• classic comedy Osuofia in London.Each film was introduced by a Nigerian film industry insider. Guests included film producer Kola Munis, actor Charles Angiama and film academics Dr Gareth Stanton (Goldsmiths College) and Dr Oluyinka Esan (Winchester University).

www.nollywoodnow.co.uk

Achievements Feb 2010 - Feb 2011• 6 film screenings• 11 volunteers• 250 audience members• Press coverage in The Voice, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Guardian, Time Out, Sight & Sound• Broadcast coverage on VoxAfrica TV and Resonance FM

Income• £2500: sponsorship from Guaranty Trust Bank• £2000: Lewisham Community

Cohesion Fund• £700 (not claimed): Lewisham Black History Month• £1000: Income from ticket and drinks sales

We worked with• African Movie Channel• Nollywood Channel• SOAS, Goldsmiths and Winchester

What the audience said“I’m immensely proud that Lewisham Council has funded the UK’s first festival of Nigerian film. This festival is a great opportunity for us all to celebrate the outstanding global success of Nollywood film-making.” Mayor of Lewisham, Sir Steve Bullock

“This festival marks an important moment for Nigerian cinema in the West.” Moses Babatope, Odeon Cinemas

“Congratulations on putting this programme together. Nollywood deserves all the promotion it can get.” Parminder Vir OBE

How to organise film screenings

What participants saidI’ve been playing the idea of starting a film club for ages.

It was good talking to other participants about their projects

I would recommend this course to my friends and colleagues.

I now have the knowledge and confidence to run film screening events myself.

The printed information pack was very useful.

The session was very interesting and organic/dynamic.

The courseIn December 2010 we piloted a course in running regular or one-off film screening events.

The three hour course covers the basics in:• equipment you need to buy or hire• finding and keeping your audience• working with film distributors and

filmmakers• publicising your film screenings• essential legal matters.

We’re planning to repeat this course in 2011 for arts and community groups, as well as motivated individuals with a passion for film.

Email info@cinema-forever.co.uk if you’d like to join the next course, or if you’d like us to run a tailored course for your organisation.

New projects

Night Mail’s 75th anniversary

In 2011 the hugely influential film Night Mail celebrates its 75th anniversary.

The film was produced by the GPO Film Unit, the organisation that was at the forefront of the British documentary and experimental film movement during the 1930s and 40s. The studios were based in Blackheath, south east London.

We’re leading a project to celebrate the work of the GPO Film Unit by screening Night Mail alongside other films produced in the mid-1930s.

We are working with Blackheath Halls, Goldsmiths College, the British Postal Museum &Archive and local historians.

We are looking for individuals and organisations who want to support this project.

New projects

Cinema into the woods Cinemas are very similar to forests. They are dim, mysterious spaces where we transcend normal life.

These dream-spaces are sometimes spooky (the ‘Transylvania’ of popular imagination literally means ‘beyond the forest’), and sometimes very reassuring and grounding (think of how many Disney films and fairy stories are set in woodlands).

To combine the power of cinema and the power of woods, we’re going to run five or six free film screenings in London woodlands. We’ll be showing forest-based films such as Blair Witch Project, Pan’s Labyrinth, My Neighbour Totoro and E.T.

We’re seeking partners who’d like to join us on an adventure into nature, dreams and good old-fashioned family fun.

Sydenham Film Club

Following the success of Deptford Film Club, we’ve been asked to set up a community-based film club in Sydenham, south London.

We’re working in partnership with Treasure Films, a Sydenham-based film-making group who secured £5000 funding from Lewisham’s local assembly Mayor’s Fund.

We’re now consulting with local residents to discover what sort of film club they want, and are building links with Sydenham Arts Festival, Sydenham Radio and the Sydenham Society.

We have plans to run regular film screenings in a local venue, as well as exciting one-off ‘pop-up’ events.

If you’d like to get involved with Sydenham Film Club, please contact us - or visit www.sydenhamfilmclub.org.

New projects

Contact

Phoenix Fry, Creative Director07872 164601 info@cinema-forever.co.uk

www.deptfordfilmclub.orgwww.nollywoodnow.co.ukwww.sydenhamfilmclub.org

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