BINGLEY Community Cinema will begin at the end of the month at the Bingley Arts Centre. Hosted by Bingley Little Theatre and with support from Bradford UNESCO City of Film and Bingley Town Council the project will bring a wide range of films for people in the area to enjoy.

David Wilson, Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film, said: “We are really pleased to support the ongoing development of a community cinema network across Bradford, giving individuals and communities greater access to cultural goods and services.

"This is not intended to take custom away from traditional cinemas but to give people greater choice and to try to grow film culture and film audiences.

"The intention is to try to ensure that the community cinema network are then even more aware of the wide film offer at other venues across the area and to get them to participate in film festivals and film related events.

"Support offered from the City of Film team ranges from advice on setting up a community cinema, loan of equipment to get them up and running, advice and film licenses and help with marketing and promotion."

Ian Smithson from Bingley Little Theatre added: "This is something we have been considering for some time now and through discussions with the team at Bradford City of Film and visits to existing community cinemas in other areas we feel this will be well received by people living in and around Bingley.

"The fact that we are screening in a theatre will also enhance the whole experience as we have good black out facilities, great sound and comfortable seating.

"We very much hope to use the first season to test the model and work with audiences as well as film experts in programming future content."

Films to be shown include: ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ starring Sir Tom Courtenay, the Bradford classic ‘Room at the Top’ which was written by Bingley librarian John Braine, ‘The Greatest Showman’, ‘What We Did On Our Holiday’ and ‘Quartet’.