Programme for 2011

We hope that there's something here for everyone...

Monday 17th January 8:15pm
AGM, 2011 Launch & Film Quiz! Everyone Welcome
Join us to launch the 2011programme,  take part in the AGM and test your film knowledge in a friendly film quiz!  Bar available from 7:45pm for an 8:15 start in Community Centre Conference Room

Friday 28th January 7:30pm
Local Hero (1983) PG
Voted into third place in Cinema Nairn’s Fans Poll.  Best loved of Bill Forsyth films. American oil billionaire Happer (Burt Lancaster) has designs on a remote Scottish beauty spot.

Monday 14th February 2:00pm • Seniors Special
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) U 
Following  our inaugural year’s screening for seniors’ we are proud to present the classic musical comedy with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.  All welcome

Friday 4th March 7:30pm
Julie and Julia (2009) 12A  (Subject to availability)
A big hit in 2009,  this is a charming and witty true story of how Cordon Bleu cook Julia Child (brilliantly played by Meryl Streep) and Julie Powell (Amy Adams) connect over the decades as Julie gets her life back together.

Friday 25th March 7:30pm
3:10 to Yuma (1957) PG
The original (and best!) version of the classic western starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. The outlaw Ben Wade (Ford) and his gang captures a small town.  Local rancher Dan Evans (Heflin) tries to do something about it and heads for the station to catch – the 3:10 to Yuma!

Friday 15th April 7:30
Chinatown (1974) 15
The gritty, multi-award winning Polanski detective thriller with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway showing in Cinema Nairn in recognition of the international critic’s award as the ‘best film ever made’.

Tuesday 10th May 10:00am 
An Education (2009) 12A
 Parent and Baby Special.  Everyone welcome.
This is the wonderful 2009 hit film where the young rising star Carey Mulligan won an OSCAR nomination for best actor.   Mulligan plays Jenny a bright Oxford-bound schoolgirl in 1960s London.  Then playboy David (Peter Sarsgaard) comes on the scene...

Friday 27th May 7:30pm
Bright Star (2009) PG
This is a beautiful film from director Jane Campion telling the story of 19th century poet John Keats’ (played by Ben Wishaw) three year love affair with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish).

Monday 13th June 2:00pm  • Seniors Special
The Illusionist (2010) PG 
In this terrific Sylvian Chomet animation an unemployed French magician sets off on a life enhancing journey round Scotland. A real treat for cinema lovers in Nairn. All welcome

Friday 24th June 7:30pm 
Das Boot (1981) 12
Introduced by Commander Tim Honnor, RN Ret’d
This wartime epic charts the boredom, claustrophobia and then terror within a German U boat on an Atlantic mission.  Cinema Nairn are thrilled that Tim Honnor (ex~submarine commander) will introduce the film.

Friday 29th July 7:30pm
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) U
Jean and Matt inherit an old cinema and it’s elderly employees (Peter Sellars, Margaret Rutherford and Bernard Miles). Things don’t quite go to plan!

In association with Nairn Books & Arts Festival
31st August - 4th September

The Kid Brother (1927) U • Date TBD 
A classic Harold Lloyd silent movie (a western) which is great fun for all the family.  Will Harold (Harold Lloyd) catch the thieves and win Mary’s heart?

West Side Story (1961) PG • Date TBD 
Bernstein’s telling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, told with music and dance from the streets of New York.  Accompanied by a talk on the influence of Shakespeare on film.

Friday 30th September 7:30pm
The Kids are All Right (2010) 15 (Subject to Availability)
The kids of gay couple Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) decide to trace their sperm donor father (Mark Ruffalo).   A chance to see one of the hits of 2010, right here in Nairn!

Friday 21st October 5:30  • A Children’s Special 
Up (2009)  U
Another chance to see this fabulous Oscar winning animation about a flyaway house.

Friday 28th October 7:00pm
Fans’ Poll
A spooky double bill, where the two films shown will be chosen by the fans of Cinema Nairn.

Monday 14th November 2:00pm • Seniors Special 
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) PG  (with subtitles)
Voted into second place in the Fans Poll in 2010, this is a classic of black and white cinema.  Starring Carry Grant as Mortimer as he discovers that his elderly aunts are homicidal maniacs!  All welcome

Friday 25th November 7:30pm
The Wildest Dream (2010) PG
Everest provides the fantastic backdrop in this visually stunning film. Conrad Anker, who found George Mallory’s body, recreates his life and expedition.  Could George Mallory have been the first person to conquer Everest?

