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We were very saddened to learn that Robert Nicholls, known affectionately to many film collectors as ‘Uncle’ Bob, died on Monday 14th October. Whatever event you went to, however far it was from his home, you could be virtually certain that you would find Bob there, giving it his support. He also made an importantContinueContinue reading “Robert Nicholls, 1946-2024”

One aspect of the Convention that we’ve re-introduced has been a Question and Answer session. These restarted informally in 2019 when Bill Davison – contributor to Movie Maker magazine, former Convention organiser, and reporter on the very first Convention, visited for the first time since the 1980s and spoke and answered some questions after theContinueContinue reading “Mark Williams – our Q&A guest for 2024”

We are delighted to announce that we have added a second room to accommodate the increased number of dealers who have booked for the Sunday Film Fair at the 2024 Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention. Simon McConway, co-organiser of the Convention said: “We’ve had a steady stream of dealer enquiries since the start of the year,ContinueContinue reading “2024 Update: Second dealer room added!”

In a first for the Convention, 2024 will see the introduction of a Sunday night film show, from 8pm in the Grand Hotel’s Trafalagar Suite cinema (where the Film Fair shows take place). The impetus for the new show came about earlier in the year. Convention co-organiser Adrian Winchester recalled that from around the early 1990s,ContinueContinue reading “New for 2024: Sunday Night Film Show”

Sunday, 20th October 2024 sees the return of the Big Screen Time Revival at Croxley Green in Hertfordshire. The event promises specialist film dealers, films shows (on a 16ft screen), a Bring and Buy table and hot and cold refreshments throughout the day. Entry is £8 and the event runs from 10am to 5.30pm. TheContinueContinue reading “New Event: Big Screen Time Revival 2024”

We’ve just taken delivery from the printers of a rather splendid new leaflet – expect to see it at events and maybe even included with your favourite cine magazines in the run up to the 2024 event. In the meantime, please feel free to download and share it online to your favourite forums or groups.ContinueContinue reading “New 2024 Convention Leaflet”

The British Film Collectors Convention has teamed up with Renown Films and Talking Pictures TV to host BFCC Lite: a film fair in St Albans, Hertfordshire on Sunday 29th September. They promise a big dealers room with variety of 8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm and 35mm film, and DVDs, Books, CDs and exclusive merchandise also on offer.ContinueContinue reading “New Event: Film Fair in St Albans”

The Film is Fabulous! team has announced its second event. The Missing Episodes Festival takes place on Saturday, 1st June 2024, at The Courtyard Cinema in Hereford and will present four black and white episodes of British television, previously thought to have been lost…

Eivind Mork has released his video documenting Ged Jones’s Question & Answer session that took place at the 2023 Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention. A continuation of Ged’s first Q&A session at the 2022 Convention…

The dates for the 2024 Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention have been confirmed as the weekend of 15th – 17th November 2024…