[Stronsaylimpet] SCREEN MACHINE: Monthly Newsletter 28/09/23

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SCREEN MACHINE: Monthly Newsletter 28/09/23 The latest from Screen Machine.
Screen Machine Newsletter 28/09/23

*We still need your help*
*Please write to your MSP, MP or Councillor if you haven't already*

Audience in Lochgilphead in 2017/. /Photo credit: Neil Macdonald

Thank you to everyone who has so far contacted your MSP, MP, or 
councillor asking them to get the Scottish Government to provide 50% of 
the funds for us to build a new cinema. We have received so many emails 
and messages from people in our communities, as well as elected 
officials, who would not like to see the Screen Machine service 
disappear. It has been truly incredible to see the scale of support from 
everyone.

But we are still not over the line. The message needs to continue to 
spread and maintain its momentum. Our Head of Operations and 
Communications, Fiona Fowler, has appeared on Reporting Scotland, STV, 
and BBC Radio Scotland to argue the case for Screen Machine.

We ask that you please contact your elected officials if you haven't 
already. Everything you need to know can be found on our Ways to Help 
<https://screenmachine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=481366d61828cfc0003c856c2&id=2b6e41f967&e=5e77b5da1b> 
and Write to Your MPS, MP or Councillor 
<https://screenmachine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=481366d61828cfc0003c856c2&id=632cd88da2&e=5e77b5da1b> 
pages, including officials' contact details and suggestions on what to 
include in your letter.

We are seeing the effects your voices are having on our case, and if we 
continue to spread word then we believe we can achieve our goal. Thank 
you once again. We value every letter sent in our support.

The Screen Machine Team

*Donations*
*We don't need them just yet*

We've received many messages asking if or how people can donate money 
for a new cinema, as well as ways we could raise money. We appreciate 
all of these queries and suggestions, but wanted to highlight that the 
priority for us right now is getting 50% of funds from the Scottish 
Government. Once this is secured, it will unlock and open new sources of 
funding, and it is at this point we will start fundraising and welcome 
donations.

So while we have already mentioned it above, we ask that you please 
write to your MSP, MP or councillor if you haven't already.

You can still add £1 to any Adult or 60 and over tickets, but these will 
solely go towards the rising ongoing costs of operating Screen Machine, 
such as fuel, ferry journeys, and accommodation for our operators.

Thank you to everyone who has added a donation to their tickets so far.

*Locations on sale*
*We'll update our schedule soon*

Screen Machine in Carinish in February 2020. Photo credit: Iain MacColl

We have locations on sale right through to the middle of October:

Newtonmore - 28 September to 1 October
Tarbert, Harris - 3 & 4 October
Liniclate - 5 to 8 October (we are back in our usual spot after our last 
visit in Creagorry)
Carinish - 9 to 11 October
Daliburgh - 12 to 14 October
Castlebay - 16 to 18 October

The schedule on our website 
<https://screenmachine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=481366d61828cfc0003c856c2&id=a38fcf4ed8&e=5e77b5da1b> 
includes our visits up to Tobermory (20 to 22 October) and Craignure (23 
& 24 October). We'll look to update it in the next week or so, and then 
get more locations on sale. As */Barbie /*and /*Oppenheimer*/ will soon 
complete a full circuit, we'll start to introduce more films into our 
programme. We'll announce these in the coming month as more locations go 
on sale.

*The Hurt Locker*
2008 (15), 123 mins
Available for 18 days on BBC iPlayer 
<https://screenmachine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=481366d61828cfc0003c856c2&id=c7a476f6a7&e=5e77b5da1b>
Kathryn Bigelow's multi BAFTA and Oscar-winning drama tells the story of 
an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Iraq, exploring the psychological 
toll of such a dangerous job in a volatile environment. Starring Jeremy 
Renner, Anthony Mackie, Ralph Fiennes, and Guy Pearce.

*Minari*
2020 (12), 109 mins
Available for 21 days on Channel 4 
<https://screenmachine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=481366d61828cfc0003c856c2&id=2ade3e60ed&e=5e77b5da1b>
This drama from Lee Isaac Chung delves into the immigrant's story. Based 
on his own childhood, it tells the story of a South Korean family moving 
to rural Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s, looking at the 
challenges and changes they face as they try to make a success of their 
new lives in a new culture and place.


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*Thank you for reading, and we'll catch up
with you at the end of October!*


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