That the Parliament congratulates Kelty Community Cinema in Fife as the volunteer-led group prepares to celebrate its 100th screening later in 2024; understands that the cinema was formed in 2016 and started screening the following year, with Kelty holding its first inaugural film festival in 2018; notes that, for its 100th screening on 21 September, it will be showing a silent movie from 1924, Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr, which will be accompanied by live music; believes that the cinema's screenings regularly attract around 30 attendees, with its films at Christmas being the most popular; notes that it screens films to suit all ages, from Lilo & Stitch to Mrs Harris Goes to Paris; is grateful to Creative Scotland for providing the cinema with top-of-the-range equipment in 2020 and thanks the National Lottery Community Fund for its recent funding; commends the area's community co-op members on raising £1,500 through the local community fund for the group; recognises the hard work of the volunteers; applauds the cinema’s launch of a "borrow a movie" initiative in response to the rising cost of living and its commitment to keeping ticket prices at an affordable level; acknowledges Kelty’s cinema-going heritage, including its Gothenburg Picture House and the Regal Cinema, which opened in 1939; extends its very best wishes to everyone at Kelty Community Cinema, and wishes them all success with the 100th screening event and for the future
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Foysol Choudhury, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Stuart McMillan, Paul O'Kane, Alex Rowley, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Tess White, Martin Whitfield