MOVIOLA SPRING/SUMMER FILMS MENU 2017

MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST

CLOSING DATE: SATURDAY 15th APRIL IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A MAY FILM

Below are 27 films for you to consider for the Spring/Summer 2017 season

Please take a moment to read through the introductory notes before jumping into the menu.

Even if you are a seasoned Moviola partner, please follow the booking instructions on the next page.

This will help us to process your requests quickly and accurately.

Our next season - Autumn/Winter 2017- starts on September 1st and ends on December 31st.

A new menu for that season will be sent to you in the middle of July. Do not book films for September 1st and after from this menu.

Many Thanks

Toby Walkley

Programme Director Moviola, 8th March 2017

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HOW TO BOOK YOUR FILMS

1. Send an email to toby.walkley@gmail.com as soon as possible, and not later than Saturday 15 April.

2. If you are an associate, state if it is a GOLD or SILVER booking3. Put your venue name4. List the dates and films you would like for May, June, July and

August (please note if you are a partner, we do not do shows in August)

5. Give me at least TWO spare films in case your first choices are not available (I will always consult you on any substitutions that might be necessary)

IMPORTANT NOTES

Confirmations -

When you book your films from Moviola, I send you a Confirmation Form on which the level of charge for each film is clearly set out. You should read this carefully before replying to me that it is correct.

The confirmation is our agreement to supply films for you for the season and we refer back to it in any case of a query on your invoice.

It is also your license to show the film and your proof for anyone who requests it that you have booked the film properly, so be sure to read it and keep it safe.

Film Hire Charges -

Most films on this menu have no minimum guarantee charge. This means you pay us 35% of your box office regardless of how many or how few tickets you sell. However, despite their quality, certain films attract very few bookings across our network.

We have to ensure that any minimum charges imposed on us by film distributors are covered by the likely return from you and so these films do carry a small minimum charge. The 35% or £50 minimum both include VAT.

Films which are not booked from our menu carry a £105 minimum guarantee set by the distributors. You pay us either this minimum guarantee or 35% of your box office, whichever is greater.

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Children’s/Family Films -

Attracting a sufficient audience to make such films viable is extremely difficult. Young people want to see films immediately on release and at the lowest possible cost. Furthermore, these films are only available to us to show once they are on sale to the public. This demographic is also far more likely to download films from the Internet, or to buy them on Blu-Ray and DVD.

So, a word of caution that across our network, venues have found audiences for these films hard to attract.

Other than the live action version of Beauty and the Beast, we have no specific children’s films on this new menu. There will be titles available, such as Lego Batman, which is available from May 1st. If you would like to screen children’s films, send us a list of titles and we can check pricing/availability for you.

Help Us Stamp Out Film Piracy -

All films shown to the public have to pay a licence fee whether or not any ticket price is charged. As a Moviola venue, you operate commercial film shows in exactly the same way as your local multiplex or full time cinema. You advertise shows and sell tickets, and the London film distributors expect a proportion of your sales as film hire.

If you find or hear of any venue near you which claims to be operating in a different way- for example advertising free shows or telling you that they get their films cheaper - we would like to know. It is in our interests to ensure that shows are properly licensed.

Programming Guide

The latest menu goes forward until the end of August. A number of films on the menu are not yet released in the UK, but will be available later in the menu cycle. As a result of this, some release dates will be approximate, and we have based dates on our experience of release schedules over our 20 years of collective programming.

When you book your films, there is always a chance that release dates will be changed by distributors at short notice, and this is sadly completely beyond our control. We will of course give you the maximum notice we can if one of your choices needs to be changed, and help and advise you on finding a suitable replacement.

Please do not be disconcerted if you see films on the menu that you would not usually think of booking. We have 250 venues across the country, showing a huge range of films. Every venue and audience is different and we have therefore tried to include the broadest possible range of films from around the

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world. There really is something for everyone, and we hope you enjoy choosing your films.

Should you have any queries regarding the menu, or would like to discuss your choices further, please do not hesitate to contact me, via email at toby.walkley@gmail.com or by phone at 03330 118764.

Further information on all the films, including synopses, pictures and reviews, can be found at www.imdb.com.

Further/alternative trailers for all the films are available at youtube.com.

