Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
Latest club news and updates
On 2nd Sept 2021, Spring Park hosted the annual Triangle Competition (after a break in 2020) with OVFM, Shooter’s Hill, and Epsom submitting their programmes for entry and judgement by Spring Park. There were 21 attendees in all, mostly home base members with 3 members each representing their competing clubs which is better than nothing in …
Since the Pandemic, many people have learned new skills or taken up new hobbies, whilst the rise of communicating via video devices and platforms such as Zoom and Skype replacing meeting in person. This has also meant people are using their phone cameras on a more regular basis to share their lives with others, …
Just when you thought it was safe it’s back!!! The COVID pandemic might have brought the physical meetings and activities within OVFM to a halt but technology has afforded us the ability to circumvent this as those of you who have participated in the Zoom club meetings will know. Having successfully held the delayed 2020 …
England in Euro 2020 Final Every year Orpington Video & Film Makers produces an annual newsreel of events in and around Orpington. For 2021 we will want to feature Sunday’s Euros Cup Final and need your help to provide footage that we can include. We would welcome any material, especially film, you can provide …
THE RESULTS The 2020 OVFM Oscars finally took place earlier tonight (February 23rd), a year later and under very different circumstances due to the ongoing Lockdown! Organised by David Laker and John Epton and hosted by Ian Menage, the event was held online via Zoom, as indeed most gathering are these days (at least by …
Sadly, Peggy Parmenter passed away on 11th February 2021. Peggy had slowed down a lot over recent years, not surprising when you consider her age. During the last year or so she had increasing health problems that left her pretty much immobile. Her husband Ron, whom she dearly loved, cared for at home but …
It was with great sadness that we learned that Reg Lancaster had slipped away peacefully at home on 13th December 2020, with his wife Annabelle and their son Ray at his side. Reg had spent 44 years as a Fleet Street photographer/photo journalist for the Daily Express that had taken him travelling the …
As you may have been saddened to learn, one of our longest serving members James Morton-Robertson passed away recently from Leukaemia. James Morton-Robertson – Memories from Jane Oliver Chairman of OVFM and personal friend of James. James Morton-Robertson was born on 11th August 1937 and was proud of his Scottish heritage. His broad …
A reminder that we’ve now updated our selection of Members’ Films for your enjoyment, now collated in separate categories to give you an idea of the various styles and genres we cover in our filmmaking endeavours an ease of access to view the films you want to see. Please click HERE to see the …
OVFM is proud to be one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the UK and with an extensive archive of films covering many genres, styles and records of local events and we aim to carry on as long as there are stories to tell and things to film! However, at this present time …