Friday 16th December 7:30pm 
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) U
Cinema Nairn’s Christmas Film
The new Santa at Macy’s store seems too good to be true!  A lovely family film for Christmas with the added bonus of Maureen O’Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn!

Two great films for December

First up on the Friday 17th is "The Boys Are Back" - Joe Warr (Clive Owen) is a British sports writer who lives in Australia with his second wife, Katy (Laura Fraser) and his young, eccentric son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty). When Katy gets diagnosed with cancer and passes away, Joe copes with the responsibilities of being a single parent with the help of his beloved wife's spirit.

His teenaged son from his first marriage, Harry (George MacKay) who feels abandoned in the UK with his mother who hates him uses Katies death as an opportunity to try and build a relationship with his father and comes to visit him in Australia for a while. Although Harry is at first unnerved by the lack of discipline in the house, he eventually warms up and forms a strong bond with Artie whilst struggling with his relationship with Joe.

When Joe is forced by work to leave the two of them alone in the house for a night, local teenagers throw a house party at the house against both boys' will.

With the house ransacked, Harry flies back to England. Joe and Artie come after him and after a while, Harry is convinced to move to Australia full time.

Joe has been brought closer to both of his sons, but continues to raise them with the same lack of discipline as before.

Then on Saturday 18th we are screening "The Pink Panther" - As a child, Princess Dala is given, by her father, the largest diamond in the world, in which if you stare into it can be seen a "Pink Panther" hence the name. However, now as a young woman, rebels in her home country have seized power and are demanding the return of the jewel.

Dala relaxes on holiday in an exclusive skiing resort but noted British playboy, Sir Charles Lytton is in town. He is secretly "The Phantom" - infamous jewel thief who has eyes on the Pink Panther. Charles's playboy nephew George follows to the resort in an attempt to steal it and blame it on "The Phantom", not knowing that it's his uncle.

On the Phantom's trail is Inspector Jacques Clouseau, from France, and his wife who, unknowingly to Jacques, is the lover of Charles and helper in the Phantom's crime.

Jacques tries to stop the attempts but he is so clueless that when several attempts are made at a fantasy-dress party, Jacques looks everywhere but the right place...

And the winner is...

"The Boys Are Back" with nine votes secured a winning place over "Arsenic And Old Lace" that polled eight votes with "Local Hero" and "Roman Holiday" each attracting seven votes, forty votes were cast in all which is just about 50% of the fans.

And this months film is...

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS

(Cert 15) 1999 127 minutes

Carl, a fisherman in the waters off Washington state, has been found dead, drowned in his own nets, but with a serious head wound. Was he murdered? Post-war anti-Japanese sentiments are still running high, and a murder suspect is found in the local Japanese-American community in the form of Kabuo, another fisherman, who had a grudge against Carl's family. Ishmael, the small town's newspaperman, may have the information that would acquit Kabuo, but can he ever put his jilted love for Hatsue (Kazuo's wife) aside?

Nairn Community & Arts Centre

Saturday 20th November

Doors/Bar from 7.00pm/Film starts at 7.30pm

Vote for the Christmas movie - you decide...

Here's your chance to have a say in what movie is screened by Cinema Nairn on 17th December 2010. Just use the polling gadget here on our blog to cast your vote. The film choices are outlined below:

	In The Loop (2009) Cert 15 The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall.
	The Boys Are Back (2009) Cert 12A is a confessional tale of fatherhood. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife's death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just says yes." Raising two boys - a curious six year-old and a rebel teen from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with a lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless... and on the constant verge of disaster. The three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up.
	A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Cert 15 Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer - Archie Leach.
	Local Hero (1983) Cert PG  Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scotish villiage to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.
	Roman Holiday (1953) Cert U Princess Anne embarks on a highly publicized tour of European capitals. When she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted, regimented schedule. One night Anne sneaks out of her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes her luxurious confinement. However, a sedative she was forced to take earlier starts to take effect, and the princess is soon fast asleep on a public bench. She is found by Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter stationed in Rome. He takes her back to his apartment. The next morning Joe dashes off to cover the Princess Anne press conference, unaware that she is sleeping on his couch! Once he realizes his good fortune, Joe promises his editor an exclusive interview with the princess.
	Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) Cert U Mortimer Bruster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.
	The Thin Man (1934) Cert U After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old cronies, several of whom are eccentric characters, to say the least. He's also approached by Dorothy Wynant whose inventor father Clyde Wynant is suspected of murdering her step-mother. Her father had left on a planned trip some months before and she has had no contact with him. Nick isn't all that keen on resuming his former profession but egged-on by wife Nora, who thinks this all very exciting, he agrees to help out. He solves the case, announcing the identity of the killer at a dinner party for all of the suspects.