About the Films

Firstly, we have carried over four titles from the last menu, these being A United Kingdom, The Light Between Oceans, Sully and A Street Cat Named Bob. All four films were extremely popular, so they are being carried over for any venues who may not have had a chance to book them. These are available immediately from May 1st.

From the new films on offer, you have both winners of the Best Picture Oscar to choose from in La La Land and Moonlight, two very different films that are sure to divide opinion.

Building on a year of great diversity in Hollywood, we also have the fabulous Hidden Figures, the true story of three pioneering black women working for Nasa in the 1960s, Denzel Washington’s adaptation of Fences, the much loved play by August Wilson, and Loving, the true and startling story of an interracial marriage in Virginia in the 1950s. All of these boast powerhouse performances from their leads and supporting actors alike, and highlight America’s changing attitudes towards race throughout the second half of the 20th century.

Also set in the 1960s is Jackie, an intimate and chilling window into the days following the assassination of JFK. Natalie Portman excels as Jacqueline Kennedy, and this will undoubtedly be one of the standout films of the season.

As usual, we have a couple of foreign titles, The Odyssey, about Jacques Cousteau’s adventures in the exploration of the ocean, and The Olive Tree, a Spanish drama about a family’s journey to retrieve a precious tree.

Among the other films on offer, don't miss out on Their Finest. Directed by Lone Scherfig (who made An Education), and starring everyone’s favourite Bill Nighy, this is sure to be another classic slice of British cinema.

So it’s going to be a summer full of exciting new films, and we hope you enjoy choosing them.

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CARRIED OVER FROM LAST SEASON

The Light Between Oceans (12A) - Available immediately

132 mins Historical Romance

In the aftermath of World War One, a lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby rescued from a drifting boat.

Starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, and based on the best-selling book.

A Street Cat Named Bob (12A)- Available immediately

100 mins True story/Comedy/Drama

Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed

when he met a stray ginger cat. Starring Luke Treadaway.

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Sully (12A) - Available immediately

96 mins True story/Drama

The story of Chesley Sullenberger, and American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the passengers

and crew. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney.

A United Kingdom (12A) - Available immediately

106 mins True story/Historical drama

Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.

Starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike.

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NEW FILMS THIS SEASON

The films below are presented in alphabetical order.

At the time of sending out this menu not all of the films have confirmed release dates. These will become available over the coming weeks.

Please be sure to provide us with at least one alternative choice to accompany each of your main films in case your first choice is not available.

At the end of the list you will find a table showing you the confirmed or approximate release dates for all titles.

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20th Century Women (15)

120 mins Comedy/Drama

Santa Barbara, 1979. A game matriarch (Annette Bening), raising her son as a single parent, enlists the help of two women, her photographer lodger (Greta

Gerwig) and one of her son's teenage peers (Elle Fanning). The sparkling screenplay blends wry observation, provocative conversation and frequent

hilarity.

Beauty and the Beast (PG)

129 mins Fairy tale/Musical

Emma Watson and Dan Stevens star in this adaptation of the classic fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.

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Certain Women (12A)

107 mins Drama

Three strong-willed women (Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams) strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American

Northwest

Fences (12A)

139 mins Drama

A working-class African-American father, embittered by missed opportunities, creates further tension in his family when he squashes his son's chance to meet a

college football recruiter. Based on the play by August Wilson, starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington, and directed by the latter.

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The Founder (12A)

115 mins True story/Drama

Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, meets Mac and Dick McDonald, who are running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California.

Impressed by the brothers' efficient system and the crowds of patrons it attracts, Kroc sees franchise potential and maneuvers himself into a position to be able to

pull the company from the brothers and start a billion-dollar empire: McDonald's.

Hacksaw Ridge (15)

139 mins History/War/Drama

The extraordinary true story of WWII Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa. He refused to kill people, and became the first

Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.Starring Andrew Garfield and Hugo Weaving.

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Hidden Figures (PG)

127mins True story/Drama

Putting man on the moon is one of humanity’s greatest achievements, but the women who played a part in getting him there have gone unsung for too long – and the fact that some of them were African-American is the surprise draw of this inspiring, Oscar-nominated account, which stars Taraji P. Henson, Janelle

Monae and Kevin Costner.

Jackie (15)

100 mins Biography/Drama

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her

children, and define her husband's historic legacy.Starring Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard.

