In 1992, the newly-built Village Hall in Kilmersdon was keen to encourage community events. A questionnaire was sent to every house in the parish with suggestions of activities for the hall and asking villagers to vote.‘Showing films in the hall’ polled the second-highest vote, after calls for an art group. Paul Schilling, Chairman of the South West British Federation of Film Societies SWBFFS, as it was, put on a taster film, Shine, in a room above the pub, where 46 people joined to view. Paul donated the £40 from the show, and the seeds of Reel People cinema group were planted.
Source: Twenty years of cinema at Reel People film society | News | The Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal