Flix in the Stix wants to bring the big screen to your doorstep

Lincoln-based initiative Flix in the Stix is looking for villages to add to its rural touring cinema service and currently has a subsidised rate available.
By John Smith
Published 2nd Aug 2019, 11:13 BST

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Flix in the Stix wants to bring the cinema to your villageFlix in the Stix wants to bring the cinema to your village
Flix in the Stix wants to bring the cinema to your village

Running for close to four years, Flix in the Stix has been taking a large pop-up screen, HD projector and sound system to villages in and around Lincolnshire, including several villages in West Lindsey.

Run by not-for-profit organisation Blueprint: Film Foundation, Flix in the Stix provides a regular social event to remote rural areas, where access to similar services is limited due to poor transport connections and accessible group activities are thin on the ground.

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The villages currently visited by the service, which include Ingham, Laneham and Spilsby, are full of praise for Flix in the Stix.

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    A Flix in the Stix event at InghamA Flix in the Stix event at Ingham
    A Flix in the Stix event at Ingham

    Eunice Woodfield, an audience member from Laneham, said: "It’s a wonderful thing they are doing here and we thoroughly enjoy it”.

    Di Fisher, another audience regualr, added: It’s really livened up the village”.

    Daniel Griffin, Laneham Memorial Hall vice-chairman,commented: "It helps people access the kind of facilities you might find in bigger towns or cities”.

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    Visiting participating villages on a monthly basis, Flix in the Stix screens a variety of the latest crowdpleasers and blockbusters, as well as classic films once in a while.

    Titles are chosen by the village hall committees from a shortlist compiled by Flix in the Stix.

    Film licenses, technicians, equipment hire and marketing materials are all provided, ready for the village hall committee to run front of house on the night.

    There’s an interval in the middle of each screening to allow for comfort breaks, socialising and a chance for village halls to raise funds by selling refreshments.

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    The halls also take any money from ticket sales, which are usually around £4 per person but can be set by the village hall committee if desired.

    Flix in the Stix would love to bring their pop-up cinema to further villages, so are offering a new special rate, which is partially subsidised to make it more affordable to small charitable village hall committees.

    For more information, visit the website here.

    Watch the promotional video here.

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