ANGRY film enthusiasts in a Gwent town say their local council's proposals for a mobile cinema are "just not good enough".

Abergavenny Cinema Support Group have been campaigning over the past 18 months for a cinema to be opened in the town.

But they say a new plan to bring a temporary mobile cinema to the town's Market Hall is "pathetic".

David Powell, of the support group, said: "We are a town, not a village, and deserve a proper cinema.

"Instead of making suggestions like this, the council needs to get behind a plan for a real cinema."

Monmouthshire council estimates it would cost £1million to convert or build a new cinema in Abergavenny.

So the council's area manager, Dale Roberts, put forward the plan to temporarily turn the Market Hall into a film theatre.

Mr Roberts said: "We would provide a six metre wide screen, DVD and top quality digital projector together with surround speakers. There would be heating in the colder months and the facility would be fully licensed."

For the plan to go ahead the group needs to secure a grant of £5,000 from the local Bryn Y Cwm area committee, as well as local business sponsorship.

Mr Roberts told the Argus although the grant would be a large chunk of the committee's £15,000 budget it would be worth it.

He said: "If approved, a cinema in the Market Hall would not only provide a facility for young and old alike, it would also act as a good study of the level of interest there would be for a permanent cinema."

The proposals for the temporary mobile cinema will be put to the Bryn Y Cwm area committee on May 20.