2016

A look at key events and moments in 2016 at Warwick Student Cinema.

Exec

• 2015-2016
  • President: Lorraine Li
  • Vice-President: Reece Goodall
  • Treasurer: Giles Hutchings
  • Films Officer: Jonatan Benarroch
  • Chief Projectionist: Phil Beckett
  • Chief Duty Manager: Anjana Radhakrishnan
  • Technical Officer: Alex Pointon
  • Publicity Officer: Emma Smith
  • IT Officer: Joel Speed
  • Marketing Officer: Richard Kirk
  • Events and Socials Coordinator: Joe Lacey
  • Chief Editor: Allie Wyant (left in July 2015) then Lauren Howard (co-opted November 2015)

• 2016-2017
  • President: Jonatan Benarroch (resigned June 2016) then Christopher Greenland (elected June 2016)
  • Vice-President: Anjana Radhakrishnan
  • Treasurer: Alex Holmes
  • Films Officer: Jacek Kopanski
  • Chief Projectionist: Lakshmi Ajay
  • Chief Duty Manager: Matt Williams
  • Technical Officer: Alex Pointon (co-opted February 2016)
  • Publicity Officer: Reece Goodall (co-opted February 2016), then Richard Kirk (elected June 2016)
  • IT Officer: Joel Speed
  • Marketing Officer: Hannah Freeman
  • Events and Socials Coordinator: Phil Beckett (resigned October 2016), then Mike Le Guillou (elected November 2016)
  • Chief Editor: Dominic Lam

Spring Term 2016

There were two AllNighters this term - the Pyjama Party AllNighter (the mystery film was The Notebook) and a LOTR Extended Edition AllNighter. The society also held its first-ever silent film with live original score (Steamboat Bill Jr.), and screened parody film Dude Bro Party Massacre III for free.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: Room (Monday Week 10, 154)
  • Double screening: The Martian (Friday Week 1, 455)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: The Second Mother (Tuesday Week 5, 10)
  • Double screening: Black Mass (Saturday Week 6, 49)

Summer Term 2016

The planned Big Screening of Shrek to conclude the academic year had to be shown in L3 instead due to the weather. The society completely shut down during weeks 6-8, and only held Friday and Saturday films in weeks 5 and 9.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: High-Rise (Tuesday Week 4, 72)
  • Double screening: Deadpool (Friday Week 5, 267)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: Concussion (Tuesday Week 3, 5)
  • Double screening: Joy (Saturday Week 1, 27)

Autumn Term 2016

The term began with three well-attended free screenings of Zootropolis, but struggled because of Socs Fed increases (impacting on society membership throughout the university) paired with an increase in ticket prices, and a poorly-received summer in Hollywood. There was a general AllNighter (the mystery film was Kill Bill Vol. 1), and special screenings were held with Warwick Pride and Warwick For Women International.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: The Conjuring 2 (Friday Week 4, 164)
  • Double screening: Pulp Fiction (Friday Week 5, 256)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: Louder Than Bombs (Monday Week 4, 0 (cancelled))/Demolition (Monday Week 5, 0 (cancelled))/Pete's Dragon (2016) (Tuesday Week 8, 0)
  • Double screening: The Legend of Tarzan (Saturday Week 6, 8)

Other

• Jonatan Benarroch, Anjana Radhakrishnan, Phil Beckett and Joel Speed were elected for their second year on exec. Reece Goodall and Richard Kirk saw their third year on exec (both holding the same role for parts of the year) and Alex Pointon was co-opted for his fourth year.
• At the SU's Societies Awards, the society was nominated for Most Inclusive Society and Warwick Wildcard (for Steamboat Bill Jr.) - it won neither.
• At the Cinema For All awards, the society received a commendation for Best Student Cinema, and Reece Goodall received an award for Outstanding Contribution Made By An Individual.
• The society teamed up with RaW to host a radio show, Filmsoc Film Talk, which was hosted by Lorraine Li, Jonatan Benarroch and Reece Goodall.