The much loved Ventnor Film Society will be returning to the Ventnor Winter Gardens soon with their new season of films (keep an eye on the events diary) and have a spanking brand new Website to accompany it.
Readers of the forum will remember the posting put up back in May, a request was posted on the forum asking for suggestions for the next season.
Over 20 titles were put forward, including the likes of What the bleep do we know ?, The Quiet Earth, Century of The Self, A Room For Romeo Brass, Stoned and The Fountainhead. It is a shame that not one of them made it into the coming season’s selection, but maybe they’ll be room for them next year. Thanks to Mary for letting me know that two suggestions which were emailed to the film society have been included, The Beat that My Heart Skipped and Goodnight and Good Luck.
They have a cracking event planned for 19th November, titled Looking Through the Isle of Wight Film Archives
It features extracts from:
“The Sunshine Isleâ€? — the first Isle of Wight publicity film, made by the Isle of Wight Cine Club in 1949
“The Royal Visit 1966�
“The Wreck of the Volkerak at Brook�
“The SRN2 provides the first hovercraft service from Appley beach in Ryde in 1962�
“The Isle of Wight Railways in the 1930s� (featuring the Ventnor West line)
“Travel to the Island in the early 1960sâ€? — see how the crowds were in the heyday of the holiday season
“Captured on Cine — Reel 1â€? (and a preview of Reel 2) — a compilation of amateur footage edited by John Bartlett
“Sunshine Cruises�, a publicity film for Red Funnel Steamers made in 1932
The Autumn season kicks off with Brokeback Mountain on 5 September.
Check out their website for further info.
