It’s UW Film Club’s 20th anniversary and we’re ready to celebrate! In the fall of 1998, a ragtag bunch of cinephiles started a club on campus to promote film appreciation and culture. Now two decades later, though both film and Film Club have changed, their mission lives on. In honor of our special year, we’re creating new initiatives, new ways to get involved, and new programming to expand and improve!
First, members will be able to start publishing on our website. After a small pilot program in the spring, our website will be open to interested members who want to write reviews and features pertaining to film. Our goal is to foster conversation about film beyond club and create a platform for members to express their opinions.
Second, we’re starting a podcast. Each week on the aptly titled UW Film Club Podcast we’ll invite a member to discuss a film of their choosing. It can be one they love, one they hate, one that’s topical, or anything in between. We want to allow members to talk about films they are passionate about as well as let other members hear about those films.
Third, we’ll be organizing more special events this year. In addition to our usual special events such as voting weeks, good bad movies, and Games of Film Club, we’re partnering with other clubs to hold co-sponsored events, bringing in Cinema & Media Professors to guest program, and hosting guests in the film industry to do screenings and Q&As. This quarter you can expect the following special events:
Games of Film Club (10/11)
Sadie Screening and Q&A with Director Megan Griffiths (10/18)
Halloween Voting Week (10/25)
City Lights with American Sign Language Club (11/8)
Werner Herzog Night with Professor Eric Ames of the Cinema and Media Studies Department (11/29)
Star Wars Holiday Special and Potluck (12/6)
If you’re interested in any of our new initiatives, please come see us at club during the first couple weeks. Our meetings this quarter are every Thursday night at 7:30pm in Paccar 290. We’re same club you know and love, just new and improved. We’re excited for these new initiatives and we look forward to seeing faces new and old this fall!