Films are screened at The Guildhall, Victoria Road, Dartmouth, TQ6 9RY.

The bar opens from 7pm and the films start approx. 7.30pm.

To become a member of the Society costs £25 per year from 1 January and we show on average 20 films.  Good value.

Application forms are available from the Membership Secretary.

Guest tickets are available on the night for £3.50 each from  "The Windjammer"  Victoria Road between 7pm & 7.25pm only.

No guest tickets will be sold on the door.

To join Dartmouth Film Society, or for more information, call CLIVE OSBORNE - 07968 026449

DFS Newsletter – December 2010

New Start Time for Film  Nights
Next year, starting with our first film 13th January 2011 we have changed the start time of the films to 7.30pm with doors open from 7.00 pm

Prices held: Renew your membership NOW for 2011
DFS committee have voted to hold membership prices at their current rate for 2011. So the membership fee remains at just £25 if you renew or join DFS NOW, before, or at our first film on Thursday 13th January 2011. Normal Rate is £30 per year. You will be able to see 21 films next year for less than £1.20 per film. Dates for the whole year are given below for your 2011 diary. We have attached a membership form for you to complete. Please include your email address if you have one, so we can update you on all events throughout the year. Guest tickets for 2011 will still be available at the Windjammer on film nights from 7.00 pm till 7.25 pm @ £3.50 a ticket. We cannot sell tickets on the door.

2011 - Spring season of films
We have an excellent programme of films for the spring season - see the new January 2011 brochure. You can also look up all the details of DFS films and more any time @ www.dartmouthfilmsociety.org.uk. Lynne our Programme Manager and her team are working hard to build the 2011 programme, taking into account your suggestions, comments, feed back from the film rating slips and lots of film research, plus help from the BFFS and other film societies. It has to be the most difficult jobs for anyone in a film society - Thank you Lynne. Members input from comments, suggestions, and by filling in the feedback slips all helps the society plan and make the choices for future programmes, please keep them coming via discussion/email/or just send a note.

DFS Future
We are starting to look into how the society can widen its appeal. The earlier start time of 7.30 pm from 13th January 2011 will allow; i) Longer films to be shown, ii) A programme of short films, say three in one night or one plus main feature! iii) time for discussions about film, as well as helping people from Kingswear and those that have travel get home that bit earlier. We are looking on course again for the Dart Music Festival film night, the film kicks off a good start to the Music Festival and is always enjoyed as a special event. Maybe we can do something for the Food Festival as well. Any suggestions?

Who is Who?

The DFS Committee
Chair:                                  Clive Osborne.         

Treasurer:                      Di Lyon
Secretary/Membership: Val Deplege           

Technical Operators                Ian Noble and Alan  Deplege
Program Manager          :    Lynne Noble         

Bar & Bar Support                     Liz Lyon   &   Rachel Hunt
Publicity:                    Di Collins

Film Selection Sub-Committee:  Chair Lynne Noble,  Melanie Hugh-Jones, Barbara Bardwell, Liz Lyon,

Many other jobs are done by all the committee members to run the film society including Chester Wallis collecting your feed back and helps with accounts and external ticket sales, and Melanie & Hillary Day help in many areas, set up the Guildhall before the film and party nights.
Films For the rest of  2011

Keep a lookout for films you think we should show and put them forward as your nominate films that you would particularly like us to screen bearing in mind that we won’t be able to accommodate everyone’s suggestions! 

Give your nominations to us on film nights or email them to:  dartmouthfilm@btinternet.com

DFS Newsletter – September 2010

As the summer hols are coming to an end it is time to launch our late summer/autumn film programme which, and we hope agree, is pretty mouth-watering!

Looking back over the year so far, it is worth highlighting some successes….

• our membership numbers are stable (after last year’s decline)
• we are getting better attendances per screening
• our financial position is healthier
• our bar sales are up!
• The Music Festival screening of “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” with music by Tui and Neil plus a picnic was a big hit

We are planning more special events, the first of which will be on November 1st, with a special screening of ---“Finest Hour--- Films by Humphrey Jennings”.  The 80 minute programme consists of 4 documentaries made between 1939 and1943 and in the words of the British Film Institute….
“Humphrey Jennings is widely considered one of Britain's greatest filmmakers and our finest documentary director. His short films from the World War Two era combine poetic observation with subtle yet intense national feeling, and remain an inspiration to countless contemporary filmmakers.”
There will be a matinee at 3.00pm and our normal evening screening.   We are promoting the event to several Dartmouth organisations such as Dartmouth Caring and the British Legion with guests tickets selling at £2.50 for the afternoon and £3.50 for the evening (available from Baxter’s Gallery in Foss Street).  To add to the atmosphere of the occasion, Norman Cork will be playing a selection of music of the time.  Please put this date in your diary and tell your friends!

Our Christmas film will be shown on 13 December and we will let you have details later in the season when we send out membership reminders and renewal forms.
We are very keen to get feedback from as many members as possible in order to make sure that we select the sort of films that you want to see.  So, we will be asking you to score each film you come to see at the end of the screening and make any comments on past films and suggestions for future films.
Delivering programmes/newsletters by post or by hand is both costly and time-consuming and we would like to use email as much as possible.  We appreciate that not all of you have access to email or the desire to use it but for those who do, please ensure that we have your correct email address.  If you aren’t getting the regular pre-film emails from us please send your email address to: 
dartmouthfilm@btinternet.com

We hope to get more sponsorship for specific films/events so if you or someone you know are interested in sponsorship or promoting your business please talk to us or email us.
A quick vote of thanks to Dartmouth Caring for letting us use their dishwasher on film nights – it makes a big difference to us – we can all get down to the Windjammer a bit quicker!

Finally, Dartmouth film fans are well served with the Flavel and DFS presenting a clear choice to audiences between a commercial cinema (several screenings per week of more mainstream films in a proper cinema environment based on ticket purchase) and a film society/club for the community (showing more specialist/foreign films to subscription-paying members in more informal surroundings). 
We believe this differentiation is important and also that there is scope, through mutual understanding and cooperation, to improve the films on offer to the whole community. We shall do our best to pursue this aim.
See you all on film nights!