Film Unit
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Film Unit is a professional quality independent cinema and Film society located deep within the University of Sheffield Union of Students and run entirely by volunteers, usually members of the University of Sheffield, although occasionally Alumni of the university (usually members of Film Unit as students) and Sheffield Hallam University students also make up committee and house staff. The cinema shows over 100 films a year.
It is classed within the Union as a Working Committee, as it provides a service to all students, and not merely its members (as a society does).
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[edit] History
Film Unit joined the BFFS in 1950,[1] although it is likely that the Film Unit society was formed before this, and it is believed too that it pre-dates the BFFS.[citation needed] Film Unit also holds the copyright of a title shot in 1960, held in the University's archives.[2] There is also a title shot in 1965 by "SUSU Film Society/Film Unit".
Film Unit used to show films in the Graves Building, part of the Union building. In 1996, a new auditorium was opened, and became the new home of Film Unit;[3] it is also used as a lecture theatre.
Over the past, the members have been formed primarily from members of USIT, which folded in 2003.[4] It now has a thriving committee, and is making in the region of £3-4,000 per year.
[edit] Awards
- 2005 BFFS Best Student Society - distinction[5]
- 2005 BFFS Longest Serving Student Film Society[1]
- 2006 Golden Gnome Awards Contribution to Student Life
[edit] References
- ^ a b Eview issue 53, 31st March 2006 page 2, from University
- ^ Sheffield University Film Collection: itemised list of films
- ^ University Prospectus page 33, column 2
- ^ USIT
- ^ Award Winners 2006. BFFS. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
