MOVIOLA WINTER-SPRING FILMS MENU 2016 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL Here are no less than 42 films for you to consider for the Winter-Spring 2016 season. Take a minute to read through the Introduction before jumping into the films. There are some useful messages there. Our next season – Winter-Spring- starts on Friday January 1st and Ends on Saturday 30th April. This menu is only for dates within this period. A new menu for the summer season will be sent to you at the beginning of March. The closing datE for bookings is DecembEr 12th. This is so that I can prepare the shorts disKs & trailers for your January show. If you do not intend to booK any films from us, please email me to tell me so that I do not have to bother you with reminders. Phill Walkley Programme Director Moviola, November 7th 2015 Community Cinema at its Best HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS 1. By email to [email protected] 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 January, February, March and April 5. Give me at least TWO spare films in case your first choices are not available (I will always consult you on any substitutions) VERY IMPORTANT NOTES CINEMATHEQUE Films which have this designation are eligible for a discount of £50 per booKing, thanks to the support of BFI Neighbourhood. This discount is only available for Associates who have ‘signed up’ for the scheme. Associates who are not in the scheme may of course booK the films on the standard terms. If you did not sign up to the Cinematheque scheme but would liKe to do so now, please email me and I will send you the terms and conditions. NOTE: CINEMATHEQUE DISCOUNTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SHOWS TO THE END OF MARCH. 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. They have the designation *This film has a minimum guarantEE of £50 in the Menu. 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. 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 usual 35% or the minimum guarantee levied by the film distributor (usually in a range from £85 to £120), whichever is the larger. VAT is charged on these special booKings. 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. No Nasty Surprises 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! PROGRAMME PLANNER This is the section of the Menu which allows you to see at a glance which films are available for each month. ChecK this to ensure you are not asking for a film before it is available for you. Note always! Film release dates are liable to change by distributors at short notice. These are best estimate dates. Films available in January Films available in February Films available in March Films available in April ALL THOSE IN JANUARY PLUS ALL THOSE IN JAN & FEB PLUS ALL THOSE IN JAN, FEB & MARCH PLUS Amy Fathers and Daughters Brooklyn Grandma Dark Horse He Named Me Malala (mid Feb) Burnt In the Heart of the Sea 45 Years Hector By the Sea The Danish Girl Song of the Sea The Martian Carol The Third Man The Program Steve Jobs X + Y The WalK The Dressmaker A Walk in the Woods The Lady in the Van Bolshoi Babylon Everest Legend Macbeth (mid Jan) Life My Nazi Legacy Pan (mid Jan) Radiator Sicario (mid Jan) Also in January Slow West The Legend of Barney Thompson Sunset Song The Lobster Suffragette (from 15th Jan) Theeb Superbob Under Milk Wood Tangerines Zarafa PROGRAMMING GUIDE This is a very strong Menu which (if you do just one film a month) is going to present you with some problems in choosing just four films. Show more films! to let your audiences enjoy more of these treats. You will also find your audience numbers will increase as people get used to regular nights of cinema pleasure from you rather than the odd show now and again. Please don’t ask for films from the last Menu. If you do that, you are always going to be left behind on the new films which your audiences will want to see. First, let’s deal with this obvious film: SPECTRE This is the film of the moment and millions are flocKing to it. That doesn’t mean that they will flock to your venue to see it when we are able to get it – liKely March or April. Our sad experience with Bond films is that everyone goes to see them when they are fresh and audiences for them in our venues are always small and disappointing. THus I HaVE not put it on tHE MEnu. HOWEVER, if you want to show SPECTRE, put it on your list and I will let you Know when it is available and if necessary adjust your other booKings to fit it in. Note: There will be a minimum film hire of £60 for this title. Second: A note about FILM AVAILABILITY. This menu goes forward until the end of April. 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. To help you choose from the wealth of films on offer, here are my tips for the Winter-Spring. SUNSET SONG We have a special premiere release of this superb drama from veteran UK director Terence Davies. Really worth considering for January – and if you are in the Cinematheque scheme, you will get a £50 discount too. THE LADY IN THE VAN Of course everyone is going to want to see this – or see it again since many people will go to the cinema to see it. Note: We are unlikely to have it until March. The distributor of this film does not do ‘early release’ even for us. It seems to be a time for HIGH ADVENTURE – well an answer to all those who ask for ‘some films for the men’. Actually these films are great entertainment for everyone: EVEREST from Jan), THE WALK, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA - and even maybe THE PROGRAM, though this is sport rather than H.A. CAROL is going to be one of the great films of the next few years – tough material maybe for some venues. Other very attractive dramas worth a looK are THE DRESSMAKER and if you can call it a drama, the stunning new MACBETH – and of course SUFFRAGETTE and BROOKLYN. There are some superb DOCUMENTARIES this time. Of course, it is always hard to get village audiences to turn out for docs – but checK out HE NAMED ME MALALA, BOLSHOI BABYLON, the incredibly powerful MY NAZI LEGACY and of course the stunning AMY and audience pleaser DARK HORSE retained from last season. There are some wonderfully quirky films: THE LOBSTER, which is being such a hit with younger audiences – THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON, SUPERBOB.