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Last Ride: March 1, 3, 4 2010

Mature Audiences, violence and coarse language

Australia 2009

Director: Glendyn Ivin
Featuring: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, John Brumpton, Sonya Suares, Adam Morgan, Anita HeghSydney
Running time: 101 minutes
LINKS:

• LFS Review
• Sydney Morning Herald – Jul 09: "The title sounds like a western and, in a sense, it is. An outlaw and his son ride into the desert, fleeing the law. Except that it's our desert and they are in a series of stolen cars in the present" ... read more ... the trailer
• Glendyn Ivin’s first feature after winning the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2003 for his short film CRACKER BAG is LAST RIDE, an ominous sounding title for what is essentially the story of a father and son. Kev, (HUGO WEAVING) and his son Chook, (TOM RUSSELL) are on the road under suspicious circumstances. When Kev shaves his beard and cuts his hair at a roadside stop and then dumps their car we get the message. Kev is on the run. ... read more by Margaret Pomeranz
• LAST RIDE Official Trailer
  

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This Filthy World

The American filmmaker, actor, writer, journalist, visual artist, art collector, raconteur, ‘King of Crass’ and the ‘Pope of Trash’, John Waters will be in Australia soon. He is not here with any of his movies, rather he is on stage with his one man show This Filthy World. Too bad he is not coming to Launceston. He might be but we do not know about it.

John Waters is in Australia to delight and disgust. His show This Filthy World is at the Sydney Opera House on March 2. If there are any seats left are there any Launcestonians who would like to be a part of a group booking? email art@7250.net

Apparently, Waters’ show transmogrifies on a regular basis. What you see tonight might not be what you see tomorrow night. Anyway the reason for drawing all this to the attention of The LFSaskew BLOGerz is that a film festival entitled LAUNCESTON FILM FESTIVAL: Trash & Transgressive could be an economic option and a crowd puller – not to mention the funding it could win. We reckon the idea has got legs!

For those who would like to read more about Waters click here ... or here ... or here ...

or here to see the video of the premier of A Dirty Shame ... or here to see of lot of John Waters pictures

Contemporary Filmic Practice: Lynette Wallworth

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'Connected By Light', a documentary, had a repeat screening on the ABC last Sunday afternoon. It was first shown in September 2009 on the Tuesday ARTSCAPE Program. Its a visually rich experience and it follows the internationally acclaimed Australian new media artist Lynette Wallworth, as she creates a new work "Duality of Light." More to the point, if Launceston is considering a "Film Festival" docos like this and installation works like Wallworth's should be on the shopping list.

Despite the fact that Lynette Wallworth's filmic installations have won her international acclaim, her work is not well known in Australia. The links below may help those who have missed the ABC screenings and are unfamiliar with current filmic art practices such as Wallworth's.

The Connected By Light Website: "The Lynette Wallworth is a world-renowned Australian media-artist, whose work melds science and technology with intense human stories. Wallworth is unique in that she is at the forefront of the evolving relationship between visual art and cinema ..." read and see more

A REVIEW: "Lynette Wallworth carries stones in her pocket, not to weigh her down, but to remind her of favourite places. She usually keeps them in what she calls her fetish bag, which also includes a collection of animal figurines.

"Every day I carry something little. Even today I have a stone with me. It's an Australian thing," she insists, laughing. It helps connect her with home, and for someone who has led a nomadic existence for the past seven years she seems remarkably grounded.

Wallworth is an artist who works with video, short film, photography and sound to create wordless narratives. Often labelled … " read more

2010 Sydney Film Festival: "Sydney artist Lynette Wallworth's three installations are intense, immersive experiences. Wallworth makes skillful use of video and responsive technologies to create deeply emotional and human experiences ..." read more

Launceston Film Society AGM Report 24.02.2010

The thing about news is that there are many versions of it. This BLOG never aims to represent itself as being the absolute authority on anything. Rather there is a belief that it is much more productive to be engaged in a conversation where views, ideally disparate views, are exchanged and ideas are tested. So against this disclaimer let's chew the fat about this AGM. Since it was held on the eve of The Launceston Cup – heaven forbid – The Examiner is unlikely to report on it and apparently it has not. In any event, it was a meeting about which there are bound to be disparate views given its circumstances.

