Society Screenings

Do you want to screen a film?

So you are a president and you want to put on a film for your society... Well to do this legally, you must purchase a license to show any commercial film. You cannot simply just bring in a DVD to a lecture theatre and show the film. You could face a hefty fine and even time in prison...

Ok, enough of the scare mongering! So how do you get hold of a license? Well there are two companies that can license a film for a group screening, these are FilmBank and the Motion Picture Licensing Company. Prices for both start at around £80 for a single screening of a film. Kinda sucks right? Luckily, there is a much cheaper and better way to do it!

Society Screenings at Union Films

Union Films is a 308 seat cinema with facilities to show 35mm film, Bluray and DVDs in the best quality. We have a Dolby digital cinema sound rack. And the biggest screen on campus. Union Films is licensed to show practically any commercially available film* on dvd or bluray and we only charge £40 per screening. For your forty quid, we cover the cost of the license and we will look after the entire showing for you so you can sit back and enjoy the film hassle free - no need to worry about technical issues. We also offer the cheapest refreshments in town! We also won't charge your members to come and see the film and there won't be any adverts.

Group Discounts

If £40 is too much, why don't you consider coming to one of the films we have already scheduled? Not only will these be shown in the best quality 35mm film, we can offer a group discount on single ticket prices. Contact us with details of what you want to see and we'll get you the best deal we can!

The Nitty Gritty

So you want to put on a private screening for your society. Here is a little bit of terms and conditions:

• Union Films must be notified at least two weeks in advance of the screening.
• Requested dates will depend upon the availability of the union cinema.
• Full details of the film and runtime etc must be supplied at least two weeks in advance of the screening.
• The film must be a commercially bought DVD or Bluray - no dodgy downloads or cheap pirate copies please.
• The disc must be supplied to Union Films at least 24hrs in advance of the screening so we can check it plays perfectly.
• You will be required to sit back and relax.

So what now?

Well if you want to go ahead with a screening, the first thing you should do is check out the available dates. You can then provisionally book the room for the date you want using SUSU room bookings. Once you have a booking, get in touch with us and we can sort out all the nitty gritty details!

 

 

 

*Unfortunately George Lucas is a tool and won't allow anyone to screen Star Wars Episodes I - VI. Not even in 35mm. We know. We wrote a stiff letter to him. It didn't help.