2008-12-23T03:03:00.000-08:00

Welcome again to Colin's Big Fat Film Festival Committee Page.

I'm delighted to announce that the second Big Fat Film Festival will officially be commencing on December 26th with the screening of The Day The Earth Stood Still. The film will also start the Summersault series of the Festival (also known as CB3F), which runs from December to March.

Listed below are the dates and films screening during the CB3F Summersault series:

December 26:

The Day The Earth Stood Still (M)

January 1:

DOUBLE HEADER - Yes Man (M) & Bolt (G)

January 10:

VIEWER'S CHOICE - Igor (PG) vs. Seven Pounds (M)

January 24:

VIEWER'S CHOICE - The Spirit (TBC) vs. Revolutionary Road (TBC)

January 26:

SHOWDOWN - Losers of Viewer's Choice from January 10 & 24 battle it out for a screening...

February 7:

The Changeling (MA15+)

February 14:

Ghost Town (M)

February 21:

The International (TBC)

February 28:

Defiance (M)

March 7:

Watchmen (TBC)

Watchmen marks the end of the Summersault series, which will then lead into Film Free-Fall (or Autumn in Norwood), running from early March to May. Then we move over to Watching In A Winter Wonderland from June to August/September, and then the Festival finishes with the Spring Film Fling running through till November.

The films being screened during these future series will be posted closer to the commencement dates of each series.

So, Christmas is now upon us, and I wish you all a very merry and safe Christmas, as well as a safe and prosperous New Year, and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Boxing Day, as well as over the duration of the Festival.

Greg Bowden,
Founder/President, Colin's Big Fat Film Festival Committee.

Welcome To The Jungle - A Welcome Letter To The Festival Homepage

2008-11-24T09:55:00.000-08:00

I would like to take this moment to officially welcome you to the Big Fat Film Festival Blog homepage. My name is Greg Bowden, but I am otherwise known as "Colin" to many out there, and I am the President and Co-Founder of the Big Fat Film Festival Committee, which bears my nickname at the start.

I must confess that I am a great lover of movies. I find watching a film to be one of the most enjoyable experiences in life, as it takes you away from the outside world for around 2 hours or so of your everyday routine. It's an ultimate form of escapism, I feel. And by creating the Committee and the Film Festival, I wanted to share those same experiences with many of you out there.

The Committee was co-founded by myself and Michael Brooks, a very close friend of mine, who also received a Platinum Membership for his services during the 2008 Film Festival, in which he attended ALL of the films screened throughout the duration of the Festival.

The first Big Fat Film Festival took place in 2007, between June and September. The original Festival was comprised of 5 films:

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
Transformers
The Simpsons Movie
Die Hard 4.0
The Bourne Ultimatum

The Festival was a minor success, with small attendances for the first 2 films, but The Simpsons Movie was a major hit with a strong turnout, which resulted in a strong turnaround in attendance figures over the remainder of the Festival.

This year, we decided to go bigger and better. And it certainly lived up to expectations. We will list the full schedule from this year's Festival in the next entry, along with other news from the Festival and some details about next year's Festival, which will start on Boxing Day THIS YEAR.

So, thank you again for joining us here and look forward to returning again for future installments.

See you at the movies!

Greg "Colin" Bowden,

President/Co-Founder, Colin's Big Fat Film Festival.