News and Updates

Committee 2026/27

  • Roger Lowry is Chair and books films.
  • Peter Twomey is Treasurer.
  • John Martin deals with Front of House.
  • Nick Crook is Secretary.
  • Brigdhe Boyle deals with the Newsletter and Publicity.
  • Jim Peard is the webmaster.
  • Natalia Parvanova assists Brigdhe with publicity and Jim with the website.
  • Roger Collins & Sue Collins deal with film listing/selection and also deal with membership records.

French partners

Many of the films that OFS show are made by directors based in France, or in other Francophone parts of Europe, Africa, North America and Oceania. Click here for a list of these films shown in the last few years. If all these films have whetted your appetite to learn French, then there are two companies offering French lessons locally.
French à la Carte MK offer personalised French lessons for individuals and groups. Learn online or in Milton Keynes.
Alliance Française offer French classes for all ages and abilities, DELF exams, social and cultural events.

2026/27 Season

We have moved!
…to the Berrill Theatre on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Click here for directions to the Berrill Theatre.

Please note that the society is moving away from cash payments and people are encouraged to buy tickets via the website or by card at the society’s desk on a film film nights.

The Society’s Newsletter

Weekly during the season and monthly in the summer the society sends out an email newsletter with a detailed review of the next film to be screened together with other useful and interesting information. If you do not receive the Newsletter but would like to please follow the link in the footer of this page to register your interest.
Here are links to some of the recent newsletters.     12 Jan   19 Jan   26 Jan   02 Feb   09 Feb   16 Feb

OFS Films Shown 1969 to Present

The Open Film Society was formed in 1969 – more than 50 years ago! Since then we have shown more than 2,000 films. You can download an Excel spreadsheet with an almost complete list of films here. If anyone has any information about the films shown in 1969 and the 1972-1973 seasons, we would be very interested to hear from you. There are also about a dozen films shown between 1970 – 1986 where we know the date of the screening, but not the name of the film shown. Again, any further information would be welcome.