3rd Festival of British Cinema

The leaflets are out for the next Festival of British Cinema, put together by the local Film Society, and as in previous years there's a wide variety on offer.
I remember the Draughtsman's Contract coming out, but I never got round to going to see it at the time - it's playing at Richard Booth's Bookshop on Friday 23rd September. The following morning, there's The Thief of Bagdad, the 1940s version starring Sabu, which I've never seen on the big screen. The effects were amazing for their time - and there'll be an ice cream break! A real Saturday matinee!
There are short films from the Newport Film School - the one described as "a werewolf from Cumbria talks about his life and loves" sounds intriguing.
Patagonia is in Welsh with sub titles, set in the Welsh colony in South America.
Jane Asher stars in the 1960s film Deep End, set in a public swimming pool, and another 1960s film is If...., starring Malcolm McDowell.
There are silent films from 1900 to 1929, the classic SF movie Things to Come, and work from the Hereford School of Arts Film Students.
Archive film from the Huntley Film Archives shows Welsh life from 1890 to 1960, and Dirk Bogarde plays an Oxford professor whose marriage is falling apart in Accident (which was also Michael York's first film role).
There will even be a chance for local students from Gwernyfed High School to learn more about behind the scenes in film making, with The Rural Media Company. The film the students made last year, The Race for 2012, won a national competition, and will be shown at the Olympic stadiums in 2012!
And there are more films, too, all showing over the weekend of 23rd, 24th and 25th September at Booth's Bookshop, the Parish Hall and the Community Centre.
Visit www.filmfestivalhay.co.uk for more details and tickets.