EIGHT SEASONS OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES…
It’s a Wonderful Life 18.12.11
It’s a Wonderful Life is an American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, that was based on the short story,The Greatest Gift, written by Philip Van Doren Stern. Released in 1946, the film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of […]
Regeneration 11.11.11
Regeneration is a 1997 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pat Barker. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The film starts by referencing Siegfried Sassoon’s open letter dated July 1917, protesting the conduct and insincerities of the First World War. The letter has been published in The Times and has […]
Nowhere Boy 30.09.11
Nowhere Boy is a 2009 British biopic about John Lennon’s adolescence, his relationships with his guardian aunt and his birth mother, the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into The Beatles. The film is based on a biography written by Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird. The film received its US release on […]
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COMMENDATION: BEST SINGLE EVENT: The Passion of Joan of Arc with Mie Yanashita
– Film Society of the Year Awards 2016&2017
Celebrity endorsements
““The work you are doing is so vital to your community – I am honoured to be even a small part of it.”
– Patricia Ward Kelly (Mrs. Gene Kelly): Patron
“I think Hoylake Community Cinema is a torchbearer for a renaissance of ‘alternative cinema'.”
– Dai Bradley: Patron
"This is quality on a shoestring... surely what cinema should be about!"
– Alex Cox: Patron
"I'm honoured to become a patron of Hoylake Community Cinema"
– Daniel Craig: Patron
“Community and Cinema are two very important words to me. Put them together and you get one great night out!”
– Celyn Jones: Patron
“I am delighted to hear that Hoylake Community Cinema is going from strength to strength and the ripples are spreading wider”
– Glenda Jackson MP, Friend of HCC
