LAUNCHING this week, Flicks in the Sticks: World is a new scheme to give rural audiences in the Marches access to a wider range of recent films – award-winning world cinema, British and US independent feature films and documentaries – that get only a limited UK release.
From a light, lively and deliciously tongue-in-cheek adaptation of an early work by Jane Austen (Love & Friendship) by US indie director Whit Stillman to a tragi-comic farming family feud set in a stunningly remote Icelandic valley (Rams), these are the films you hear about, but rarely get the chance to see.
The scheme has been funded through the British Film Institute’s Neighbourhood Cinema Scheme in order to broaden the viewing choices available to rural communities.
"We know there is an appetite among our audiences for more adventurous film programmes," says Flicks in the Sticks director Ian Kerry: "People come to try something new and find they enjoy it. This scheme will enable us to support promoters who are keen to move away from predictable, safe choices and test out something out of the ordinary.’"
A total of 33 screenings of 11 titles will play at selected Flicks in the Sticks venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Powys and Cheshire from September to December, with a fresh programme for the Spring 2017 season. Some screenings will have guest speakers. Full details at artsalive.co.uk
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