Moviola
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Moviola brings the best in cinema to your community, wherever you live in the UK – in the last year nearly 2,000 film shows for 125,000 people.
Kilmington shows the films on a wide screen in the village hall with seating for 100. The first showing in Kilmington was in March 2005 with the film “Vanity Fair”. Since it started until December 2019 we have shown 112 films selling 7,785 tickets and raising £19,218 for the Village Hall funds. Tickets booked in advance (£5.00) or on the door (£5.50). Advance booking by phoning 01297 639758, please leave contact details and the booking will be confirmed or email: wattsjohn307@gmail.com. |
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Unfortunately, the COVID-19 restriction limits our audience numbers to 25 making the showing of films completely uneconomical. The current arrangements require that we book the films, projectionist, and equipment in August for our film shows September – December so I have had to inform Moviola that we will not be opening again this year.
The hire charges for each show is £191.07 to Moviola plus 35% of ticket sales to the film distributor. Audiences of less than 50 do not cover these charges, but with refreshments and the raffle last year we raised just over £1,500 for the Village Hall maintenance fund. Money which the Village Hall will not receive this year. COVID-19 restriction would probably mean no raffle or refreshments, so even if the social distancing were relaxed we might still have a financial problem to run the film shows.
But not all doom and gloom, we are looking into purchasing our own equipment, which would cut at least £100 from the running costs. The
equipment cost for a good setup is around £10,000 so we are trying for a Lottery Grant to start the ball rolling. Having our own equipment would mean far more flexibility on which days we run, and audience size would not be critical allowing for special interest films for smaller groups. However, raising a major portion of the finance required is our first objective, so keep your fingers crossed and hope we have some positive news early next year.
John Watts
Your local Moviola organiser
The hire charges for each show is £191.07 to Moviola plus 35% of ticket sales to the film distributor. Audiences of less than 50 do not cover these charges, but with refreshments and the raffle last year we raised just over £1,500 for the Village Hall maintenance fund. Money which the Village Hall will not receive this year. COVID-19 restriction would probably mean no raffle or refreshments, so even if the social distancing were relaxed we might still have a financial problem to run the film shows.
But not all doom and gloom, we are looking into purchasing our own equipment, which would cut at least £100 from the running costs. The
equipment cost for a good setup is around £10,000 so we are trying for a Lottery Grant to start the ball rolling. Having our own equipment would mean far more flexibility on which days we run, and audience size would not be critical allowing for special interest films for smaller groups. However, raising a major portion of the finance required is our first objective, so keep your fingers crossed and hope we have some positive news early next year.
John Watts
Your local Moviola organiser
Read more about Moviola at www.moviola.org
