Pilton Cinema for Nostalgia and Dreams!
On Friday 27th April, an audience of nearly fifty spent a foot-tapping and singalong evening of nostalgia and dreams at Pilton Church Hall at the screening of the Phyllida Lloyd's 2008 film Mamma Mia!. Apart from the nostalgic enjoyment of Abba's amazing songs from the 1970s, they were able to indulge in an evening of dreams about life on a sundrenched Greek island far away from a cold and wet North Devon.
The next film to be shown is the American war drama In the Valley of Elah on Friday 25th May. That will be followed by the Irish black comedy The Guard on Friday 29th June. Click on the poster, left, to see the trailer for In the Valley of Elah or to read the synopsis go to Forthcoming Attractions.
Pilton Cinema has brought to reality the idea of Pip Cartmell, more years ago than she can remember, of a Community Cinema in the heart of Pilton. A grant from Awards for All towards the projector, plus contributions from the Big Pilton Quiz, the Discos and Bingo held in the Hall plus money from Pilton Church Hall Committee helped bring her idea to fruition in 2012.
The Pilton Cinema will continue with its 'last Friday of the month' event with films of many different genres including foreign language, silent, thriller and more - see Forthcoming Attractions. The possibility of screening the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the last Friday of July (27th) is being considered. Watch this website for details. We want to satisfy the interests of as many as possible of the 5,000 people who live in the village and a few more besides. Please feedback your ideas and tell us what you would like to see by going to our Feedback form.
If you would like to find out more about films and the film industry follow this link to the icons of a number of organisations on the Links Page of the website
Pilton Church Hall can seat 120 people who will be able to watch a cinema quality projection in comfort. Free refreshments - tea, coffee and biscuits - will be available during the post-film discussion led by cinema expert Chris Bontein after each screening.