Not to put too fine a point on it there has been some tensions in the air around the 2010 LFS AGM. It has been a long time coming perhaps but group dynamics generally demand that a 'systems flush' be performed from time to time. It could be said that there has been one of those and that a lot of krap has been processed. Anyway it has been a cleansing process one way or the other even if some of the silt is yet to settle.

The new Committee has undertaken to get the election results – with figures – along with 'The Plan and Budget' for 2010, up on the LFS Website as soon as possible – click here to check. Suffice to say as with all election results there will be quite a bit to ponder and especially so in the aftermath of a milestone AGM. That there was an election at all rather than a 'changing of the guard', that it was so vigorously contested and that the AGM meeting was so well attended, all of this is new ground for the LFS. Importantly some new benchmarks have been set.

A new era has been entered and a right of passage has been passed through. It is clear that the membership is large enough to support a number of factions all of which are now more likely to be alert to holding the others to account.

Overall the 2010 Committee can claim to have handed itself a mandate for accountable, transparent and consultative governance that engages with the membership. Just how that is understood and how it will be played out is all somewhat new territory. Time will tell.

Rather than divine the entrails here the comments section below is the space for that. It is day one of a new era, let the commentaries, critiques and prognostications flow.

IN REVIEW_ February 22 2010

AGM QUICKlinks

• COMMENT: The Launceston Film Society AGM
• Mark Horner's Letter to Members
• LAUNCESTON FILM SOCIETY AGM: Nominees For A New Committee
• Letter to Members
• Some Taxing Questions
• BROKEN NEWS – with Comments
• LFS Candidates List


• JANUARY REVIEW – 10 Links

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex (MA 15+) Feb 22, 24 & 25, 2010
Strong violence, coarse language and nudity
Director: Uli Edel (Germany, 2008)

Featuring: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt,

Language: German with subtitles

150 minutes
LINKS 1 • 2 • 3 •4

BROKEN NEWS

A 5th Hand report just in suggested that a full list of candidates standing for whatever positions at Tuesday's AGM would be on the LFS Website "soonish". Low and behold we checked and at about 10am today it popped up – rather than try and distill it all go and look for yourselves.

There are no huge surprises in the candidate list and it seems that all the issues are on the deck and up for discussion. Democracy is such a tedious process but as previously quoted here, Churchill said that "democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”

We also like this one of his “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Since we are in FPQM (Famous People Quote Mode) we cannot leave Gandhi out. "Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today."

Now we have just one question: at this late time how are members expected to get this information? Anyway pass the word!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT ALL OUT

Looking for Eric: And other stuff

Looking for Eric (MA 15+) 15, 17, 18 February 2010 (Its Done & Dusted)
WARNING: Strong coarse language … The ‘F’ word is used a lot in the film and occasionally in this review along with bloody and other impolite language.
Director: Ken Loach
Country: UK 2009 – but could be Launceston in lots of ways
Cast: Eric Cantona plus Steve Evets and bunch of other pommy actors

All the reviewers have got this one wrong, W-R-O-N-G! This movie is not about Eric with a ‘F’d up’ life, its about Eric Cantona, his philosophies and his reinvention of himself. Anyone who watches SBS would know that – so why not call it the way it is.

All this nauseating high filluttin arty stuff is no help at all. What we need is TRUTH in everything. In Launceston who gives a flying F about what a F’N POMMY POSTMAN does or how he lives his decomposing life whilst thinking about a footballer. The reviewers’ efforts are misplaced, misguided and mistaken.

What was so bloody funny was that this film was subliminally so much about the LFS-AGM. Really we hadn’t given the committee all the credit they should get for such subtle subversive strategies. Showing this film right now was a bloody brilliant tactic.

ART IS F'N ART and that’s that – and truth is that this movie is reportedly about the WRONG ERIC.

4.75 STARS
click here to see how bad the others are

Mae – aided and abetted by a bunch of silly little people

LOOKING FOR SOME HELP

"I have received a sheet from a friend that seems to set out all the people standing for the society’s committee for 2010. But I have read it more closely now and it looks like there are other people standing as well. This is all very confusing.

How do I find out who else is standing? I would like to know this because I am wondering if I should go to the meeting or not. Have I missed this information or is it somewhere I have not looked yet? Can you please help?

