Doynton Village

Reel to Real: has now arrived!  We plan to meet every two months at 7:30pm on a Friday evening.  No need to book just show up at the Village Hall in Doynton. Entry will be £4. Any profit will go to the upkeep of the hall.  Keep an eye open here for details of Real to Real or send your e-mail address to nick.fryer@southglos.gov.uk to go on the mailing list.

I would also like to invite people to suggest films that we can show in the future.  There will be no restriction on what we show, documentary, animation, local, classic, favourite shorts etc. Please come along with some specific ideas of what we can schedule for the rest of the year.

Next date: 16-03-12 at 7:30pm - the film will be announced shortly.

On Friday 20th January DOYNTON BIG SCREEN held its first REEL TO REAL event with a screening of the film BENDA BILILI. 

This remarkable and joyous documentary follows the lives of a group of disabled Congolese musicians from Kinshasa over 10 years. The film raises many issues, particularly relating to disability (Benda Bilili means "beyond appearances) and poverty as we see the musicians move from playing in Kinshasa to stages around the world and staying in five star hotels.

Benda Bilili was in numerous top film lists for 2011. Check out Mark Kermode's video opinion, a Telegraph article and the official web site.

Reel to Real will not be like the Saturday night Doynton Big Screen events. There will be no food but we will be opening a bar and serving teas and coffees and perhaps a bit of cake etc. We hope that Reel to Real will take a format a little like a book group with the opportunity to discuss the film afterwards if you like. Of course you can just come for the film and drinks if you like. At this first evening