United Kingdom
The first film society was established in London in 1925 by a group of left-wing intellectuals interested in films from Europe which could not be shown in public cinemas for political reasons. It was called the Film Society but is often referred to as the London Film Society as it was followed by many others in the next fifteen years. These included the Edinburgh Film Guild (1929, still in existence), the Salford Workers Film Society (1930; this became the Manchester & Salford Film Society, still in existence), and many others.
The national body for film societies in the UK is the British Federation of Film Societies (BFFS). Most university and college students' unions have film societies, including the Warwick Student Cinema at University of Warwick and the St. John's College Film Society at St. John's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge. In 2006, FILMCLUB was launched by BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Beeban Kidron and educationalist Lindsay Mackie to open up the world of film to primary and secondary school children in the UK.
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