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adopted the name "Moviola". Moviola is governed by a small Board whose members have the dual functions of
Trustees of the Charity and Directors of the Trading Company (Moviola Ltd). The Board members are recruited from the local community and from the film exhibition sector and serve in an entirely voluntary capacity. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and actor
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length of interval and start times. Moviola organises the booking of the films, maintains links with film distributors, provides marketing materials, tickets, all the equipment and the presenter for the show. This provision of suitable equipment is very important as many venues do not have high quality projection and sound equipment. A recent
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Moviola operates a partnership model: in each of the rural communities in which it operates, it has a partner group that chooses the films and the dates of the screenings, arranges the venue, organises local publicity and sells tickets. The partners also manage the show, determining aspects such as
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Moviola started operations in 2001, and after a few years of pilot operations it was first incorporated as "Dorset Film
Touring" in February 2004. As "Dorset Film Touring" it was registered as United Kingdom Charity 1107649 in January 2005. In the summer of 2009, the Company and Charity officially
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counties of Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset and
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Moviola shows films in 80 venues across the five counties. Its rural cinema service is made up of four elements:
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