On Thursday 23 September Chairman of Warwick District Council, Councillor Bertie MacKay, revealed which film proved to be most popular with the visitors. Coventry based film maker Alan van Wijgerden was presented the Museum Movies Best Film Award for his entry The Boat House.This film is an exploration of his favourite painting in our collection, The Boat Builder’s Shop by Bernard Ninnes. Alan said:
‘It was great to win the prize. A lot of work goes into these shorts and it was nice to receive some recognition. It was also a good way to get my get my film screened. I am going to spend the prize money on buying film, a slide viewer and some photo printer paper.’
Alan received the Museum Movies Award worth £150 from Councillor MacKay. The Art Gallery & Museum would like to acknowledge the support received from the Leamington based film and photography shop London Camera Exchange, which contributed part of the winner’s prize.
Thursday Flickers is back again
This Thursday 7 October the film programme will start with a screening by film maker John Bradburn. See you then!
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