MOVIOLA WINTER-SPRING FILMS MENU 2018 JAN – FEB – MAR - APR CLOSING DATE: 15TH December (If we do not receive your choice for January by this date we will not be able to process your booking) Below are 26 film titles and 6 Cinegi titles for you to consider for the Jan-April season Please take a moment to read through the introductory notes before jumping into the menu. Even if you are a seasoned Moviola partner, please follow the booking instructions on the next page. This will help us to process your requests quickly and accurately. The Summer 2018 season starts on May 1 and ends on August 31. A new menu for that season will be sent to you at the beginning of March. Do not book films for May 1st and after from this menu. Many Thanks Toby Walkley Programme Director Moviola, November 2017 HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS 1. Send an email to [email protected] as soon as possible, and not later than December 15 (for associates) and December 1 (for partners, to allow time for preparation of publicity materials). Please send it as a separate email - NOT by hitting reply, which can lead to messages going astray. 2. If you are an associate, state if it is a GOLD or SILVER booking. If you are a partner, make sure you have booked your dates with Christina first, to ensure she can schedule a presenter for you. 3. State your venue name. 4. List the dates and films you would like for Jan, Feb, March and April. Give me at least TWO spare films in case your first choices are not available (I will always consult you on any substitutions that might be necessary). IMPORTANT NOTES Confirmations - When you book your films from Moviola, I send you a Confirmation Form on which the level of charge for each film is clearly set out. You should read this carefully before replying to me that it is correct. The confirmation is our agreement to supply films for you for the season and we refer back to it in any case of a query on your invoice. It is also your license to show the film and your proof for anyone who requests it that you have booked the film properly, so be sure to read it and keep it safe. Film Hire Charges - Most films on this menu will have no minimum guarantee charge. This means you pay us 35% of your box office regardless of how many or how few tickets you sell. However certain films, despite their quality, attract very few bookings across our network. From this season onwards any film not generating more than 10 bookings will be subject to a minimum guarantee per show of £60. We will of course notify you if this happens. If you choose a film which is not on our menu it will carry the £105 minimum guarantee levied by the distributors. You pay us either this minimum guarantee or 35% of your box office, whichever is greater. Children’s/Family Films - Attracting a sufficient audience to make such films viable is extremely difficult. Young people want to see films immediately on release and at the lowest possible cost. Furthermore, these films are only available to us to show once they are on sale to the public. This demographic is also far more likely to download films from the Internet, or to buy them on Blu-Ray and DVD. So, a word of caution that across our network, venues have found audiences for these films hard to attract. We have no specific children’s films on this new menu. If you would like to screen children’s films, send us a list of titles and we can check pricing/availability for you. Help Us Stamp Out Film Piracy - All films shown to the public have to pay a licence fee whether or not any ticket price is charged. As a Moviola venue, you operate commercial film shows in exactly the same way as your local multiplex or full- time cinema. You advertise shows and sell tickets, and the London film distributors expect a proportion of your sales as film hire. If you find or hear of any venue near you which claims to be operating in a different way - for example advertising free shows or telling you that they get their films cheaper - we would like to know. It is in our interests to ensure that shows are properly licensed. Programming Guide The latest menu goes forward until the end of April. A number of films on the menu are not yet released in the UK, but will be available later in the menu cycle. As a result of this, some release dates will be approximate, and we have based dates on our experience of release schedules over our 20 years of collective programming. When you book your films, there is always a chance that release dates will be changed by distributors at short notice, and this is sadly completely beyond our control. We will of course give you the maximum notice we can if one of your choices needs to be changed, and help and advise you on finding a suitable replacement. We have 250 venues across the country, showing a huge range of films. Every venue and audience is different and we have therefore tried to include the broadest possible range of films from around the world. There really is something for everyone, and we hope you enjoy choosing your films. Should you have any queries regarding the menu, or would like to discuss your choices further, please do not hesitate to contact me, via email at [email protected] or by phone at 03330 118764. Further information on all the films, including synopses, pictures and reviews, can be found at www.imdb.com. Further/alternative trailers for all the films are available at www.youtube.com. CARRIED OVER FROM LAST SEASON: CHURCHILL 2017 Biography/Drama/History 105 mins PG Available now June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill (Brian Cox). Behind the iconic figure and rousing speeches: a man who has faced political ridicule, military failure and a speech impediment. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality - fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. The untold story of Britain's most celebrated leader, uncovering the true nature of Churchill's herculean war-time status and his vital relationship with "Clemmie" (Miranda Richardson) - the love that inspired him to greatness. "Bolstered by clear-cut direction from Teplitzky,and with excitingly staged disputes over the controversial operation at hand, Churchill hits all the right notes, bringing a slice of history to life in its most palatable and entertaining form." Radio Times http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2674454/?ref_=nv_sr_1 HAMPSTEAD 2017 Comedy/Drama/Romance 102 mins 12A Available now An American widow (Diane Keaton) finds unexpected love with a man (Brendan Gleeson) living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home. “This slight, modestly sweet and mildly charming affair squarely aimed at the older cinemagoer is just the bill for those seniors’ matinées where the ticket comes with a cuppa and a biscuit." Empire “Overall, Hampstead is a cute, entertaining comedy, if rather shallow, exploring the relationship of two older characters with a fascinating backdrop of events. It creates a warm feeling through the cinematography and script, highlighting the importance of not caring about one’s image.” The Upcoming http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5153236/?ref_=nv_sr_1 LOVING VINCENT 2017 Animation/Biography 94 mins 12A Out on DVD Feb 12 No other artist has attracted more legends than Vincent van Gogh. Variously labelled a martyr, a lustful satyr, a madman, a genius and a layabout, the real Vincent is at once revealed in his letters, and obscured by myth and time. Vincent himself said in his last letter: ‘We cannot speak other than by our paintings’. The world’s first fully painted animated feature, which took 5 years in the making, brings to life a stellar cast and a true tribute to the Dutch master. “Loving Vincent bills itself as the first fully painted feature film and it is primarily for this reason that it is worth seeing. Each frame is an oil painting on canvas, requiring a team of over 100 painters, and imitates Van Gogh’s famous style – except in flashbacks, which are monochrome and tend more towards realism. Interestingly, it is in these flashbacks where some of the most stunning sequences of the film take place, perhaps because the constant movement of the more stylistic scenes can be a little distracting at points. Everything in these sequences flickers with colour, including stationary objects, in a way that gives the picture a vivid and impressionistic atmosphere but also makes the few static images jar somewhat. Still, it is hard not to be mesmerised in the face of such a masterfully crafted piece of art and it is perhaps the only fitting tribute possible to Vincent van Gogh’s legacy.” The Upcoming http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3262342/?ref_=nv_sr_1 NEW THIS SEASON: THE BALLAD OF SHIRLEY COLLINS 2017 Documentary/Biography 84 mins 12A No release date as yet Rob Curry and Tim Plester's follow-up to the award-winning documentary Way of the Morris, is a lyrical response to the life and work of folk music icon Shirley Collins.