On Tuesday night a new cinema club launched in Nyon with the aim of showing a variety of international films twice a month at 20:00 on a Monday night throughout the year, at the Capitole cinema in the heart of town.
The programme begins on the 10th October and continues through to 26th March 2012. Andrea Bachmann-Helbling, club president spoke to Living in Nyon about the new club and the film choices the club has made to kick off the new season.
Committee members of the new cinema club. L to R Tanja Mayr, Manu Zirnheld, Serge Roguet, Sophie Page, Olivier Mayor ( Nyon municipal representative for culture works and environment), Andreas Bachmann-Helbling, club president and Jennifer Siegrist.
Andreas - " We know there are lots of film fans here in the town, and Nyon is obviously already firmly on the map with its annual Spring documentary film festival "Visions du Réel" . However, we wanted to give film lovers the opportunity to see high quality films throughout the year, to offer debates after each film, hopefully those debates will continue in the bar downstairs afterwards! We are beginning the season with a silent film called "The"Artist" on the 10th October (see description of this film at the end of this article below).
Films from Korea to Sri Lanka to a Coen Brothers film There are six of us on the committee, we have had an interesting time and many discussions choosing the films for the programme, we all have different tastes. Ultimately though we think we have come up with a good variety from around the world to suit everyone. Amongst the choice there is a film from Korea, a film from Switzerland, a Coen brothers film ("The Barber"), and a comedy called "Machan", a film about a Sri Lankan handball team which is a true story about a false team! Films will be shown in the original languages either with voice overs or subtitles in French. English speakers are most welcome to join the club of course, it's not only a good opportunity to see interesting films and meet new people, but also it's a chance to practice and understand the French language a bit more outside of the classroom". Jennifer Siegrist, a member of the programming committee continues: "The other advantage of this club is the possibility to see a style or genre of film that you wouldn't normally see in the mainstream cinema here in Nyon. We have a phrase in French - "A coté de la Plaque" (roughly translated - "off the wall"), some of these films fall into that category but they are all good and interesting films". The club has a website with the full programme of the coming up this season. For 90 chf per year, club members get to see 10 films, they also will have the advantage of a reduced price on tickets on the mainstream films at the cinema (14chf instead of 16chf per ticket, apart from weekends and official holidays). Membership also includes one free ticket to one mainstream film at the cinema and an invitation to an Avant-Première film. Details of membership are on the club's site or you can sign up at the cinema itself on the first screening on the 10th October. See site here Wikipedia entry on the film " The Artist" below. "The Artist" is a romance film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1931 and focuses on a declining male film star and a rising actress, as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. The film is itself a silent film and in black-and-white. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered. Semaine de la Mobilité - 16th - 22nd September - Try out an electric bike for free tonight! Residents of Nyon may have seen posters around the town advertising the Semaine de la Mobilité. During this week there will be lots of events on offer to encourage the citizens of the town to get out of their cars and to use alternative forms of transport, not only for the benefit of the environment but also for their health! The official opening of the week begins this evening Friday 16th at 18:15 (at la Roulotte, the temporary café on the St Cergue side of the railway station). There will be the chance to try out for free electric bikes, Segways etc, and a solar powered car! For the full programme of events from family walks, conferences on fitness and health, bike rides, and exhibitions linked to the week Click here.