Dear Members,

Another season has ended: our 33rd!!  On April 17 we screened RETURN TO SEOUL, the last of the 10 movies this season. At the film, in front of probably our biggest audience of the year, I was able to announce some good news.  We are planning to present yet season of 10 films, starting in October.  The dates booked for the Studio are:

Thursday 17 October ’24
Monday 4 November
Wednesday 11 December
Thursday 23 January ’25
Wednesday 5 February
Thursday 27 February
Wednesday 12 March
Thursday 27 March
Thursday 10 April
Tuesday 29 April

Demand for bookings at the Studio being so great, we had very little choice of dates to suit us, but we hope these present an attractive addition to your diaries.  The Committee will now begin the process of choosing the movies we shall show.  Your suggestions will be most welcome but, as many of you will know, not all recently released films are available to clubs like ours.  But do get in touch!

Demand for bookings at the Studio being so great, we had very little choice of dates to suit us, but we hope these present an attractive addition to your diaries.  The Committee will now begin the process of choosing the movies we shall show.  Your suggestions will be most welcome but, as many of you will know, not all recently released films are available to clubs like ours.  But do get in touch!

Virtually all of our reserve in the bank will go to hiring the 10 evenings at the Studio.  We are confident that the cost of licences to show the films will be met from your membership subscriptions and guest tickets.  However, the cost of subscriptions will have to increase from £70 this season to £75 for the next one.  Guest tickets will be £12.50.  We have ended this current season with 65 members.  Any fall in membership for the ’24/’25 season will mean that the future of the club will be in serious doubt.  Therefore I do hope you will all continue as members and that you will encourage friends, family and neighbours to join.  It was good to see so many of you taking part in the discussion after UNDER THE FIG TREES.  Everyone was extremely complimentary about the programme and showed a keen desire for the club to survive.

I would like to thank you all for your continuing support of the club.  I hope this has been a rewarding, enjoyable, even an entertaining and ‘challenging’ programme.  On your behalf, I would also like to thank members of the committee for their support, particularly our booking secretary Daden Hunt, our membership secretary Malcolm Reid, our treasurer Lawrence Islip and our website manager Bob Foale.

Wishing you a pleasant summer and looking forward to seeing you all again in October, I am

Peter Bunyan
Chair – CFC