A Small Cinema

Really sorry to have missed this at AND over the weekend. Not being much of a film-person, this was the element of the festival's extensive film programme (although interestingly it was listed as an "event" rather than a "screening" in the brochure/website), that I would have been most interested in, with the focus on community engagement, shared memories and experience.
 
www.asmallcinema.co.uk
 
"A Small Cinema, is a unique short film event borne out of a fascination and desire to recreate the classic cinematic experience. Complete with smartly dressed ushers, velvet curtains, and popcorn. A Small Cinema offers a refreshing alternative to the multiplex.

Originally conceived as a showcase event for film-makers in the North West, A Small Cinema is currently being developed as a community engagement project by artist collective Re-Dock, facilitating communities in hosting their own short film events. The collecting and sharing of memories between particpants is central to the creation of the community Small Cinemas.

The name A Small Cinema was chosen to imply the existence an ecology of small cinemas; something now generally absent in this country."