Category Archives: Flix

Watch National Theatre Live With Flix

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1089Want to watch award-winning theatre live but not willing to pay the full cost of a ticket and a train fare to London? Then Flix, Loughborough Student Union’s own film society, has the answer for you!

The Society have recently installed a LANsat media reciever at the Cope Building which will allow live events from around the world to be broadcast at the Cope Auditorium, beginning this autumn with a season of drama direct from the National Theatre.

First up this September the Young Vic company takes on Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire, which will be broadcasted live from London. The piece tells the story of Blanche DuBois, whose fragile world is crumbling when she turns to her sister Stella for solace. But her downward spiral brings her face to face with Stella’s husband, the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

Starring Gillian Anderson (of The X-Files fame) and directed by Critics’ Circle Award winning director Benedict Taylor, A Streetcar Named Desire will be shown at the Cope Auditorium on Tuesday 16th September at 7pm. Tickets cost £10.

For further details of this and the rest of the NT Live programme to be shown over the coming year, visit the LU Arts calendar page here:

http://www.arts.lboro.ac.uk/calendar/whats_on/

Eden Flix Presents 'Future By Design'

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Next Wednesday afternoon (14th May) in the Cope Auditorium at 3pm Eden Flix is hosting a free showing of Academy Award nominated director William Gazecki’s acclaimed 2006 documentary Future By Design.

Future By Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a “generalist” or multi-disciplinarian – a student of many inter-related fields.

Eden Flix are a series of highly acclaimed, thought-provoking and inspirational documentaries on issues related to engineering, design and social consciousness.

All staff and students at Loughborough are freely welcome to attend, though booking is necessary. To do that, follow this link.

Coming to a Cinema Near You…

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There’s a couple of special film screenings taking place over the next week that should be of great interest ot film buffs across campus.

This Sunday, 16th March, Flix Cinema and LSU Action present a traditional cinema experience with an old time film. Action volunteers become old fashioned cinema ushers and usherettes creating the feel of a traditional cinema experience where the 1944 classic National Velvet starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney will be shown at the Cope Auditorium. Doors open at 12.30pm with the film starting at 1pm, and there will be an old-fashioned refreshments interval too!

Then next Wednesday, 19th March, Eden Flix presents Flow: For the Love of Water, Irena Salina’s 2008 documentary about the perilous state of the world’s water supply. From both local and global perspectives, this documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on Earth. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at stake, the film urges a call to arms before more of our most precious natural resource evaporates.

Flow is also being shown at the Cope, where the performance will start at 3pm. All students and staff are welcome to freely attend, though booking is necessary.

Cinema image by Soorian Soosay, reproduced under CC License from Flickr.

Eden Flix Presents 'Objectified'

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Next Wednesday afternoon (26th February) at 3pm in the Cope Auditorium Eden Flix is presenting a free showing of Gary Hustwit’s acclaimed 2009 documentary Objectified.

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.  Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?

Eden Flix are a series of highly acclaimed, thought-provoking and inspirational documentaries on issues related to engineering, design and social consciousness. All staff and students at Loughborough are welcome to attend.

Eden Flix Presents 'How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?'

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118_posterThis Wednesday afternoon at 3pm in the Cope Auditorium Eden Flix presents a free showing of the documentary film How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?, introduced by Professor Jacqui Glass, Professor of Architecture & Sustainable Construction in the School of Civil and Building Engineering.

The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.

Tickets are free, but booking is necessary – follow this link to do that.

Eden Flix are a series of highly acclaimed, thought-provoking and inspirational documentaries on issues related to engineering, design and social consciousness. All staff and students at Loughborough are welcome to attend.

Refresh Yourself During Health & Wellbeing Week

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Feeling jaded after the exams and in need of a bit of a mental & physical pick-me-up? Fancy a soothing stroll, or a movie, or maybe even a bit of friendly five-aside? Look no further!

All next week (Monday 27th January – Sunday 2nd February) is Health & Wellbeing Week, and to mark the occasion there’s a wide and varied range of fun (and free!) activities going on at the Student Union and around campus, all dedicated to encourage students to discover new ways to improve and maintain their health and wellbeing.

