Thanks to Julia Vickers of Bracknell Film Society for contributing this suggested programme of Booking Scheme titles, if you’d like to suggest a programme please get in touch…
An autumn season programme for an established Film Society showing twice a month plus occasional special screenings. Located in a suburban area with a multiplex cinema in easy reach and independent exhibition a bit further away. Unapologetically taken from the ever-expanding BFFS Booking Scheme Catalogue!
September
A season ‘launch’ after the summer break, a popular world cinema title that your audience may have missed:
- No | Pablo Larrain | Chile | 2012
- + Clash of the Cineclubbers (award-winning short from Cineclub)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMPNQzJF49E?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
The start of your educational themed season; this autumn features 3 films by director Roberto Rossellini. The season is introduced by a talk from your friendly local university lecturer.
- Rome, Open City | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | 1945

October
Rossellini season second and final films:
- Germany Year Zero | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, France, Germany | 1948

- Il Generale della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Italy | 1959

Plus Halloween Special:
- Young Frankenstein | Mel Brooks | US | 1974
- + The Shed (award-winning Osprey short from Keswick Film Festival)
November
Your annual silent with live piano accompaniment:
- The Gold Rush | Charles Chaplin | US | 1925
- + Love Eventually (award-winning short from Cineclub)

A recent title unlikely to have been seen by your audience:
- Margaret | Kenneth Lonergan | US | 2011 (critically admired, disgracefully neglected)
- + Our Ordered Lives (award-winning Osprey short from Keswick Film Festival)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POPLzI40Uiw?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
Plus Kid’s Club/Family Film:
- The Prince and the Pauper | William Keighley | US | 1937

December
Your documentary slot, this year tying in with World Aids Day:
- We Were Here | David Weissman, Bill Weber | US | 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LOiK5cf2k?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
A recent title unlikely to have been seen by your audience:
- I Wish | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan | 2011
- +Recovery – The Slow Road (award-winning Osprey short from Keswick Film Festival)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jKUWmgBQM?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
Christmas Social Special:
- Road to Rio | Norman Z. McLeod | 1948
- + Gandhi at the Bat 2006

Julia Vickers