I agree with Bill Hodgson (Letters October 19) that there is an appetite for film, and especially community cinema, in West Somerset.

Crowcombe Cinema was set up in 2006, long before I took over as the organiser, and was one of the first community cinemas in the region.

There are now some ten community cinema venues in the Quantock area alone, as well as others around Exmoor.

Community cinema is about much more than just seeing good films, though that clearly is very important.

At Crowcombe our screenings are very much a social occasion with people meeting in the bar beforehand and chatting over ice creams in the interval (Styles of course), and I think this is a key reason why people will come to community cinema venues rather than the impersonal multiplexes.

Crowcombe, like many of the other venues, is a Moviola Associate. Moviola has a wealth of experience in selecting films that work in community cinemas and makes it easier for the venue organisers to select films.

It may be tempting to think that you get a wider choice as an independent, but I note that all the films mentioned by Bill Hodgson are either currently on the Moviola menu or have been recently.

With over 300 venues in the UK (from Cornwall to the Orkneys), Moviola is a significant player and uses a number of distributors, not just Filmbank, and sometimes can get titles pre-release. It also provides us with a short film and trailers, which enhance our shows.

Being part of Moviola also means that an individual venue will not be subject to a minimum guarantee even if audience numbers are low.

I wish Wootton Courtenay Film Club every success. It is good to see that people still want to go out to see films, though it is a challenge to attract the younger generations.

Philip Comer, Crowcombe Cinema Organiser and Chairman of Moviola