Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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With Lee, our glorious webmaster and esteemed Keeper of the Records, suffering with a severe dose of ‘Oh deary me I’m not feeling awfully well’ and an acute case of ‘Wretched fiddlesticks, I appear to have a pain’, it was down to the A Team to step in and save the day. Actually do …
OVFM Annual Dinner Friday 8th March 2013 – 7pm for 7.30pm Rescheduled from January. Please get in touch with Freddy, Annabelle or Peggy if this new date is a problem for you. Due to rising costs we’re moving the dinner this year to the Change of Horses, 87 HighStreet, FarnboroughVillage, BR6 7BB. …
North v South Competition 2012 THE FINAL The Grand Final of the North v South Competition took place on Sunday 27th January in the South at its usual venue of the Village Hall in Farnborough, Kent. Apart from the 10 Final films, we also showed the remainder of the Northern entries that didn’t quite make …
Hello loyal OVMFers!! As you know the 2013 Spring Show is soon upon us and we would like to spread the word around the Orpington community. To ensure we make a bigger splash this year, Simon “Snapper” Earwicker has created a poster to display across various willing public places to help generate interest. If you …
So it’s freezing cold here in old Blighty at the moment and some of us have had some of the old white stuff get up our noses (no not THAT!) but that isn’t the case for other countries around this big old world of ours as some tend to enjoy periods of prolonged sunshine. And …
OVFM Spring Show 2013 It’s that time of year when OVFM celebrates the days getting brighter, the weather is getting warmer and the trees and plants are in bloom once again. So what better way is there for a film club to mark this occasion by sharing with everyone the best of the many films …
North vs South Southern Heat Report by Mike Coad The Southern Heat of the North v South Competition took place on Sunday 25th November at Farnborough Village Hall in Farnborough, Kent. There were only 11 films entered this year compared to the 29 we had only 2 years ago so it left a big …
OVFM Autumn Show 2012 When the members of OVFM work so hard at producing films it seems only fair that they should get the best showing possible. At club meetings their work is projected onto a large screen, but when we put on a show at an outside venue we’re also able to attract …
GUEST SPEAKER BILL DUDMAN This coming Tuesday sees a guest speaker paying a visit to OVFM – Bill Dudman!! Bill is an acquaintance of John and Ann Epton but don’t let that put you off from attending this session! Bill is a cameraman and Director of Photography of BBC Ealing Studios with an extensive …
The Top Ten competition rolls on as we head into Round Three. Last time we had just three entries but with so much happening over the past few weeks and this being the holiday season, I imagine there should be a few more than that this time around. The following people have been selected …