Mary"

Hello Mary … At LFSaskew we are just as much in the dark as your good self. We hadn’t thought of chasing this kind of thing up but since you are writing to us, yes we will.

So if anyone knows anything drop us a line at lfs@7250.net

As they say “watch this space.”

Mae

NB: Feb 20 2010 @ about 10am LFS AGM
Candidate List appeared online click here

Curious Alliance

This is a bit of business news that could prove to be a winner! Someone has signed up to a distribution pact with a theatre alliance. The grand plan seems to be maintaining the status quo genre at the flicks three nights a week. 'The Alliance' a local arrangement it seems, and it gets to release all the propaganda they want along ques in order to keep a lid on things. Commercial rights are still available – that is if you fancy paying for them twice.

Its all rather insidious and haunted with innuendo before it becomes an increasingly stupid script. Allan Vale said of today that “its a fantastic idea for the others with all the usual conventions but twisted on their head.” It seems if you are on some committee or other you are able to talk to people in ques but if not, "move on please, this is not permitted."

Its 'paranormal’ and it teaches us to do more with less, and this alliance embodies that model. "They seemed particularly thrilled to kick off the alliance with this mutually beneficial arrangement” Allan said.

The paranormal activity requires an ultra-low budget but it seems to be earning someone something. Apart from being curiously 'all hype and no fright' the paranormal component is indeed tension-building and the creeping fear is excellent. Highly recommended!

A Film Script

REVIEW IN ADVANCE: The accounts are in and 'mafiosa le clan' will front "to settle things." However everything is not going as it should, or to plan, as the 'Old Gaurd Vision' for a status quo future is being challenged. The performance will be a collaged adaptation of a range of filmic plots focused on gutter fighting, gastronomy, political maneuvers, spin, social intrigue, the loss of innocence and dummy spitting. Its unlikely that this will be an everyday occurrence but displays of stupid bravado where 'innocents' become embroiled in the action may be expected. The performance will have several threads, just about all of them toxic in one way or another. This event holds all the promise of making history.

TRAMSHED SHOWDOWN (MA 15+) February 23
Strong language, gluttonous innuendo, unholy spin, dummy spitting and frequent intelligence insults

Country: Tasmania 2010
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Vale
Featuring: Cast: Lilly Dale, George Town, Trevor Allen, Fredrik Street et al
Distributor: Madmen7250
Language: Launcestonian English with subtexts
Running time: To be determined

The performance proper will open with a financial report and from there it is expected to be intertwined with a series of separate stories being attempted to be glossed over in organised and disorganised ways. The Old Guard have some decisions to make. Will they decide to stand their ground or exact retribution?

How Committees Sometimes Work

Well as you can see this committee fails in a number of ways. Firstly there is the gender issue, then it goes to effectiveness and quality decision making. Most committees have a use-by-date and it is always worth checking the label to see when that is.

Like it is with milk, if you lift the lid, and put your olfactory glands to work, you can generally smell the sourness.

Anyway, this kind of committee is probably responsible for an awful lot of bad movies – and too many awful ones as well.

Vive Le Démocratie Populaire
or something like that

COMMENT: The Launceston Film Society AGM

From the evidence presented thus far it seems that the LFS is divided into two factions.

One faction seems to be operating as if the following standard applies. That is, when ‘members’ pay their annual subscription for an annual program of films they have abdicated from all decision making from that point onward.

Under this model and understanding [Model 1] those members who bother to vote for ‘representatives’ at an AGM leave their abdication until after that meeting. Here ALL authority automatically passes to ‘The Committee’ who then work on the “TRUST US PRINCIPLE” – safe in the assumption that members do.

The flow on from this being a committee that is self-regulating, self-assessing and self-assured – possibly self-serving.

If the outcome is a program of films that the membership, in general, is content with, then everything is, as they say, “honky dory”. However, if ‘The Committee’ starts making decisions that seem to be at odds with a group of members’ expectations the TRUST US principle unwinds, and typically exponentially, to the dismay of these members and ‘The Committee’– who can no longer claim that they have the trust of the members.

