1. Skive Film Club 1951 – 1956
Skive og Omegns Filmklub was founded in 1951. The purpose was to show educational and cultural films. Initially, films were obtained from Statens Filmcentral and from the embassies of various countries. Feature films were harder to get hold of. In the fall, the film rent to Statens Filmcentral was reduced, which helped the finances of the country’s film clubs. In the beginning, the film topics were often informative, such as films about working methods, child rearing or about an oil pipeline from Texas to New York.
In the beginning, the films were shown in the Temperance Hotel or Royal Hall. But gradually agreements were made with Bio or Kosmorama and the range of quality films increased. Agreements were made with the Danish Film Museum and films such as Dreyer’s Joan of Arc, Mice and Men and Hamlet with Laurence Olivier were shown.
From the start,the children’s film club was a branch of Skive og Omegns Filmklub and things were going well with a membership of 550 in 1956. But there was a shortage of adult members. In 1953 there were 50 members. In 1956, there were 120 members, which was too few to keep the film club going. The children’s film club was separated with its own statutes and the “mother club” closed down on October 2, 1956.
2. Skive Film Club 1964 – 1965
Skive Film Club was founded by high school student Else Marie Friis, Skive and Johan Henrik Piepgrass, Krabbesholm Højskole in 1964. They started with films from the Film Museum and the French Film Cavalcade in Kosmorama, but despite the 80 members, the attempt failed.
3. Skive Film Club 1967 – 1973
Skive Folkeblad called a founding general meeting on September 7, 1967 for Skive Filmklub in the newspaper’s canteen at Slotsgade 3. One of the initiators was student teacher Herluf Schrøder. The purpose of the club was to act as a forum where all film enthusiasts could cultivate their interest and deepen their knowledge of the nature of film. They focused on a versatile program with both narrow and broader films. The films were shown on Mondays at 22:00 in Skive Bio. The club began its season with the film De vilde Engle (The Wild Angels), which the State Film Censor had banned from showing at public screenings, but the film could be shown in associations.
Within a short time, the club had 350 members, and the year after its inception, membership reached 420, despite the late showing times. In 1971, however, only 150-200 members were expected. In the 71-72 season, membership was down to 130 members and only a few showed up for the screenings, the deficit for the season was DKK 600. At the general meeting, it was agreed to try to continue. But before the 1973-74 season, they had to give up. “We need at least 150 members for the association to be able to run on a sound financial basis,” said chairman teacher Peter Kim Holt at the last general meeting on June 14, 1973, where only the board was present. As an explanation for the declining membership, the chairman mentioned that there was an increasing range of other leisure activities in Skive. In addition, people do not like to go to the movies on certain dates. The board agreed to refer members to Skive Gymnasium’s film club’s screenings.
Skive Gymnasiums Filmklub – Filmklubben – Skive Filmklub 1971 – 1990 (?)
was started on January 18, 1971. They started by showing 16 mm films in the high school’s premises – films like Elvira Madigan and Saturday Night – Sunday Morning. In the fall of 1971, an agreement was made with Skive Filmklub that their members had free access to the high school club’s films.
In the fall of 1974, the high school film club had 14 films on the program under the name Filmklubben and was open to everyone over the age of 16. The purpose was to show quality adult films that had received good reviews from a wide range of Danish film critics. The films were shown at the high school, initially also at the business school and in Skive Bio in the afternoon or morning. In 1977, the club had 400 members, but then it started to decline.
This club continued the business into the 90s.
The clubs needed the permission of the two cinema directors to show the films. The established cinemas had priority for the movie titles.
The drop 1978 – ?
Started on the initiative of people associated with the Communist Party. Filmklubben Dråben saw it as its task to show both documentaries and films based on current issues. The films often had a socialist slant, but this was not a prerequisite. The screenings took place in the evenings at the Business School.
Sources of information
- Skive folkeblad 8/11-1952, 8/12-1952, 2/10-1956, 14/6-73 and 7/5-2012,