Attention all film fans! Our friends over at MyFilmClub, officially release their new app today, which is designed to bring together finding films and booking tickets, ordering VOD and Blu-ray/DVDs, along with the freedom to chat with friends, create film clubs, and arrange meet-ups.
Given the size and scope of the UK film industry, you’d think someone would’ve found a way to make cinema-going more connected by now. To have taken our national love of film and made it social. Surprisingly not. That’s how MyFilmClub was born.
The app is the brainchild of Wez Merchant, an entertainment company entrepreneur who saw a gap in the market for a space where cinema fans could talk about, watch and enjoy movies with other like-minded people. “It came to me one day whilst I was looking around the train carriage and all I could see was everyone’s heads buried in their phones,” comments Wez. “We have become like robots using the amazing tool to simply keep our speeding thoughts occupied. We have no concentra… sorry, we have no concentration anymore…”
Not only does the app allow you to do things like book tickets, buy discs, chat with friends, and set up groups. You can even organise your own screenings, find local cinema events or event cinema, enter competitions, catch up on the latest film news and receive notifications about when your favourite film has tickets on sale. It also includes the best bits of WhatsApp and Citymapper and smashes them into one app, making the big screen properly accessible from your small screen for the first time.
They’ve also teamed up with The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) as its official charity, and will donate 10% of any profits it generates. The CTBF supports those within the film and television industries facing personal or career challenges of illness, injury, unemployment or finances as well as aiding talent through the likes of the John Brabourne Awards.
“I wanted to create an app which provided useful film information and content but also one which had a social conscience as well as reminding people of the good old days when contacting someone required military planning,” added Wez. “I’m getting older, grumpier and finding myself harking back to simpler times – I’m basically turning into my Dad.”
Additionally, they are supporters of Heads Together. Employees are encouraged to talk about their mental health concerns and will be helping raise awareness by putting on a screening of some of the #OKTOSAY films in May in North London. It is hoped that the app encourages users to get out and meet other people through a combined love of film, and chat with them via the app’s club functionality. “Going out and ‘being in the world’ when you’re afraid, anxious and stuck inside your head can be daunting. So it’s great to see apps like MyFilmClub® using technology to enable those who are struggling, to connect with others and enjoy something they love in a simple, social and manageable way” says Jon Salmon, Mental Health Advocate from #TeamHeadsTogether.
MyFilmClub® is available to download for free on iPhones, iPads and Android devices/phones now via the App Store and Google Play.
You can also search for Geektown under ‘My Clubs’ and join the Geektown Film Club, to meet up with other likeminded geeks, and go to enjoy films together.
For more information on the app, go to their website, or follow social media channels:
www.facebook.com/myfilmclubworld
www.twitter.com/myfilmclub
www.instagram.com/myfilmclub
