16th September 2023 // Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
LUNANA – A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (CERT. PG)
BHUTAN-HONG KONG 2019 DIRECTED BY PAWO CHOYNING DORJI
COLOUR 110 MINS
WITH: SHERUB DORJI, PEM ZAM
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We are proud of being the oldest continuously functioning film society in the country
Altrincham Little Theatre
16th September 2023 – 15th June 2024
Welcome to our 93rd Season, presenting an eclectic mix of films both classic and new for your enjoyment. Our titles include award winners from around the world. We are so delighted this season to return to our full programme of films on the Big Screen at the wonderful Little Theatre. With this in mind, each month during the season we’ll be recommending a film streamed by BBC iPlayer for members to watch, with notes provided on each film chosen.
Our aim is to share a special film experience with you. Film notes are available to members for each show, together with occasional introductions by guest speakers. We also like to emphasise the social side of the society for those who enjoy friendly discussions in the cosy Little Theatre bar. Members can also provide film feedback and vote for films for the next season.
We are keen to promote different film opportunities and social events whenever possible. More information about events will be provided to members during the season.
We are a not-for-profit organisation, run entirely by dedicated volunteers who have a wide variety of interests in film. We have the longest continuous history in the film society movement in the country so you are in reliable hands. We are also committed to the future and to giving you a very warm welcome and a different but special night out.
It’s easy to join us as a member or guest. We look forward to meeting you soon at our next show at the Little Theatre in Altrincham.
LUNANA – A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (CERT. PG)
BHUTAN-HONG KONG 2019 DIRECTED BY PAWO CHOYNING DORJI
COLOUR 110 MINS
WITH: SHERUB DORJI, PEM ZAM
BROKEN EMBRACES (CERT. 15)
SPAIN 2009 DIRECTED BY PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
COLOUR 127 MINS
WITH: PENÉLOPE CRUZ, LLUÌS HOMAR, BIANCA PORTILLO
MONSIEUR KLEIN (CERT. 12)
FRANCE-ITALY 1976 DIRECTED BY JOSEPH LOSEY
COLOUR 123 MINS
WITH: ALAIN DELON, JEANNE MOREAU, MICHEL LONSDALE
THE WHITE SHEIK (CERT. U)
ITALY 1952 DIRECTED BY FEDERICO FELLINI
BLACK & WHITE 86 MINS
WITH: ALBERTO SORDI, BRUNELLA LOVO, LEOPOLDO TRIESTE, GIULIETTA MASINA
LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (CERT. PG)
FRANCE 1946 DIRECTED BY JEAN COCTEAU
BLACK & WHITE 96 MINS
WITH: JEAN MARAIS, JOSETTE DAY
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (CERT. U)
USA 1927 DIRECTED BY F. W. MURNAU
BLACK & WHITE 94 MINS SILENT
WITH: JANET GAYNOR, GEORGE O’BRIEN, MARGARET LIVINGSTON
THREE COLOURS: BLUE (CERT. 15)
FRANCE-POLAND-SWITZERLAND 1993 DIRECTED BY KRZYSZTOF
KIESLOWSKI
COLOUR 94 MINS
WITH: JULIETTE BINOCHE, BENOÎT RÉGENT, FLORENCE PERNEL
OUR LITTLE SISTER (CERT. PG)
JAPAN 2015 DIRECTED BY
HIROKAZU KORE-EDA
COLOUR 127 MINS
WITH: SUZU HIROSE, HARUKA AYASE, MASAMI NAGASAWA, KAHO
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (CERT. PG)
USA 1947 DIRECTED BY ORSON WELLES
BLACK & WHITE 87 MINS
WITH: RITA HAYWORTH, ORSON WELLES, EVERETT SLOANE
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (CERT. 12)
UK 2021 DIRECTED BY CRAIG ROBERTS
COLOUR 106 MINS
WITH: SIR MARK RYLANCE, SALLY HAWKINS, RHYS IFANS
We like to think that a visit to us is much more than a trip to a soul-less multiplex. We encourage our members and guests to enjoy the whole night out with a drink in the bar and maybe discuss the film or just meet their friends.
Manchester & Salford Film Society was established in 1930 and is the longest running film society in Britain, and a founder member of the British Federation of Film Societies (now Cinema for All). The society screens the best of contemporary world cinema and classic movies, on Saturday evenings throughout the year, at the Altrincham Little Theatre.
We have excellent facilities, now updated to 21C Digital Standard with a large projection screen. But the Film Society is more than somewhere to watch movies. It’s a friendly, welcoming club where members socialise and meet friends. All the films are chosen by our members.
As a not-for-profit organisation, the society is entirely run by a team of dedicated volunteers whose love for film is the life-blood of the society.
Marjorie Ainsworth, our president, has been a member of our society for eight decades. On first joining at seventeen she comments:
‘I was completely hooked from the first film I saw. I think it was being with a crowd of people. It’s a communal thing’.
Marjorie (pictured) is here interviewed by Abi and Ellie for Cinema for All. In their session they discussed a variety of film topics with Marjorie. As they noted:
‘Ellie and I spent the whole journey home marvelling at her commitment, both watching and screening, and her spirited and active mind’.
Manchester & Salford Film Society is very keen to support all aspects of equality and diversity.
In the Society’s earliest days it was thought that its purpose was “to cater for those who are dissatisfied with the average productions of the commercial cinema, with their shallowness and divorce from reality, and to offer in their stead films more closely in sympathy with the life and thought of this age.”
Some 93 years later, we hold to their words, showing thought-provoking cinema, seldom shown at the multiplex.
Click here for A Short History of the Society in 9 Objects.
Our annual membership fee covers entry to all 10 films shown during the season.
For more information about becoming a member, contact us by phone or email (details below). You can also join us on your first film visit by paying by cash / cheque or card at the box office at the Little Theatre in Altrincham, WA14 2ED
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
*Please note that all our shows start at 7:30pm.
For further details of other events at the Altrincham Little Theatre click here.click here.
Doors for the Manchester and Salford Film Society events open 30 minutes before the screening.
The bar is open before and after the film.