Where your 2010/11 season donations went

You were asked to make a lot of decisions last season on where we should best devote our funds in supporting the wider interests of film.

Firstly £1000 was been given to the Cheltenham Film Festival for the second year in a row. See their plans on their web site.

Secondly £1000 was given to Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum to expand their "Shot in Cheltenham" programme.

The full Programme description is here, but in brief it is: "...inviting young people in Cheltenham to enter a short film competition. We would like them to create a piece of film which reflects their perception of Cheltenham as a young person, so we have a record for the future of how they see Cheltenham Now. These films will then be uploaded by the young people to a website. At the close of the competition the film with the most votes will be the winner. The winner will receive a voucher for an Audio Visual shop to spend on buying equipment that will further their career in filmmaking. "

Lastly we gave the University of Gloucestershire money as part of a three year agreement to fund equipment, bursaries and prizes within their Media Studies programme.

For the latter two in particular, we are encouraging young, local talent in film making. Your reactions to their efforts will be published on these pages over the 2011/12 season.

2010/11 season donations

So far we have only given the second of the agreed three £3,000 donations to the University of Gloucestershire Film Production unit. We are still debating other grants to give.

Planned Social Events

Tue 6 March

Wine Tasting evening at Cheltenham Croquet Club. Regulars will know that our socials are almost as good as the films because of the expert wine connoisseurs on our committee. This will be chance to taste and compare their selections at a more leisurely pace.

Cost around £7 per person. Tickets will be on sale at our films, or contact Heather for more details.

Stephen's Selection These films are being shown in the Cheltenham area and are recommended as 'definitely worth seeing' by Stephen, our resident film buff and committee member.If you do get to see any of them, please send us an e-mail with your views about the film, the venue, anything we can learn to help improve the society.  Also let us know if you hear of other films we should include here.

Happy viewing!

The plaque on the editing suite in Film Production at the University of Gloucestershire sponsored by donations from CFS members. Below are some of your committee members at the official industry launch of the new Media School at the University's Park Campus on the 8th December 2011.