A chance to see a great British classic - The Railway Children

Those who haven't seen this movie before or those who haven't seen it in a while (or even those who have only ever seen it on television) should take the opportunity to watch this fantastic family film on the big screen. Kids of all ages welcome.

Based on the book by Edith Nesbit, the story concerns the Waterbury family who move to "Three Chimneys", a house near the railway, after the father who works at the Foreign Office, is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to help prove their father's innocence, and the family is reunited. The family take care of the Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.

The theme of an innocent man being falsely imprisoned for espionage and finally vindicated might have been influenced by the Dreyfus Affair, which was a prominent worldwide news item a few years before the book was written.

Join us to watch The Railway Children at Nairn Community & Arts Centre on Friday 1st October at 5.30pm

A Canterbury Tale

Joan Noble (Cinema Nairn) refreshs the film goers following the movie

With over a hundred senior citizens in attendance 'A Canterbury Tale' proved to be a roaring success, those attending loved the film with many commented that it was the first time they had been to the pictures in decades!

The tea and homebaking afterwards added to the treat, a great big "Thank You" to all those that contributed and helped on the day - your support was instrumental in making the event such a success. It was very pleasing to see Cinema Nairn giving the community something it so clearly needed

CINEMA NAIRN GETS LOST WITH CHET BAKER, SALUTES LAND GIRLS

The latest season of films from Cinema Nairn, the community group behind the revival of big screen entertainment in the seaside town, includes a celebration of life during wartime in a rural community and a documentary for music fans bereft at the lack of a jazz festival this summer.

For starters, youngsters and parents nearing the end of the summer holidays are invited to relax with the help of Jacques Tati, the legendary French slapstick comedian and director.

His debut film, ‘Jour de Fete’, from 1948 will be screened on 11 August at 2.00pm with a special under-18 ticket price of only £2.00 Hilarity is guaranteed as the town prepares for its annual gala day. One reviewer said of Tati: “He makes cycling along a tranquil country lane as spellbinding as if it were taking place on a high wire.”

“HEART THROB TO TOOTHLESS ADDICT”

August is normally the month of the Nairn International Jazz Festival but the event is taking a break this year. To ensure jazz fans get their fix Cinema Nairn is pleased to present ‘Let’s Get Lost’, the acclaimed documentary about trumpeter Chet Baker, on 27 August at 7.30pm.

Jason Rose of Cinema Nairn said: “Let’s Get Lost will be a big attraction for any music fan and indeed anyone intrigued by the Chet Baker story. He went from heartthrob to toothless addict almost overnight. The film’s director, Bruce Weber, has created not just a documentary but a piece of art. The way the images and music blend is astonishing and I can‘t wait to see it on the big screen.”

WARTIME LIFE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

This summer marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and Cinema Nairn wanted to mark the efforts of those who served during the Second World War. ‘A Canterbury Tale’, which brilliantly recounts wartime life in a rural community, will be screened at 2.00pm on 13 September with tickets reduced to just £2.00

Sue Halliday of Cinema Nairn said: “We wanted to put on a film for an older audience in Nairn and rather than the obvious war movies we’ve gone for a beautiful story that focuses on those who were left behind and kept the country going. The film is open to all and the timing ensures members of Nairn’s lunch clubs can easily attend.”

A Canterbury Tale was directed and produced by Powell and Pressburger, who created such film gems as A Matter of Life and Death and I Know Where I’m Going.

Following the film complimentary tea and home baking will be served.

FANS’ BALLOT TO DECIDE XMAS MOVIE

This year marks the 40th anniversary of The Railway Children and to help introduce this timeless and magical movie to the next generation Cinema Nairn has booked it for an early evening family-friendly screening on 1 October starting at 5.30pm.

As well as showing classics and forgotten gems Cinema Nairn is keen to screen recent releases, particularly those which some film fans miss on their mainstream release. The Hurt Locker, which earlier this year picked up six Oscars, will be shown on 29 October at 7.30pm. This thrilling account of a bomb disposal squad in Iraq was described by one reviewer as the most interesting, tense and suspenseful action film in years.

November’s film has a suitably wintry theme - Snow Falling on Cedars. This 1999 film was nominated for an Oscar and is one of the most atmospheric murder mysteries of recent years. It will be shown at 7.30pm on 20 November.

To decide which comedy fills the pre-Christmas slot on 17 December Cinema Nairn Fans will be invited to cast a vote. Details will be announced in the autumn.

