A final mailshot this season to thank you for your support of Chester Film Society during the 2008-9 season.

Our last film, Grow Your Own, scored 7.82 making it your third favourite film of the season. Your highest rated film was The Kite Runner with 8.62, followed by Not Here To Be Loved with 7.96. Full details can be found by visiting www.chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

Many thanks for your feedback and comments on the films during the season. Chester Film Society belongs to you after all.

We'll soon begin the process of selecting films for the new season. Please contact us with any films you've seen which you think we'd like - we'll do our best to get them for you. Sometimes we can't book a film due to copyright or distribution rights. Even though a film may be on sale that does not mean it has rights for viewing to a non-theatrical audience.

Don't forget that Screen Deva is starting soon, lots of films and film related activities between 9th and 16th May. Screen Deva is Chester's very own film and digital media festival... including 18 feature length films, screened in the park and other unusual venues; a 48 hour mass participation film challenge; opportunities for budding young filmmakers to both create and showcase their work; a fun filled family day and digital media installations - all taking place throughout Chester city centre.
Full details on www.chesterperforms.com.

For those of you in the mood for some learning, Manchester University is holding some film appreciation days...

FD160S08
A Beginner’s Guide to World Cinema
Dr Felicia Chan
This day aims to explore a category of films commonly identified as 'world cinema'. Through questioning what might constitute the 'world' this course will address, through cinema, issues of:
· Nation, history, and culture
· Reading and translation
· Identity and subjectivity
Examples will be drawn from a wide range of films, both in English and non-English languages.
Monday 15th June 2009 from 10.00am – 4.00pm
Fee £45

FD183S08
From Monsters to Madmen- Introducing the Horror Movie
Maggie Murdoch
A thrilling journey through the Horror movie, taking a look at 1930’s horror and the Hitchcock phenomenon
· What are the roots of the western horror movie?
· Shivers down the spine- where is the pleasure in horror?
· Some classic monsters and film moments
· Hamming it up – the comical side l

Saturday 27th June 2009 from 10.00am – 4.00pm
Fee £45

Full details from the University of Manchester.

So all's that left is to wish you a great summer - we'll contact you again with details of the 2009-10 season in due course.

Thanks again, Mike, on behalf of the committee.