Talks & Visiting Filmmakers

Visiting Filmmakers & Talks

A list of the 2021 Festival’s introductions, Q&A’s, visiting filmmakers and illustrated talks.

Visiting Filmmakers Talks

The Last Bus

We welcome Timothy Spall, Gillies MacKinnon (director) and Phyllis Logan (tbc).

Full details on pg8. Thu 12 Aug 18:00

Towards the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold – a Story of Survival

We welcome Tony Palmer (director).

Full details on pg83. Sun 15 Aug 14.00

Sisters

We welcome Tony Klinger (producer).

Full details on pg32. Mon 16 Aug 13:30

Election Night

We welcome Neil Monaghan (writer/ director).

Full details on pg11. Fri 20 Aug 14:30

The Duke

We hope to welcome Roger Michell (director) tbc for the Closing Gala.

Full details on pg9. Sun 29 Aug 18:00

Bertrand Tavernier

Professor Hugo Frey briefly introduces selected films in the retrospective. Plus an illustrated talk by Patrick Hardwood and Sandy Guthrie.

Full details on pg79. From Sat 14 Aug 15.00

Bogarde and the Europeans

Illustrated conversation between John Coldstream (Bogarde’s biographer) and Brock Van Bogaerde (Bogarde’s nephew).

Full details on pg75. Sat 21 Aug 13:30

Small Axe / Black Directors Matter

‘If You Are the Big Tree’: Illustrated talk by Grace Barber-Plentie.

Full details on pg62. Sun 22 Aug 15:00

Federico Fellini

In His Dreams: illustrated talk by film historian Ian Christie.

Full details on pg58. Mon 23 Aug 13:30

Christopher Nolan

The Traumatic Screen: illustrated talk by Dr. Stuart Joy and Patrick Hargood.

Full details on pg65. Sat 28 Aug 13.30

Chichester Cinema at New Park (CCNP) is committed to extending and developing the love of Cinema, not just amongst those who are able to attend screenings. As a consequence, this year the Board of Trustees decided to embark on the first of several projects designed to reach different areas of the local community.

Cinema in a Box

Realising that when people reach a certain age going to the cinema becomes far more difficult, we decided to design a scheme which could work for older members of the local community. Now up and running, thanks to the Cinema’s Operations Manager Richard Warburton and some of our volunteers who carry out the deliveries, once a month CCNP’s Cinema in a Box orders a DVD of a recent film which is sent out together with delicious cakes supplied at a generous discount by COOK in Chichester. Residential care homes in Chichester and the wider area have signed up to the scheme, which enables them to plan showing the film at a time to suit their schedules, along with a cup of tea and a delicious treat. We would be delighted to receive further enquiries from other homes who would like to join the scheme; and the best news is, it’s free!

Chichester Cinema at New Park supporting the wider community

So having taken steps to support the older generation, we then looked at how we could work alongside some younger members of our local community. The Snowdrop Trust is a local charity supporting children with challenging illness and their families. They too can experience difficulty coming to a regular screening, and thus Chichester Cinema,

Movie Magic in a Box

was born! We wanted families to enjoy a night at the movies in the comfort of their own home. So we put together a box of goodies including a Just Eat voucher, a three month Netflix subscription, so that all generations could enjoy movies to suit them and completed the box with popcorn and delicious chocolate generously supplied at discount by Montezuma. that all the children have been super excited to receive the goody boxes. Both schemes could not function without the generous support of those who support CCNP, be it on a regular basis, generously offering the value of the tickets when screenings were cancelled due to COVID-19, and to those who have made donations in memory of someone who has enjoyed time spent sharing the love of film with fellow cinema goers.

Di Levantine – Snowdrop Founder/Chair (middle), Melanie Driver & David Phillips – Cinema Trustees (left & right)

Another happy film lover

Backdating to the start of the year so as to ensure nobody was missed, we have used the birthdays of each child and done our best to ensure that they receive their box on their special day. We have just reached the halfway point, and are delighted to learn from the charity’s fundraising manager, Lucy Ashworth, We hope to continue and extend these projects as well as offering further links to the local community where we see an opportunity to share our love of film. Throughout the course of the coming year we will keep you posted with the schemes and ideas that we hope some of you will feel able to support, either as volunteers or by making a donation. To find out more, please contact Richard Warburton, Operations Manager at Chichester Cinema at New Park (richard@ chichestercinema.org) or email the Fundraising and Volunteer Committee (mel@mayennaise.com).