MOVIOLA AUTUMN FILMS MENU 2016 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER CLOSING DATE : MONDAY AUGUST 15 IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A SEPTEMBER SHOW Here are no less than 34 films for you to consider for the Autumn 2016 season. Please take a minute to read through the Introductory comments before jumping into the films. Even if you are a seasoned Moviola Partner, please follow the booking instructions on the next page. It will help us process your requests more quickly and accurately. Our next season – Winter/Spring 2017 - starts on January Ist and ends on 30th April. A new menu for that season will be sent to you in the middle of November. Do not book films for after January 1st from this Menu. Phill Walkley Programme Director Moviola, June 28th 2016 HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS 1. Send an email to [email protected] as soon as possible and by Monday August 15th 2. State if it is a GOLD or SILVER booking 3. Put your venue name 4. List the dates and films you would like for September, October, November & December 5. Give me at least TWO spare films in case your first choices are not available (I will always consult you on any substitutions) NO NASTY SURPRISES (This is really important!) 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 licence to show the film and your proof for anyone who requests it that you have booked the film properly – so read it and keep it safe! VERY IMPORTANT NOTES Film Hire Charges Most films in this Menu 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, despite their quality certain films attract very few bookings across our network. We have to ensure that any minimum charges imposed upon us by film distributors are covered by the likely return from you and so these films do carry a small minimum charge. The 35% or £50 minimum both include VAT. Also, please note that we may have to amend the pricing stated on your film confirmation in the light of the total number of requests we have in for a film at the close of the booking period. I will of course write to inform you of any changes to film hire price and you have the option to change your film if you do not wish to pay the new hire charge. If you wish to book a film NOT on the Menu, this will be a special one-off booking for you and will be charged the minimum guarantee levied by the film distributor (usually in a range from £85 to £120) or 35%, whichever is the larger. VAT is charged on these special bookings. Children’s/”Family” Films Attracting sufficient audience to make such films financially viable is very difficult. Young people want to see films immediately on release and at lowest possible cost. These films are also available to show only when they are on sale to the public. This audience is much more likely than our usual audience to download films from the internet and to buy them on DVD. So, a word of caution that across our Moviola network, venues have found audiences for ‘children’s and family films’ difficult to attract. 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 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 all our interests to ensure that shows are properly licenced. PROGRAMMING GUIDE This menu goes forward until the end of December. I have therefore included a number of new films which have not yet been released in the UK. As a result, release dates are bound to be approximate in some cases. They are based on our experience of release patterns over nearly 20 years of doing this work. Dates for film release can change almost on a daily basis and seemingly at the whim of London distributors. Therefore, when I book your films for you and put them on your confirmation, please accept that there may need to be changes because of decisions entirely out of our control. Of course, belonging to MOVIOLA means that we pass on to you the most up to date information we can – and if there have to be changes to the order of your films, then I will give you the maximum notice I can. When I select films to recommend to you, I do so on the basis that every film has some merit or quality. I know how precious our film screening slots are so films always have to be worthy of inclusion. Try to form your own judgement about films and not be too coloured by comments from critics or on line comments by members of the public. You should never choose the films YOU want to see but the ones that will appeal to your ‘customers’, taking the chance where you can to expand their experience and introduce them to the work of new film makers and films from around the world. There are some pretty obvious ‘leaders’ this time in terms of popular appeal. However I would urge you to look at some of the other less well- known films because there are some absolute gems there. For example all the foreign language films: From the superb “Dheepan” to the moving Spanish drama “Ma Ma” (with the glorious Penelope Cruz), to the blasphemous hilarity of “The Brand New Testament” , to the sharp French humour of “The Student and Mister Henri” to the tour-de-force film-making of “Victoria”. There’s a fascinating (but unknown to us) true story in “Elvis and Nixon”, a definitive biography of one of the screen immortals Ingrid Bergman, and the moving story of a dancer determined to be himself despite the regime under which he was born in “Desert Dancer”. And on the big hitter list, do not miss the amazing story that is “The 33” , the story of Jesse Owens in “Race” and a wonderful chance to enjoy the talent of Slumdog Millionaire/Marigold Hotel’s Dev Patel in “The Man Who Knew Infinity”. I don’t know how you are going to begin to distil such cinematic wonders into (maybe at best) your four choices for the autumn. The obvious answer is to show more films and give your loyal audience a chance to stretch their wings – and enjoy even more. I think you would be very surprised at the response if you did! I do hope you approve of the Menu and enjoy reading the notes and watching the accompanying DVD. NEW FILMS – THE BIG HITTERS This is our selection of films which are likely to have a wide appeal. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS – THE MOVIE (12A tbc) 100 mins tbc Comedy Cinema release 1 July Public sale likely 7 November Possible to book from 15th November 25 Years on, so a lot older and fatter. No reviews to go on yet but from the trailer it seems to be some of the best gags from of old with some new celebrity names such as Kate Moss and Stella McCartney. May be nice to see the “old” faces again – but a lot of the attraction will depend on how much you loved the original. CAFÉ SOCIETY (12A tbc) 94 mins Comedy/Light Drama Cinema release 2 September Public sale likely January 2017 Possible to book from 5th December Woody Allen’s latest which was selected to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival. A gentle and thoughtful examination of love. Jesse Eisenberg, best known for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, plays Bobby, a young New Yorker who heads out to Hollywood in search of an exciting future. He falls for Vonnie (Kristin Stewart of Twilight fame), the secretary of his Uncle Phil (Steve Carell), a successful producer, and is soon confronted with the fact that she has a mysterious lover. The resulting confusion is worthy of Allen's mentor, Anton Chekhov. Set in the 1930s, with much excellent period detail, the film is being hailed as Allen’s most enjoyable for years. EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) 102 mins Comedy Cinema release 1 April Public sale 8th August Possible to book from 1st September “A feel-good, crowd-pleasing triumph that deserves to find the widest possible audience, this terrific underdog tale based on the astonishing sporting exploits of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards has that touch of The Full Monty/Billy Elliot Brit-crafted magic, with dashes of Ealing comedy thrown in. Combined with a star-making turn from Taron Egerton, as the Cheltenham plasterer’s son, and adroit direction by Dexter Fletcher, the undeniable power and emotional richness of the entire endeavour makes for a captivating success.” Based on the 1980s real life story of Britain’s hopeless but courageous ski-jumper and with a superb performance from Taron Egerton in the lead.