Visit the SU site here for the full programme, or take a peek at the display board and some of the flyers we’ve currently got set up for the event in the Library foyer.

Eden Flix Presents 'GasLand'

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The Eden Flix series of thought-provoking documentaries on an environmental theme begins again for the 2013-14 academic year with a screening of the Academy Award nominated 2010 film GasLand, introduced by Dr. Diganta Das, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, at 3pm on Wednesday, 20th November, at the Cope Auditorium.

With the concept of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, becoming increasingly considered as a key source of fuel for the UK, strong opinions supporting and opposing the process are fervidly arising amongst scientists, corporations and environmental activists causing widespread confusion among the population. Concerns speculate that fracking could cause carcinogenic pollution to water and earth tremors and they also elaborate that the shale gas extracted is ultimately, not a long-term nor sustainable option. The reality is that sufficient evidence hasn’t yet been produced to make calculated decisions, despite the seemingly convincing cases made by both sides – exemplified by Josh Fox’s work in GasLand.

Dr. Diganta Das will introduce this screening and open the floor for discussion afterwards. The screening will commence at 3pm and is free for all students and staff to attend, although booking is required as space is limited. You can do this via this link.

Eden Flix presents a series of highly acclaimed, thought-provoking and inspirational documentaries on issues related to engineering, design and social consciousness, and is sponsored by the Centre for Engineering and Design Education as part of the Engineering and Design Educators Network series of events in collaboration with Loughborough’s long-established Flix Society. Watch out for details of further films next year.

Planeat for Free at Eden Flix

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Planeat_(film)Eden Flix presents the latest in their series of free environmental film showings tomorrow afternoon with a screening of the award-winning 2010 documentary Planeat.

Against a backdrop of colourful and delicious food grown by organic farmers and prepared in the kitchens of world-famous chefs, Planeat for the first time brings together the ground-breaking studies of three prominent scientists who have  between them explored the link between diet and disease, the use of nutrition to treat chronically ill heart disease patients, and how our food choices contribute to global warming, wasteful land use and lifeless oceans.

The screening is free and open to all staff and students and begins at 3.30PM in the Design Studio on the first floor of the Keith Green Building (West Park, Building 16 on the campus map). To register your place and for further details of the Eden Flix schedule, follow this link:

 http://cede.lboro.ac.uk/edenflix_planeat

Free Eden Flix Screening of 'A Crude Awakening'

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crudeNext Wednesday (1st May) Dr. Andrew Watson from Loughborough’s Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering will introduce Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack’s hard-hitting documentary A Crude Awakening that delivers a grave warning about the oil industry. Andrew will also host a Q&A session afterwards.

Eden Flix are a series of highly acclaimed, thought-provoking and inspirational documentaries on issues related to engineering, design and social consciousness. All staff and students at Loughborough are welcome to attend these screenings which are shown in the Design Studio on the first floor of the Keith Green Building (West Park, building 16 on campus map) and are sponsored by the Centre for Engineering and Design Education as part of the Engineering and Design Educators Network series of events.

For further information about the film, including a trailer, how to register your place, and further details of the Eden Flix schedule, follow this link:

http://cede.lboro.ac.uk/edenflix_crude

Student Union International Film Festival 2012

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Flix, Loughborough Student Union’s award-winning cinema society, is hosting a week-long run of international cinema, beginning this Friday (24th February) with Samuel Maoz’s hard-hitting Israeli anti-war film Lebanon.

Other movies to be shown during the festival include The Edukators, Arietty, Des hommes et des dieux and Troll Hunter. Admission is free to all students.

The Flix International is a sub-section of the society which endeavours to provide a number of free showings to Loughborough Students. This includes a monthly showing and an annual Film Festival, all with the aim of showcasing interesting and evocative films from around the world (with a particular focus on films originating from locations common to Loughborough University students).

Further details of the festival and other forthcoming performances, as well as information about how to join and participate in the society, can be found on its website.