The BFFS national block booking scheme

BFFS is pleased to introduce a new way for film societies with DVD projection to get hold of films at a reasonable cost and with minimum hassle. Taking the tried and tested approach of block booking, which has delivered excellent results in the Yorkshire and SW regions for a number of years, BFFS has set out to create a national system which will offer what film societies need, sustainably and indefinitely.

In the BFFS scheme, member societies will be able to

  • book films at an economical flat rate - £80 for the 2007-8 season
  • advertise these films without restriction
  • show the films in whichever ways suit local community needs.

The scheme is based on a show-and-send-on system, in which each participating society must send the DVD they have booked on to the next booker as soon as they have shown it. This means that participants will all be dependent on each other for efficient transfer.

To participate in the scheme, a society must first enrol. To do this, you need to obtain an enrolment pack, which can be downloaded by clicking here. One you have downloaded the pack, you enrol by completing the letter of agreement and returning it by post to BFFS Sheffield.

When BFFS has confirmed your enrolment, you will be able to submit your bookings, either by completing the forms in Word and sending them by email, or by posting them. Note: you can only enrol if you are a full, startup, school or student member of BFFS.