Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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MIKE COAD, FACI. By Reg Lancaster I was stunned at news of the passing of our dear friend and club-mate Mike Coad. He was one of that rare breed, a quiet man. He was a chairman’s dream in that while he didn’t make a lot of noise, when Mike agreed to take on …
This week’s club meeting is the fifth and final qualifying round of the annual Top Ten Competition. For the results of the first four rounds please click HERE. Last time we rebounded from the single entry of round three with five entries, a record for this year’s competition. It appears to be an unofficial tradition …
This week’s club meeting is the fourth round of the annual Top Ten Competition. For the results of the first three rounds please click HERE. I realise that before the last round we expounded upon the belief of “quality over quantity” but as we only had ONE entry that is, I’m sure you’ll agree, pushing it a bit. …
Colin Celebrates Fifty Years with OVFM. Fresh from his success leading the August OVFM ramble around Penshurst, the ever dynamic Colin Jones accepted an invitation to share his film making memories at a recent club meeting. ‘An Evening With Colin Jones’ was entertaining, informative and thoroughly good fun. Amongst the films shown were great examples …
Colin “Colin” Jones is celebrating his 50th Anniversary as a member of OVFM, that’s half a century! Normally I would make a quip about how that is longer than most of us have been alive, but unfortunately that only really applies to about three of us in the club! When Colin joined the club …
OVFM Autumn Film Show 2015 One of the most important dates in the OVFM calendar is our annual Autumn Show where we share the fruits of our labours from a year of busy filmmaking, along with some gems from our archive with the public. As the nights are getting darker and colder you’ll need something to brighten them …
This week’s club meeting is the third round of the annual Top Ten Competition. For the results of the first two rounds please click HERE. We’ve had a total of eight films thus far across the first two rounds so once again the challenge is to top that total, although we do understand the …
KENT FILM FESTIVAL 2015 The annual Kent Film Festival will soon be upon us, taking place on Saturday 26th September 2015 at Canterbury Christ Church University, with doors opening at 10:30am. OVFM has had a far amount of success at the KFF over the years, our last big win occurring in 2013 while we had a good showing …
It’s back! After a break last year when we went to the Bond Museum in London for the club’s annual outing the club ramble returns to give our members its yearly dose of physical exercise. This time the ramble is being organised by Colin “Colin” Jones, taking over the reins from our chairman Simon” …
The highlight of the summer for many in OVFM is getting away from this dreary country of ours and experiencing the delights and wonders of other societies where the sun is likely to be on display for more than a few minutes and the company is usually pleasant and welcoming. Those who choose to …