IT’S been a busy summer for Skipton Film Club - not only has it chosen a programme of films for the new season, it has also been working with its younger members on both a new look brochure and a stronger social media presence.

At the end of the last season, the club decided its brochure, and its social media, needed a re-boot, in order to reach out to more of Craven's film fans - and luckily, it was able to draw on the skills of one of its members, graphic designer, Lydia Carr.

A student at Skipton Girls’ High School, Lydia has already developed her skills in art and design to an exceptionally high level, and her offer to help out with the marketing relaunch was instantly accepted.

Not only has Lydia totally redesigned the club's brochure, she has also come up with a new look logo for the film club – providing instant recognition to all its media output.

Another young member, Bea Benn, has continued the work she started last year to maintain and develop the club's Instagram account, enabling it to broaden the club's social media presence and publicise its activities to a wider and younger audience.

Bea, who also goes to Skipton Girls High School, beat off strong competition to be one of this year's 10 British Film Institute's (BFI) Film Academy Young Programmers. As well as helping to programme the BFI Future Film Festival, she has also had the opportunity to write film reviews and interview up and coming filmmakers. Bea hopes to study film production at university and ultimately work within the film industry.

The club's Rob Lawlor and Paul Valentine, said: "Both Lydia and Bea have been brilliant in their work with Skipton Film Club, whilst we at the film club have been only too pleased to support two young, local people in gaining further experience in their chosen fields. We wish them well in their future careers."

The new 2024-25 season gets underway on September 1. Films are screened at Skipton's Plaza Cinema at 5.15pm on the first Sunday of every month up to June.

Films range from old classics, such as On The Waterfront, staring Marlon Brando, to the season starter, the 2024 Oscar winning animation, The Boy and The Heron from Japan's Studio Ghibli.

Also in the programme is La Chimera from Italy, Red Island from France, and India’s All We Imagine As Light which earlier this year became the first film from India to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

Along with On the Waterfront, other classics in the programme are Robert Altman's take on the Raymond Chandler classic The Long Goodbye, and the silent 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

For fans of Indy films, there is the bitter-sweet comedy The Holdovers, a Western with Viggo Mortensen starring and directing in The Dead Don't Hurt, and British director Rose Glass’s follow up to Saint Maud with Love Lies Bleeding.

Paul and Rob added: "Once again, we take this opportunity to thank Charles Morris, the owner of the Plaza Cinema, and manager Paul and all the staff. Skipton Film Club would not exist without their continued support."

Film Club screenings are the first Sunday of every month at 5.15pm. Copies of our new look brochure can be picked up at the Plaza and various spots around Skipton, and more details can be found on Facebook and Instagram.