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Winner of the British Federation of Film Societies 2007 award for Best Film Programming and commendation for Best Programme Notes.
SPECIAL GALA SCREENING: Happy-Go-Lucky
Penwith Film Society has good reason to feel happy and lucky these days.
The award-winning organisation will be hosting the Cornwall Gala Screening of acclaimed director Mike Leigh's new film Happy-Go-Lucky on Wednesday, 16 April, at the Savoy Cinema, Penzance.
(pic from Time Out)
This most special event has been arranged thanks to the generosity of producer Simon Channing Williams, who recently became a PFS life member. Channing Williams will both introduce the film and offer a 30-minute Q&A afterwards. He'll be accompanied by several "props" for show and tell: trophies and awards won over the years, including a BAFTA, an Oscar, a Golden Lion, and a Palme d'Or, for audience members to touch and hold.
Happy-Go-Lucky had its world premiere in February at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was enthusiastically received and won a Silver Bear for best actress Sally Hawkins.The film opens nationally in the U.K. on 18 April.
Thanks to the additional generosity of Merlin Cinemas, the screening will also serve as a joint fundraiser for the seventh annual Cornwall Film Festival (www.cornwallfilmfestival.com), set for 6-9 November 2008.
"This is a huge privilege for the PFS and its entire membership," said PFS chairman Steve Payne. "Simon has offered us a rare gift and we're tremendously grateful to him. This gala screening caps a terrific year for us. Last year we were awarded top prize for Best Film Programming by the British Federation of Film Societies, and our current membership is at record levels. Life is good for the PFS right now, and we're happy to give a hand to the Cornwall Film Festival as well."
The film will begin at 7pm. PFS members and concessions will be entitled to a reduced ticket price of £4.50; all other tickets £7.00. An upstairs reception of nibbles and conversation will follow the film.
We finish the season with another special presentation: a new print of Bernardo Bertolucci’s '70s classic, The Conformist.
This has to be our most eclectic choice of films yet; we hope you can manage to see all of them.
April 6 / 7 / 9 IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
April 13 / 14 / 16 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
April 16 - SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING SAVOY SCREEN ONE 7PM HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
April 20 / 21 / 23 BORN AND BRED
April 27 / 28 / 30 THE COUNTERFEITERS
May 11 / 12 / 14 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
May 18 / 19 / 21 SILENT LIGHT
June 1 / 2 / 4 THE ORPHANAGE
June 8 / 9 / 11 PERSEPOLIS
June 15 / 16 / 18 YOU, THE LIVING
June 22 / 23 / 25 PARANOID PARK
June 29 / 30 July / 2 OUR DAILY BREAD
July / 6 / 7 / 9 EDGE OF HEAVEN
July 12 / 14 / 16 SEACHD: THE INACCESIBLE PINNACLE
July 17 SPECIAL SCREEN ONE PRESENTATION THE CONFORMIST
