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Open air cinema: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them wins a public vote for an August screening

You'll be able to find Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at a country park near Deal this summer.

The Harry Potter spin-off film, starring Eddie Redmayne, which was released last year, will be one of the movies screened as part of open air cinema at Betteshanger Country Park at Deal.

Organisers, who kick off the screenings with Disney's BFG next month, put their August option to a public vote via social media.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne Picture: PA Photo/Warner Bros
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne Picture: PA Photo/Warner Bros

For the Saturday, August 19 screening the choices were Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Beauty and the Beast and Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The close public vote, which closed this week, saw the Harry Potter film grab 48% of the vote, with Beauty and the Beast coming a close second.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The open air cinema season runs from May to September, and begins with Roald Dahl's The BFG, starring Ashford-born Mark Rylance, and will be shown on Saturday, May 6.

On Saturday, June 24, there will be a sci-fi all-nighter with a late night double bill of sci-fi hits, Galaxy Quest and Moon, plus star gazing activities, midnight feasts and open air breakfasts, with cinemagoers aged 16 and over able to camp and bivouac.

On Saturday, September 16, Tim Burton's adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice Through the Looking Glass, will be the season finale. Visitors are encouraged to create their own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party before the screening at 8pm.

To book tickets, which include eary bird rates, visit betteshanger-park.co.uk

Open air cinema at the Kent Showground, Detling

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