The second faction [Model 2] seems to be operating on the understanding that as members they share both the benefits and losses of their memberships – albeit that decision making might be devolved to ‘The Committee’. Therefore they welcome being engaged with the decision-making that delivers the kind of program they have signed up for. In this model there is head space for ongoing consultation.

After all we could all abdicate and rely totally upon what ‘The Cinema’, the business not the building, decides it will present to an audience and for its own reasons – mostly business reasons made somewhere else and very little else.

If under Model 2 the outcome is a program of films that the membership, in general, is content with, again everything is “honky dory”. If ‘The Committee’ starts making decisions that are at odds with members’ expectations the TRUST US understanding is immediately redundant, and typically issues can be resolved by consultation – even if it may not be to the satisfaction of a minority.

The majority prevails but as Winston Churchill said “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”

So it seems that members have two choices:
• The "Trust’em Camp"
• The “We Want To Be Involved Camp”
even if this is over simplifying things a little – but not by a lot really.

In the end it is all about accountability, to whom "The Committee" is accountable, to what extent and when.

Mark Horner's Letter to Members

Several members have reported that they have received an email along the lines as follows and it seems appropriate to post a sample here “without fear or favour.”

SAMPLE ONLY

Dear Member,

I encourage you, even if you are a new member, to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Launceston Film Society on Tuesday 23rd February, 7.00 pm at The Tramsheds, Inveresk. The committee will, for the first time in the history of the Society, present a documented Plan and Budget for 2010.

The Society, since the 1990s, has tried as a matter of good governance to maintain a reserve of approximately one year's operating expenses to ensure its future. This reserve is needed in case of circumstances such as: major cost increases, fall-off in membership numbers/income, and change of venue or the purchase of equipment.

Due to increased venue and film hiring costs this reserve has been depleted over the past four years. In fact, the Society has been operating with annual losses since 2006; hence the reserve has been reducing as well. The reserve is currently at just 70% of the projected 2010 annual operating budget. The audited accounts for 2008/09 can now be downloaded from www.lfs.org.au

There are members, who have nominated to be elected to the committee at the upcoming AGM, who are proposing to review the current membership fee and to take other actions which could increase the losses and further reduce the reserve.

At the AGM we will explain in detail why we have acted as we have in 2009 and how we will address these issues in 2010. We also have exciting plans to further improve the Society based on the results of the recent member survey, which we will present. Members will have an opportunity to comment.

Your attendance to hear the detail of this approach and then to make your own judgement, therefore, is crucial.

If possible please let us know if you are attending.

Please attend the AGM. Your vote counts.

Yours sincerely

Mark Horner ( President)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 2009 FINANCIAL REPORT

LAUNCESTON FILM SOCIETY AGM: Nominees For A New Committee

Vote for office bearers and committee members who RESPECT our membership and our constitution and who stand for TRANSPARENCY, CONSULTATION AND EQUALITY.

Make your vote count at the Annual General Meeting
7 pm Tuesday 23 Feb, Tramsheds, Inveresk

Vote for nominees who embrace the following principles:

Financial Management which is creditable and which includes fiduciary responsibility. Who will when elected:

• immediately draw up an annual budget and present it to the membership.
• review the $100 membership fee, especially in the light of the current excessive surplus.
• ensure that no major expenditure is incurred before the members know about it and have a chance to comment.

Provide Clear and Open Communication and Membership Management.
This includes:

• the approachability and availability of members of the Committee at all screenings
• a review of the use of the 'smart card' .
• the development of a Privacy Policy to ensure that any personal information stored on the card cannot be misused.
• not contracting out to a third party the task of checking cards prior to admission, because this is a proper responsibility for the Committee.
• the re-introduction of the option for members to purchase a second card at full price so that they can invite guests as temporary members.
  

Vote for:

Tim Thorne – Vice President: Tim has been a member of the LFS since 1973. He was on the Committee for six years and President for three. He strongly believes that the Committee should consult with members before making major decisions, especially those involving expenditure, that a budget be presented to members at the beginning of each financial year, and that committee members should be more approachable. He will press for reviews of the recent fee increase and the 'smart card' and will ensure that there is a privacy policy regarding members' personal details which are stored on the card. His favourite movie is Marius and Jeanette.

