Press cuttings

Over the past year, FILMCLUB has had over 280 pieces of coverage – in national and regional newspapers, specialist and consumer magazines, online and on television and radio. Here are just a few of the cuttings.

June 2010

FILMCLUB aims to broaden kids' film horizons

BBC Leeds online 2 June 2010 1.2 MB

FILMCLUB to take school children on journey behind war-torn frontlines

FamilyRapp.com 1 June 2010 1.4 MB

FILMCLUB talk to Havana Marking

FemaleFirst.co.uk 3 June 2010 928 KB

How actors got into acting

FemaleFirst.co.uk  3 June 2010 1.2 MB

Focus on film with FILMCLUB

First News 3 June 2010 1.4 MB

FILMCLUB's celebrity soundbites

Independent.co.uk 3 June 2010 924 MB

Reel lessons pay off

Kilburn Times  3 June 2010 844 KB

Pupils Get Behind the Headlines

SecEd 10 June 2010 1.1 MB 

What inspired these actors to be in the film industry

Sugarscape.com  4 June 2010 1.3 MB 

'Afghan Star'show used to inspire FILMCLUB pupils

Teachers TV 7 June 2010 1.2 MB 

A lesson in reality

The Guardian 10 June 2010 1.1 MB 

FILMCLUB takes children to war-torn locations

UK Parents Lounge 4 June 2010 1.4 MB 

The Real Deal

Wood & Vale  3 June 2010 1.3 MB 

FILMCLUB to take children behind the headlines

Parent Dish 3 June 2010 1 MB 



May 2010

Popcorn plus learning on offer at the film club

Brentwood Gazette  19 May 2010 5.5 MB

Children discover a world of film at FILMCLUB

eParenting  17 May 2010

Ray thrilled to work with Caine

GM.TV 28 May 2010 1.2 MB

Classic films a different class

The Independent  28 May 2010 1.1 MB

Kelly Osbourne's Oz dream

MSN Entertainment  28 May 2010 976 KB

Headteachers welcome educational and social benefits of FILMCLUB

NAHT.org.uk  17 May 2010 1.1 MB

Ray thrilled to work with Caine

Press Association 28 May 2010 928 KB

Kelly Oz-bourne is simply wizard

The Sun Online 21 May 2010 1.3 MB

A day among the stars

Wimbledon Guardian 20 May 2010 5.1 MB



April 2010

At the movies

Child Education Plus 26 April 2010

Focus on film with FILMCLUB 

First News 16 April 2010

Harry Potter storyboard artist speaks to pupils

Hertfordshire Mercury 1 April 2010

Harry Potter villain actor Tom Felton scares fans in real life

Mirror.co.uk 30 April 2010

Tom Felton quizzed by FILMCLUB

MTV.co.uk April 2010

Access All Areas

MyBliss.co.uk April 2010

Caught on camera for a website chat

Sheerness Times Guardian 29 April 2010

Pupils have wizard time with Malfroy 

Sunderland Echo 26 April 2010


March 2010

Around the world in 80 films

Teaching Times 26 March 2010

School of Rock

Creative, Teaching, Thinking 1.8 MB March 2010

FILMCLUB project has positive effect on literacy

National Literacy Trust 1.2 MB 24 March 2010

Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang premiere

NowMagazine.co.uk 1.1 MB March

Talented Oxford teens interview the stars at BAFTAs

Oxford Journal.co.uk 1 March 2010

Monster hit for the young stars

Solihull News 840 KB 19 March 2010

Teens at the BAFTA Awards

Sugarscape.co.uk 1 March 2010

Candid camera will help stop bullying

Hull Daily Mail 3 March 2010

True Brits - Great films

First News World Explorer 1.1 MB March 2010

90,000 school-children discover a world of film

Education Today 23 March 2010

Behind the scenes of the silver screen

Edgware & Mill Hill Times 4 March 2010

Child's view of the Railway Children

Bradford Telegraph & Argus 3 March 2010


February 2010

Anna Lo at FILMCLUB

Belfast News 25 February 2010

Mike Leigh talks to FILMCLUB

Female First 04 February 2010

Focus on film with FILMCLUB

First News 26 February 2010

Beating bullying - on film

ParentlinePlus 03 February 2010

Young movie buffs lobby AMs die extra film scheme

Rhondda Leader and Wales Online.co.uk

Talking takes

SecEd 11 February 2010

Cinema school

Sunderland Echo 25 February 2010

Mike Leigh inspires the next generation of film

The Independant online 19 February 2010

My View - Eleanor Burnham

The Leader (Wales) 04 February 2010


January 2010

Films of the decade with FILMCUB ​

​First News 08 January 2010



December 2009

Focus on film with FILMCLUB

First News 31 December 2009

Frame Jane

Greenwich Time December 2009

Harry Potter exclusive! Tom Felton

Mizz 26 November 9 December 2009

Year of Music contiunes with series of composer talks

The Music Teacher December 2009



November 2009 

School film clubs backed by Harry Potter professor
Bromley Times 19 November 2009

Schools in leading role

Yorkshire Evening Post 19 November 2009

The classroom cinema

Classroom Autumn 2009

Pupils campaign to keep school film club running

Evening Times 14 November 2009

Focus on film with FILMCLUB

First News 27 November 2009

The road less travelled

Ink Pellet 25 November 2009

Oscar winner drops in

Mitcham Morden Wimbledon Post 19 November 09

BAFTA-winning actress inspires London students

Sec Ed 19 November 2009

The children reaching for the stars

The Herald (Scotland) 14 November 2009

School life is sweet for Jane

The Mercury 25 November 2009

Govan High School pupils quiz BAFTA stars on the red carpet

The Glaswegian 12 November 2009​


October 2009

Pupils enjoy life on the red carpet

​Middleton Guardian 22 October 2009

Stars come out for launch of National Schools Films Week

Scholastic.co.uk 16 October 2009

Balls talks movies with Yorkshire students

SecEd.co.uk 5 October 2009

School visit inspires young movie buffs

Thanet Times 6 October 2009​


September 2009

Pupils attend screening of controversial new film at 10 Downing St

Wanstead & Wapping ​Guardian.co.uk 17 September 2009

School club screen dream & Ed names his film favourites

Yorkshire Evening Post September 2009


FILM star at FILMCLUB

​​Actor Michael Sheen visited Porth County Community School in Wales to discuss his favourite films and what it was like to act in them. 

First News July 2009 [PDF, 140 KB]


Film belongs in school. Discuss ​

​A look at the launch of FILMCLUB

The Independent, Arts and Books Review, June 2008 [PDF, 256 KB]


Firing custard pies at Hollywood

​Director, Sir Alan Parker, discusses the potential impact of FILMCLUB.

The Guardian, June 2008 [PDF, 176 KB]


Goodbye Mr Bean, Bon Jour Monsieur Hulot

​Founder of FILMCLUB, Beeban Kidron, discusses getting it off the ground.

The Daily Telegraph, Review, June 2008 [PDF, 288 KB]