In April 2026 the society donated a bursary of £12,000 to support students studying at the NFTS. This money has been added to the NFTS student support fund. We have just been notified by NFTS that the two recipients of this bursary are: Tetiana Lialina, a student on the Directing Fiction course, as part ofRead More
Beaconsfield Film Society organised a cheese and wine tasting event on October 11th 2025 for those attending the screening of a double bill of French cinema:- one film set against a background of artisanal cheese-making (Holy Cow) and the second one reflecting the importance of wine appreciation to French culture (The Tasting). Two cheeses andRead More
Nicholas Winton Sir Nicholas Winton is not only a British icon, he is also a Czech icon as well as being known around the globe for his rescue of 669, mainly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia days before the outbreak of the Second World War. His story of rescue was hidden away for many years untilRead More
SAG-AFTRA Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers American Federation of Television and Radio Screen Actors Guild Artists are the mighty US industry unions that have called out the likes of Netflix and Amazon for refusing to meet the demands of striking writers and actors. Union rules prohibit stars from promoting their films untilRead More
Noa had come to collect her certificate as composer for TREMOLO, a 2022 NFTS Graduation Film voted the best in a strong field by members of our film society. Her stunning composition of a neo-classical piece played by a large professional string ensemble propelled this excellent film straight to No 1. Many other gradfilms benefittedRead More
TREMOLO was the worthy winner of our Members Graduation Film Festival. Jade Li (Director/Writer) and Martyna Jakimowska (Cinematographer) joined us on 12th November for a short ceremony. This beautifully shot and ingenious film tells the story of a concert violinist battling with a tremble in her right hand during her first week as a soloistRead More
The 24th of September was an important evening at the Beaconsfield Film Society. An invitation by the school to our four finalists in our BFS GRADUATION FILM EVENT 2022 brought considerable artistic talent to our beautiful cinema to make this a most enjoyable occasion. Aided by the superb projection of Viktor Csigas with the helpRead More
PLEASE NOTE: PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENING WILL BE DONATED TO THE NFTS STUDENT SUPPORT FUND Screening NFTS Graduation Films has been a regular event with the Beaconsfield Film Society from the beginning. The screening rights, owned by the school, have been gifted to us from day 1 along with the use of one of theRead More
120 Ukrainian children and mums who had fled war at home found a warm welcome with Beaconsfield families about 6 months ago. It was high time for a Beaconsfield fun afternoon! Jon Wardle, Director of the National Film and TV School made the school’s great cinema available and sourced a copy of PADDINGTON in UkrainianRead More
JubileeQuiz-ANSWERS This time we had many ALMOST correct answers but only ONE with a 100% score. Our congratulations go to Laila Smith & family who guessed all 25 titles correctly. The greatest hurdles were No 4 (ALL THE KINGS MEN) and No 23 (THE PRINCE OF JUTLAND aka ROYAL DECEIPT). Both titles causedRead More