And to round off the year there will be another screening aimed at families and younger film fans - The Pink Panther on Saturday 18 December at 2.00pm with under-18 tickets again reduced to just £2.00 This is the original (and best) outing from 1963 for gaffe-prone Inspector Clouseau.

More information about Cinema Nairn can be found on line at www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com. All screenings take place at Nairn Community Centre. Tickets are normally priced at £4.00 (£3.00 for under 18s) and before the 7.30pm films a bar is available from 7.00pm

FRIDAY’S FILM

The next film is Looking for Eric this Friday (30 July) at 7.30pm. Directed by Ken Loach it tells the touching and funny story of a postie in a crisis who gets advice from none other than French footballer Eric Cantona.

Change of title...

In a slight change to our programme we will now be screening 'Jour De Fete' instead of 'Mon Oncle' both Jacques Tati classics, the replacement is of a shorter running time which we feel might suit younger viewers.

(Anyone) Looking For Eric?

The final film presented by Cinema Nairn before the next season of screenings (take a look at the calendar above) is the 2009 Ken Loach movie "Looking For Eric" on Friday 30th July. 


The plot revolves around a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis. Looking after his granddaughter is bringing him into contact with his ex-wife, and his stepson is hoarding a gun for a local gangster. 


At his weakest moments, when he considers suicide, his hallucinations bring forth visits from his footballing hero, the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.

Penultimate film for this season 'Out Of Africa' - Friday 25th June

With just two films to go before our new season is upon us join us for Sydney Pollack's 'Out Of Afica' starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.


Karen Blixen, a Danish woman, marries a friend for the title of Baroness and they move to Africa and start a coffee plantation. Things unfold when her husband begins cheating on her and is away on business often, so she's at home alone, working on the farm and bonding with two men she met in her first day in Africa. 


She eventually falls in love with the one, Denys Finch-Hatton and goes on safari and whatnot with him. Later, she begins to want more from him than the simple friendship/relationship they have and pushes marriage, but Denys still wants his freedom. By the end, she's gained a much better understanding and respect for the African culture than when she came.

...and now for the next film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"

In LA, while escaping from the police after an unsuccessful robbery, the small time thief Harry Lockhart is accidentally submitted to an audition for a role of detective in a movie, and invited to a party. He meets a private eye Gay Perry, who suggests him to participate of an investigation to develop his character. He also meets the gorgeous aspirant actress Harmony Faith Lane, and finds that she was a friend of his childhood for whom he had a crush. Harry and Perry get involved in an intricate murder case with many leads. With the support of Harmony, they find the sordid truth of the case.


Join us to watch it on Tuesday 8th June at 10.00pm at the Nairn Community & Arts Centre - Tickets £4.00/3.00 U18s from Nairn Book Shop, Nairn Community & Arts Centre and online via Nairn Book & Arts Festival website.

Festival films kick off in 'Manhattan'

The first film to feature during the Nairn Book & Arts Festival is being shown tonight in the Community & Arts Centre at 10.00pm. Woody Allen's classic 'Manhattan' opens with a montage of images of Manhattan accompanied by George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue...


Isaac, 42, has divorced Jill. She is now living with another woman, Connie, and is writing a book in which she will reveal some very private points of their relationship. Isaac has a love affair with Tracy, 17, when he meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend Yale. Yale is already married to Emily.

Shakespeare In Love - New time for screening

Shakespeare in Love which will be shown during the Nairn Book & Arts Festival will now be screened at 8.00pm. Modified posters are being distributed around the town.

This was due to a Festival event being cancelled and it was felt that showing the film at an earlier time was the best option.

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) - Friday 28th May 2010

Just a quick reminder that this month's screening is 'Sweet Smell Of Success (Cert PG) showing on Friday 28th May at Nairn Community & Arts Centre at 7.30pm

Plot: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Tickets £4.00 (£3.00 Under 18s) from the Community Centre, The Bookshop or iolaire photo:graphics (at the railway station)

Remember that the bar is open from 7.00pm and you are welcome to request any film you would like to see screened in Nairn (we do our best to show the most commonly requested movies)

Phil M Buff

Gone Fishing

As a result of some slight technical problems with 'Moon' we screened 'Gone Fishing' whilst the issues were resolved. However, for those that want to see this fantastic wee movie we will be showing it again before 'The Searchers' on Friday 30th April.


This thirteen minute short is an excellent example of what can be done in a smaller time frame, with a limited budget (£15,000) without compromising the story line or quality. 

Featuring well-known Scottish actor Bill Paterson it tells the tale of The touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing.  


