This year we are holding out first short film competition on 25th February - The Tom Ainsworth Short Film Awards
These awards have been set up by the Society in memory of the late Tom Ainsworth, a member since 1939 and its first honorary President.
The intention is to encourage student filmmakers by awarding annual prizes in a competition. There will be two prizes: one for a film selected by a jury consisting of members of the committee and club members, and another selected by a vote of members attending on the night of the competition. The prize for each category is £100.
The films shortlisted from the entrants by the jury will be shown on the 25th February and members will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite film and the prizes will be presented on the night.
We hope you can come to this special event as there are sure to be some high quality short films in the competition.
As the season goes on we shall be adding new features including a MEMBERS’ CORNER exclusive to our members. So watch this space !
Meanwhile there are plenty of things happening during our 81st season.
John Grieve has DVDs of some of the films shown in the last season and some for the current season. Contact secretary@mandsfs.org.uk if you want to borrow one of them.
You’re probably aware that we work closely with the Club Theatre and you may be interested to see their programme for the new season here.
For information on other film-related events see box below
What the icons mean on the Current Season page is explained below
To be able to read the notes you’ll need to have a PDF reader installed on your PC. The most popular one is from Adobe and can be obtained from their site. There are many other PDF readers and you can search for them on the web and usually download them for free.
To see the film notes simply click on the 
icon in the film entry box and the notes will be opened in your PDF viewer.
icon in the film entry box and the notes will be opened in your PDF viewer.
Also, if available you can see a trailer for the film by clicking on the 
icon in the film entry box. This will take you to a site showing a short trailer for the film.
icon in the film entry box. This will take you to a site showing a short trailer for the film.
EXTERNAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS
and other bits of news and information
Films in Knutsford
The autumn programme is available now and you can join the mailing list here
Films courses at the Cornerhouse
Plenty of interesting courses on films and film making at the Cornerhouse here
The Story of Film (More4 TV)
Fifteen episodes directed and narrated by Mark Cousins on More4, dealing with the birth of cinema with a global perspective. Unlike the BBC’s limit of seven days on catch up, all episodes should be available for some time. Click on here to access the site.
This is being held from 23rd to 26th February details here
Spanish and Latin American Film festival at the Cornerhouse
This is being held from 2nd to 18th March details here