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La La Land (12A)

128 mins Comedy/Drama/Musical

The one that thought it had won the Oscar. Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced

with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair. Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

Lady Macbeth (tbc) (Bluray only)

89 mins Period drama

In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk", a 19th century young woman is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man.

"A tale of frustrated, resentful nineteenth-century English mercantile domesticity that deliberately incurs as many debts to Chandler and Hammett as it does to

Austen or Eliot: The Footman Always Knocks Twice, if you will."Starring Flora Pugh and Christopher Fairbank

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Lion (PG)

118 mins True story/Drama

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a

couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.Starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman

Loving (12A)

123 mins True story/Drama/Romance

Richard and Mildred Loving's interracial marriage in 1958 Virginia got them arrested and facing a prison sentence.

Starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton."With none of the clichés usually associated with such a hot-button topic, Nichols

side-steps expectations to craft a gripping, inspirational biopic with simplicity, tact and intelligence."

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Manchester By The Sea (15)

137 mins Drama

Casey Affleck is on electrifying form as Lee, a surly janitor living alone in a Boston suburb. Summoned by his family after his brother suffers a heart attack,

Lee returns to his seaside home town to face the secrets of his past. Also starring Michelle Williams.

A Monster Calls (12A)

108 mins Drama/FantasyVery sad/harrowing; for young adults but definitely not children.

A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.

Starring Lewis Macdougall, Felicity Jones and Sigourney Weaver

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Moonlight (15)

111 mins Drama

The one that did win the Oscar. A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to

adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

The Odyssey (tbc)

120 mins Adventure/Biography

Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, starring Lambert Wilson and Audrey Tautou.

In French with subtitles.

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The Olive Tree (15)

100 mins Comedy/Drama

Alma's grandfather Ramón stopped talking about 12 years ago after his son, Alma's father, sold a 2000-years-old olive tree in order to open a restaurant.

Without money or resources, Alma convinces her uncle Alcachofa and her friend Rafa to drive from Spain to Germany to recover the tree, starting a journey with

unexpected consequences for everyone...In Spanish with subtitles.

Passengers (15)

116 mins Adventure/Drama/Romance

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are

awakened 90 years early. Starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.

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Paterson (15)

118 mins Comedy/Drama/Romance

Paterson (Adam Driver) is a hardworking bus driver in Paterson, N.J., who follows the same routine every day. He observes the city,

listens to fragments of conversations while picking up and dropping off his passengers, and writes poetry.

A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.

Silence (15)

161 mins Historical dramaVery violent/harrowing with prolonged scenes of torture

In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Christianity.

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liam Neeson and Adam Driver.

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T2 Trainspotting (18) 117 mins Drama/Black comedy

The long awaited sequel to Danny Boyle’s classic 90’s film, adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh.

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie.

Starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller.

Their Finest (12A)

117 mins Comedy/Drama

A British film crew attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg. Starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy,

and directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education).

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Viceroy's House (12A)

106 mins Drama/History

Seventy years after the Partition of India, director Gurinder Chadha delivers this poignant tribute to the millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims – including

members of her own family – who were uprooted or killed in what remains the largest mass migration of people in history.

The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict

as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.Starring Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson.

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FILM RELEASE SCHEDULE

Month Film Available From

MAY A United Kingdom 01/05/2017A Streetcat Named Bob 01/05/2017

The Light Between Oceans 01/05/2017Sully 01/05/2017

Paterson 01/05/2017A Monster Calls 08/05/2017

Silence 08/05/2017Passengers 08/05/2017

Fences 10/05/2017Manchester By The Sea 15/05/2017

Lady Macbeth 19/05/2017Lion 22/05/2017

JUNE Jackie 1/6/17La La Land Approx 1/6/17Moonlight Approx 1/6/17

Loving Approx 1/6/17T2: Trainspotting Approx 5/6/17Hacksaw Ridge Approx 5/6/17Hidden Figures Approx 17/6/17Certain Women Approx 19/6/17

20th Century Women 19/6/17The Olive Tree Approx 19/6/17

JULY The Founder Approx 1/7/17The Odyssey Approx 1/7/17

Beauty and the Beast Approx 15/7/17

AUGUST Viceroy's House Approx 1/8/17Their Finest tbc

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