One reviewer wrote this: 
"I cannot believe that so much pure excellence was crammed into less than 15 minutes of film. It's simply a masterpiece, lovingly crafted, beautifully shot, perfectly acted. I rarely gush over a film but in this case I have to. It's a touching story of an old man and his young relative reminiscing on the day of a funeral about the day in the old man's past where he took on a legendary giant pike in a nearby lake. 


How this is told and played out takes you on story that is filled with humour and many rich and unexpected moments. It left me with a great warm and uplifted feeling, some two hour films costing millions easily fail to do that. The art of the short film needs to be rediscovered."
Find out more here

CINEMA NAIRN FESTIVAL FILMS

Cinema Nairn (in partnership with Nairn Book and Arts Festival) will be screening three films with literary connections/themes during this years Festival - Manhattan (1979), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) and Shakespeare In Love (1999) all three are Certificate 15 and will be shown at 10.00pm in the Nairn Community & Arts Centre.

These have now been added to our Google calendar and also their respective trailers can be seen on the Trailer Bar.

Further details of Nairn Book and Arts Festival events can be seen on their website

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Where next the Moon?

Our next screening 'Moon' Cert 15 (Friday 26th March) picked up a well-deserved BAFTA on Saturday night. The film, about a stranded astronaut, won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, the young director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie) was quite emotional when accepting the award, I'm sure his dad was pleased.

More details here

Cinema Paradiso - Saturday Night 7.30pm

Just a quick reminder that this month's screening is of Cinema Paradiso (Cert PG) showing on Saturday evening at Nairn Community & Arts Centre at 7.30pm

Tickets £4.00 (£3.00 Under 18s) from the Community Centre, The Bookshop or iolaire photo:graphics (at the railway station)

See you there

Phil M Buff

Check out the Trailer Bar...

Hi folks

I have finally worked out how to get trailers of each of our forthcoming films (courtesy of YouTube) embedded into the blog. So now you can have a wee preview of the film before you come along to the screening...

Cheers

Phil M Buff

Synchronise your mobiles

Any film fans with a Google account can keep themselves up to date by synching our programme (which is available on Google Calendar) with their iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.

Further details here any problems give Phil M Buff a nudge (wink, wink say no more Squire!)

Film Fan Application Form

Hi Everyone

You will find a copy of the application form at the foot of this page, simply print out a copy (at full size), complete and return it with your payment - £5.00 per year gets you a £1.00 discount of six screenings - you know it makes sense...

Phil M Buff

2010 Film programme...

All screenings are on Fridays at 7.30pm (apart from Saturday 20 February) - Adults £4.00/U18s £3.00

Saturday 20 February      
Cinema Paradiso  (Cert PG) 1988 in Italian with English subtitles
Oscar for Best Foreign language film. Beautiful flashback story of a famous film director’s return to his Sicilian village.

Friday 26 March
Moon (Cert 15) 2009
Best British Independent Film 2009. Nominated for two BAFTAs
Sci-fi/psychological drama set in a space station where Sam has been ‘alone’ for three years.

Friday 30 April  
The Searchers (Cert U)  1956  
The John Ford classic western where John Wayne plays a civil war veteran on a five year mission to free his captive niece from the Indians.

Friday 28 May    
Sweet Smell of Success  (Cert PG) 1957  
Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis star in this quick fire film noir set in the world of journalism.

Friday 25 June     
Out of Africa  (Cert PG)  1985
Robert Redford and  Meryl Streep’s Oscar winning classic, telling the true story of a doomed love affair in colonial Kenya.

Friday 30 July    
Looking for Eric  (Cert 15)  2009  
Ken Loach’s comedy about a football mad postie whose life is in chaos until he gets some life coaching from an unusual source.

We hope to show some children’s films in addition to the above.

Further dates for your diary:

• 27 August
• 1 October (5.30pm)
• 29 October
• 26 November
• 17 December
• 18 December

Also watch out for some literary themed films during the Nairn Book and Arts Festival 5 - 12 June

Second screening success (despite snow and ice)

Nairn film fans braved the slightly inclement weather to see 'Toy Story' and 'Kinky Boots' with 57 brave souls venturing out to the Community Centre - thank you all!

Cinema Nairn has a growing mailing list and should you wish to add your name to that list please contact us along with any films that you would like to suggest. Once we programme the screenings for the next few months we will be publicising them widely and regularly to try and increase the audience size.

The five films we have shown to date are just the start and we hope that in addition to regular monthly film nights that we may stage other (perhaps themed) screenings or films related to other events going on in the Nairn area ie Book & Arts Festival, Jazz Festival, Nairnshire Challenge.

Watch this space and watch some films...