Topsham Film Society’s committee has decided to cancel this season of films.
We have worked hard to try to make this season work and this has been an extremely difficult decision to make. As you know, we had been hopeful that we could screen postponed films at a later date in the spring.
News
December News 2020 Update
Unfortunately the TFS committee has decided to postpone all 3 films scheduled to be screened in January. We plan to show The Peanut Butter Falcon, Beautiful Boy and Harriet at some stage in April or May 2021.
December News 2020
Unfortunately the TFS committee have decided to postpone the screening of David Copperfield on 18th December. I know this will be disappointing for many members who were looking forward to seeing this excellent film and enjoying a bit of ‘normality’.
November 2020 News
After considerble thought and planning we have decided that Topsham Film Society’s new season of twelve films will start on Friday 18th December with a wonderful film The Personal History of David Copperfield.
In these unpredictable times many film societies have cancelled their seasons altogether. This was an option we considered but there was extremely positive feedback from attendees at our trial film screenings in October. The Covid safety measures put in place were praised and the opportunity to watch a film with other people during this difficult period was very much appreciated.
September 2020 News
Topsham Film Society will start film screenings in October
In July we asked our members to indicate if they would attend a film screening in Matthews Hall in October.
June 2020 news update
TFS has been screening films for over 15 years, during that time we have shown nearly 200 films. Recent circumstances have given us the free time to watch more films than normal. These days there are thousands of films available on DVD or at the click of a button.
What to watch? The film critics have drawn up lists of their favourite films.
BUT we thought you might appreciate a list based on the views
March News Update
Cancelled AGM and screening of Green Book on March 20th
Both Screenings on March 27th have been postponed
February News
AGM on 20th March and Special Screenings on 27th March
January 2020 News
Topsham School Animation Workshop
August News
TFS at Open Day and Join the Club 5-8th Sept
July News
Publicity material for the new season is at the printers.
News About TFS
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Upcoming Films
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019 UK 2hr
Postponed
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 Victorian era novel by Charles Dickens.
Read more ...The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon 2019 USA 1hr 37min
Postponed
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, it tells the story of Zak (Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school.
Read more ...Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy 2018 USA 2h 1min
Postponed
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heart breaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. Starring Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan.
Read more ...Harriet
Harriet 2019 USA 2hr 6min
Postponed
HARRIET tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes.
Read more ...The Farewell
The Farewell 2019 USA/China 1hr 40min
Postponed
The Farewell is a funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie. Billi a headstrong Chinese-American returns to Changchun, when beloved grandmother Nai Nai has been given weeks to live, she struggles to cope with the family decision not to tell Nai Nai herself.
Read more ...The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water 2017 USA 2hr 3min
Postponed
From master story teller Guillermo del Toro comes an other-worldly fable, set against the backdrop of the Cold War era. The film received many awards, including 13 Oscar nominations, winning Best Picture and 3 other Oscars.
Read more ...Transit
Transit 2018 German/French 1hr 42min
Postponed
As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg (Franz Rogowski) flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of the dead writer whose transit papers he is carrying.
Read more ...Woman at War
Woman at War 2018 Iceland 1hr 41min
Postponed
Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But, behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain.”
Read more ...Rabbit Proof Fence
Rabbit Proof Fence 2002 Australia 1hr 34min
Postponed
Phillip Noyce's film is based on a book by Doris Pilkington, telling the story of the experiences of her mother, Molly, her aunt Daisy and their cousin Gracie. The young girls were torn from their families by government officials and transported some 1,000 miles to a training school.
Read more ...Members' Choice
Members' Choice
Postponed
Each season TFS members may vote for one film to be shown at the Members' Choice screening, which this year will be on March 26th 2021.
Read more ...Bait
Bait 2019 UK 1hr 29min
Postponed
Modern-day Cornish fisherman Martin (Edward Rowe) is struggling to buy a boat while coping with family rivalry and the influx of London money, holiday-homes and stag parties to his harbour village.
Read more ...C'est la vie!
C'est la vie! 2017 French 1hr 57min
Postponed
Wedding planner/caterer Max is staging a wedding at a 17th-century chateau, when things go terribly out of control.
Read more ...