Max Vizard – Secretary: I originally developed an interest in film as art through the new cinema movements that emerged in Europe after WW2. I subsequently became a member of the LFS in the late 1970s and have remained so ever since, except for some time spent overseas. I have laughed, cried, been angry, bored and experienced a range of other emotions through the power of cinema, which has not only entertained but often shone the spotlight on injustices in the world. Up until recent developments, I have been happy to just be a member of the highly respected LFS, but have now decided to stand for election to ensure that the future direction of the LFS involves genuine accountability, consultation and agreement with the membership via proper processes as established in the constitution. I will respect and be guided by the traditions and values of the Association.

NOTE: Nominees and supporters DO NOT oppose the election of Peter Gillard as President or Kim Pridham as Treasurer

VOTE FOR A FAIR AND DEMOCRATIC FILM SOCIETY

Dr Shirley Patton - Committee: Shirley has been a member of the Launceston Film Society for a decade and loves the diversity of films shown. In particular she enjoys contemporary set French films, period British dramas and, the exquisite cinematography of the Chinese films. She respects the establishment of the LFS as a community initiative, and sees as important the upholding of the communitarian principles of inclusion, consultation and egalitarianism - for the members by the members on a non-profit basis. Shirley's background is in social work, more recently in academia, but is now writing fulltime and currently working on her first novel.

Anne Layton-Bennett - Committee: Anne Layton-Bennett has been a Film Society member for 15 years, and has always enjoyed the informality, and community nature of the organisation. If elected she will work towards ensuring a clear, regular and open communication is maintained between committee and membership, and will also encourage members to become more involved in the films selected for possible screening, through the reintroduction of the 'film request form' in each issue of Newsreel. She counts Brassed Off, Secrets and Lies, Monsoon Wedding and The Kite Runner as a few of the stand-out films seen in her time as an Film Society member.

Ald. Ian Norton - Committee: Along with my wife, I have been an avid LFS member for several years. During this time I have attended film nights with little thought of the administrative level. I must admit to being surprised at the level of unaccountability and decisions made by the committee. An increase in membership fees seems totally inappropriate given the surplus held by the LFS. My concerns re lack of accessibility to the committee and the need to reflect the wishes of its members are the driving factors for my applying for committee membership. Due diligence and accountability are the principles that must apply to value add to the LFS experience. On a personal note, I was Senior Preparator/Research Officer with the Queen Victoria Museum for 28 years. Now CEO of Reptile Rescue Incorporated, in my work with snakes I have been involved in the making of many documentaries. I am currently serving as Alderman on the Launceston City Council. Films that have impressed me include, Carve Her Name With Pride, Zulu, Gallipoli, Schindler’s List to name a few.

Joy Elizabeth – Committee: I'm a poet, novelist, massage therapist and social activist, who loves good books, good movies and social justice. Except for a few breaks due to family commitments I’ve been a member of the Film Society for many years. Until recently LFS was a community based, membership driven group which charged only enough to enable the screening of a wide range of quality films each year. I would like our Society to return to being of and for the movie loving community. No fancy cards, no bells and whistles, or budget surplus. Just good movies and a membership rate that covers the costs, and that even students, pensioners and unemployed Launcestonians can afford. Among my favourite movies are Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Rabbit-proof Fence and The Untouchable Girls.

Pam Parsley - Committee: I have been a film buff since childhood, when I attended Moonah Picture Theatre from age 3 (sitting on the floor when it was scary & picking up the jaffas the boys rolled down)& am truly grateful for the opportunities that LFS offers to our community to see films which are otherwise unavailable. But LFS is not a commercial enterprise, it is a community organisation, its executive members are elected by & answerable to the membership. The major financial & administrative decisions that have been made by the committee without consultation are inappropriate and misguided.

These nominees are supported by the following LFS members among others: Caroline Ball (Life Member) John Ball. John Donnachy, Robyn Friend, Jeanette Gatenby, Roy Gatenby, Rebecca Gottschalk, Stan Gottschalk (Life Member), Gael Vizard (former President) Rodney O’Keefe (Life Member)

Make your vote count at the Annual General Meeting –
7 pm Tuesday 23 Feb, Tramsheds, Inveresk

Some Burning Suggestions

In the interests of democracy there are a couple of questions hanging in the air.

