Tullynessle Hall Film Club
The film club is a non-profit making organisation set up with funding from the UK Film Council and is a member of the Cinema for All and Film Hub Scotland. We exist to promote a wide range of films including mainstream fare, foreign titles and short/documentary films.
Films are shown on Thursday evenings at 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm). Refreshments (tea, coffee and biscuits) will be available - free, but feel free to leave a donation! - and feel free to BYOB. Admission is £6 at the door - either cash, or we can now take contactless cards if you prefer.
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The Film Club continues the current season with a screening on:
THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY at 7:30pm
The film to be shown will be:
PARIS, TEXAS (Cert 12)
(1984; France/Germany; 146mins)
Directed by Wim Wenders and starring Bernard Wicki, Hunter Carson, Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, Aurore Clement, Dean Stockwell
This is a drama, from 1984, in which a man missing for four years attempts to reconnect with the wife who left him and their young son.
For more details of the programme for the rest of the season see below.
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FILM SELECTION AND PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
Our Objectives:
The aim of the Film Club is to encourage audiences to enjoy films that might not normally be available in main cinemas. Consequently our objective is to provide a range of films in the annual programme including independent British and Foreign films, Documentaries, Animations, Short films and ‘Golden Oldies’ (a chance to revisit some classics of the past) - although we also like to include 2 – 3 interesting mainstream films.
Where we get our ideas from:
We like to encourage all film-goers, club members and non-members alike, to contribute to the film selection procedure. Therefore towards the end of the Film Club season we begin the process of producing the programme for the next season by asking all in our audiences for film suggestions which meet the range of criteria described above.
The club committee then has a discussion of all the suggested films in order to produce a shortlist of 16. The content of the shortlist will reflect as many as possible of the categories that we like to include.
Why suggested films may not be selected:
i) We’ve shown the film before (becoming more frequent as the club grows older!)
ii) There are more suggested films in a particular category or of a particular type than we have room for in the programme (in particular we may favour films from foreign countries that we haven’t featured for a while)
iii) We wish to maintain a variety and balance of different types of films within the programme
iv) We are unable to obtain a license or DVD to show the film
In doing so we recognise that, in achieving this balance, many good film suggestions may not be included at this time – but they are held in reserve possibly to be included in future programmes.
The final programme:
Subsequently the committee checks the license and DVD/Blu ray availability of the 16 films in the shortlist before making the final choice of 12 to produce a varied and balanced programme in line with our stated objective.
TULLYNESSLE HALL FILM CLUB (the ‘Club’) – PRIVACY NOTICE:
What information do we retain and how do we use it? The only personal data we keep are your name and e-mail address. The sole purpose of the use of your personal data is to send out e-mails to keep you informed with news and information about the Club’s activities, and relevant news and information relating to our host venue (Tullynessle and Forbes Hall)
Why do we use your personal data? We use your name and e-mail address because you have specifically requested to be included on our information e-mail list.
Who has access to your personal data? Your personal data will only be accessed by a restricted number of Club committee members who have access to the Club e-mail system. It will not be shared with or passed on to third parties.
How do we protect your data? The Club has implemented controls to ensure your data are not misused or disclosed. Data are only accessed by authorised members of the committee through a password-protected e-mail system.
How long do we keep your data? We will only retain and use your personal data for as long as you wish to continue to receive information about the Club.
Your rights. You have the right to check the details that we retain of your personal data; to change any of the details of your personal data; and to have your personal data removed from our system at any time. To exercise these rights please contact the Club at tullynesslehallfilmclub@gmail.com.
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THE PROGRAMME FOR 2024/2025
Thursday 3rd October
ONE LIFE
(Cert 12)
(2024; UK; 105 mins)
Directed by James Hawes and starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham-Carter and Romola Garai
This poignant and emotional biographical drama follows the life of humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of children escape German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II.
Thursday 17th October
HAIRSPRAY
(Cert 12A)
(1988; UK; 92 mins)
Directed by John Waters and starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbi Harry and Rikki Lake
A 1960s teen sensation uses her newfound fame to protest racial segregation in this big-hearted, energetic comedy from 1988. Scenes of discrimination are counterbalanced by the film’s inclusive message
Thursday 31st October
PERFECT DAYS
(Cert PG)
(2023; Japan/Germany; 125 mins)
Directed by Wim Wenders and starring Kogi Yakusho, Yumi Aso and Tokio Emoto
A reserved, kind-hearted Tokyo janitor finds beauty in the ordinary in this gentle and quietly poignant drama
Thursday 14th November
EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Cert 15)
(2022; UK; 115 mins)
Directed by Sam Mendes and starring Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth and Toby Jones
This is a UK drama, set in the early 1980s, in which the duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee
SPECIAL EVENT!
SATURDAY 16th November
POSTPONED
GREASE
(Sing-along)
(Cert PG)
(1978; USA; 106 mins)
Directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Australian Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. When the summer comes to an end, Sandy frets that they may never meet again, but Danny tells her that their love is "only the beginning"
Thursday 28th November
FALLEN LEAVES (Cert 12)
(2023; Finland; 81 mins)
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki, and starring Alma Poysti, Jussi Vatanen and Alina Tomnikov
A man and woman form a relationship in this droll, dry and deadpan Finnish romantic drama. The relationship is jeopardised by the man's issues with alcohol
Thursday 12th December
THE ROAD DANCE (Cert 15)
(2021; UK; 117 mins)
Directed by Richie Adams and starring Will Fletcher, Liam Brennan and Felicity Keenan
This is a drama film of the book also by Richie Adams, set in the Outer Hebrides during WWI, in which a young woman’s life is changed by a traumatic event
Sunday 29th December
at 4:30pm
our Xmas film!
THE HOLDOVERS (Cert 15)
(2023; USA; 133mins)
Directed by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolf
In this good-natured comedy drama, set in the 1970s, an unpopular teacher, a rebellious student, and a recently-bereaved school cook form an unexpected bond while stuck together over the Christmas break
Thursday 9th January
ANATOMY OF A FALL
(Cert 15)
(2023; France; 152 mins)
Directed by Justine Trier and starring Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado Graner
After a man falls to his death in mysterious circumstances, his wife becomes the prime suspect in this complex and slow-burning crime drama which features emotionally intense courtroom sequences
Thursday 23rd January
PARIS, TEXAS
(Cert 12A)
(1984; France/Germany; 146mins)
Directed by Wim Wenders and starring Bernard Wicki, Hunter Carson, Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, Aurore Clement, Dean Stockwell
This is a drama, from 1984, in which a man missing for four years attempts to reconnect with the wife who left him and their young son
Thursday 6th February
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
(Cert 15)
(2023; UK; 100 mins)
Directed by Thea Sharrock and starring Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman and Alisha Weir
A genteel coastal town of the 1920s is scandalised when residents are plagued with obscenity-filled letters in this UK comedy drama, in which crude language and sex references are accompanied by a theme of domestic abuse.
Thursday 20th February
VINDICATION SWIM
(Cert PG)
(2022; UK; 98 mins)
Directed by Elliott Hasler and starring Kirsten Callaghan, John Locke and Victoria Summer
This inspiring British drama tells the story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel, and her struggles both in water and against the sexist and discriminatory attitudes of the 1920s.
Thursday 6th March
(our Fair Trade evening)
WILDING
(Cert PG)
(2023; UK; 75mins)
Directed by David Allen and starring Matthew Collyer, Rhiannon Neads and Isabella Tree
In this heartwarming documentary drama, a pair of English farmers take radical steps to reinvigorate the dying landscape around their estate, which yields astonishing results along with public criticism.