07.05.08

New season for Barton film goers

Films at The Ropewalk in Barton upon Humber will be returning in the autumn for a third year.

Following a successful grant application to Screen Yorkshire, the Barton Film Group is now putting together a programme of films for the autumn season in the Ropery Hall.

Film Group spokesman, Treasurer Liz Bennet, said “We were delighted to receive support from the Regional Investment Fund England in the sum of £2,850.

“We are now in a position, thanks to the financial investment from Screen Yorkshire, to be able to put together an autumn season at Ropery Hall which, we hope, will include both modern and classic films including those that will not be screened elsewhere in the area,” she went on.

“Our aim is to provide an alternative to main stream cinema.”

Included in the new season will be recent releases such as There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men that have so far not been screened in the Scunthorpe area.

This year there will be no matinee performances because, as Liz explains, there had been so many filmgoers who had requested every film should be screened in an evening so they could be there.

The new season will begin on Thursday, September 11 and will continue every Thursday evening until Thursday, November 27 and after a Christmas break will begin again on January 8.

Admission for the 2008/2009 season will be just £3 and the bar will be serving both alcoholic and soft drinks.

The 2008 spring season of film screenings has just ended, and included the award-winning Atonement, and classics such as North by Northwest.

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