2017

A look at key events and moments in 2017 at Warwick Student Cinema.

Exec

• 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

• 2017-2018
  • President: Reece Goodall
  • Vice-President: Anjana Radhakrishnan
  • Treasurer: Matt Williams
  • Films Officer: Matt Davies
  • Chief Projectionist: Kieran Hall
  • Chief Duty Manager: Caleb Gilliam-Scott
  • Technical Officer: Alex Pointon (co-opted February 2017)
  • Publicity Officer: Chris Greenland
  • IT Officer: Benji Levine
  • Marketing Officer: Hamish Brown
  • Events and Socials Coordinator: Lakshmi Ajay
  • External Relations Officer: Richard Kirk (resigned May 2017), then Irene Mercader (elected June 2017)

Spring Term 2017

A Leonardo DiCaprio-themed AllNighter was held, attracting 90 people.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: Your Name (Thursday Week 5, 178)
  • Double screening: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Saturday Week 3, 357)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Tuesday Week 5, 0 (cancelled))
  • Double screening: The Magnificent Seven (2017) (Friday Week 1, 17)

Summer Term 2017

The summer term saw the society operate on a limited schedule during peak exam time - from weeks 5-8, only one film was shown (a Saturday double). The term concluded with a Big Screening of The Incredibles, which was forced into L3 because of weather conditions for the second year running.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: Frozen Singalong (Tuesday Week 9, 45)
  • Double screening: Logan (Saturday Week 6, 131)
  • Quadruple screening: La La Land (Friday & Saturday Week 2, 186)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: Toni Erdmann (Thursday Week 2, 8)
  • Double screening: Hidden Figures (Saturday Week 3, 34)

Autumn Term 2017

The term began with three free screenings of Moana and a free screening of Monsters University as part of an international welcome event. An Edgar Wright-themed AllNighter was held, with a personalised message from Wright introducing the mystery film. There were 70mm screenings of Interstellar and Dunkirk, and a screening of Nosferatu with a live piano score. The society also collaborated with a student movement commemorating 100 years since the Russian Revolution by holding a Wednesday screening of Battleship Potemkin.

• Most attended
  • Single screening: It (Friday Week 8, 202)
  • Double screening: Dunkirk (Friday Week 5, 261)
• Least attended
  • Single screening: Rough Night (Monday Week 10, 4)
  • Double screening: American Made (Saturday Week 8, 13)

Other

• At the SU's Societies Awards, the society was nominated for the Creative Warwick Award and Outstanding Contribution (Non-Exec) for Andrew Maddison, winning the latter.
• The role of Chief Editor was removed from exec, and the role of External Relations Officer was created, making Richard Kirk its originator.
• Matt Williams, Chris Greenland and Lakshmi Ajay were elected for their second year on exec, Anjana Radhakrishnan her third, Reece Goodall and Richard Kirk their fourth, and Alex Pointon was co-opted for his fifth year.