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About us...

Moviola - the South and West's Rural Multiplex - is a partnership of some 90 local halls and a central management team which brings quality cinema to all parts of Dorset and Hampshire, and over the border to East Devon, South Somerset and South Wiltshire.

Moviola is run by a charitable company, Dorset Film Touring Ltd (Company No 5053960) which exists to provide a comprehensive rural cinema service.  For full details of the company, please click here.

We've been showing films under the Moviola banner (and using our unique partnership system) since December 2000 but before that time we organised film festivals and showed films using the film society model.  Though we now operate commercial public shows which do not require a membership, we are still members of the British Federation of Film Societies and work closely with its South West England Group. 

We love movies.  We love showing films to audiences.  We love the experience of enjoying a film in a group atmosphere and seeing the movie on the big screen, with all the detail for which it was designed.  We love providing a chance for people to get out of their houses and meet together for a shared activity.

Films range from brand new mainstream releases to a selection of new foreign language films and the occasional classic.  They are presented using high quality Digital Light Projection onto a large screen with stereophonic sound.  Most shows also feature short films shown before an interval when refreshments and a bar may be available. Some of these shorts are made locally and provide a unique opportunity for young film-makers to have their work shown on the big screen in front of an audience.

The experience of walking to your nearby hall to enjoy a film with other members of your community is something very special.  No worries about travel or parking or security - this is quality entertainment where you live.  And the relatively low cost of a superb evening's entertainment means that it is truly available to everyone.

Our Mission

To provide a high quality cinema service for rural parts of Dorset and surrounding counties which have little or no access to cinema.

To develop a partnership network of village halls and other local providers which will use cinema as an aid to rural and community regeneration.

To present a wide variety of films (including locally and regionally produced work) which will provide the audience with a culturally diverse experience.

To create opportunities for education in the art of the cinema, especially through featuring films which would otherwise be unavailable in this rural area.

Funding

Phill and Christina receiving their award from the Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest Photo courtesy of Blackmore Vale Publishing Co.

Dorset Film Touring gratefully acknowledges the support of all its funders.  Moviola's 2005-2006 season is supported by South West Screen, Screen South, North Dorset District Council, Test Valley Borough Council, and Chalk and Cheese (Leader+ Dorset).  We are also indebted to the UK Film Council, Dorset Community Action (Community Fund) and Hall & Woodhouse (Community Chest) for the grants towards new equipment which they made to us last year.  Without them the increased scope of this year's programme would not have been possible.

  Last modified: 05-Oct-2007

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