The first is, will there be a secret ballot for positions being voted on at the AGM?

Early advice on this would be welcomed.

In the longer term, since a large percentage of the membership turn up to LFS screenings weekly there are ample opportunities for them to vote on almost any issue given the chance.

They could even make suggestions – given the chance. Now we realise that this would be something of a paradigm shift but there you go, that’s democracy for you.

A Ballot Box at the entry would no doubt remove a lot of the angst from the present situation. Why not give it a try?

Anyway we suggest that you send your emails on the Secret Ballot Issue to lfs@7250.net with the following in the Subject Box:

SECRET BALLOT …. YES or NO
There is no need to say anything in the email as they are unlikely to be read

Some Taxing Questions

The membership has a couple of things to consider with the outsourcing of audience scanning.

As we understand it each individual member is responsible for debts incurred by the society. That means that with the employment of people there are some considerations to be taken into account that members have not been consulted on or been informed about. How does the society’s employee stand legally in respect to:

• Income tax?
• GST ?
• Superannuation?
• Workers’ compensation insurance?

It would be good if this matter could be clarified as soon as possible given the potential implications for members.

Letter to Members

As you queue up to enter the cinema for the Launceston Film Society's screening, you will be approached by a pleasant young man with a machine to scan your membership card.

Be kind to him as he is only being paid a pittance ($25/hr) for this task.

On Wednesday this week there were three committee members standing alongside, watching him do this. They would have been among those who decided to spend the members' money on contracting out to him a job which would seem to be within the capacity of committee members themselves as part of their responsibilities, a responsibility, in fact, which committee members have accepted with good grace, in one form or another, since the 1950s.

The contract was awarded with no transparent selection process, no advertisement, no budgeted allocation of funds and no consultation with the members.

So be kind to this young man. He may not have the job for very long.

Frederick Street
Bemused & Bewildered

A letter about taste

Enter screen left, a well-respected professional woman. Lets call her Tandra and envision her as one of those stalwarts who for many a year has been a driving force behind so many cultural organisations. She is also a town activist.

Well, it turns out that Tandra was told by 'a committee member' a little while ago that she "was not a suitable person to be a member.“

Apparently, Tandra has strength of conviction and is thus predisposed to walkout of any film /performance/whatever that she finds not to her taste. Like some for whom life is too short to suffer ordinary wine, for her, its too short by far to endure anything that bores, offends or disturbs. Life holds so many alternatives.

If some see the advice given Tandra as being arrogant, condescending, typical even, of a kind of blinkered worldview that needs challenging this is understandable. If they also see it as a reason for change that too is understandable.

Well, Tandra has not taken the advice offered her and has rejoined along with myself and we will be voting for change. We’ll see you at the AGM

Alan Vale
Cinematic Roulette Player

Film Appreciation Subsidies

It seems that the story goes something like as follows. If you intend to take up the opportunity to use your LFS membership to get a discount on the Adult Education Film Appreciation Course you need to:

• Enrol for the course with Adult Education;
• Pay the fee upfront and in full; and
• Take your receipt to a member of the LFS Committee;
who it seems will refund you the LFS subsidy.

It is pretty clear how all this is intended to work but it seems that anyone who is looking for a refund on their enrolment fee will need to hurry to put their claim in. It might be a good idea to check with the committee before you enrol and confirm the process so as everything works as smoothly as it should.

More on this as the information comes to hand.

Launceston Film Society Annual General Meeting Notice

Please make every effort to attend if you are concerned about the issues

Ald. Ian Norton Puts His Hand Up

Ald. Ian Norton declares that he will be a candidate for committee membership at the upcoming Launceston Film Society Annual General Meeting on Feb 23 @ 7 PM – The Tramsheds Inveresk.

Watch this space for more information.

Launceston Film Society Annual General Meeting

PSSSSST THERE IS AN ELEPHANT IN THE CINEMA

It is quite likely that this Loxodonta is making its presence felt because its AGM time again. There is all kinds of innuendo about money in the air that smells a lot like elephant's fart – Loxodonta flatulence.

It is probably time to turn the air conditioning on ...that'll fix it! After that, perhaps some air freshener?

All of this is more nauseating than dangerous but there you go.
Launceston Film Society Annual General Meeting