Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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Rob Knox Film Festival 2012 Report by Charlie Caseley This years Rob Knox Film Festival was for me as good as it gets. The entries were first class, and that included those entries that did not make the final show at the Cineworld, because a number of films are shown around the …
Blitz & Bananas New Screening WW2 drama film Blitz & Bananas is being shown again on Sun 8 July at 3pm, Darrick Wood Hall, Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8ER. Again we have a group booking deal – buy 10 and get the 11th free. Also if you can sell tickets for us and/or help us on …
It’s time for OVFM to re-enact the American civil War. Sort of. The annual North vs South competition is looming again (that’s pretty much how annual events work) and our inestimable chairman Chris “Cats” Coulson has decreed that OVFM as a club (that means ALL of us and not just the same old faces) will …
Movie Review by LEE RELPH To say Blitz & Bananas was a labour of love for Anna Littler would be an understatement. Inspired by tales of World War II from friends and family, Anna set about retelling those memories, with a little added creative whimsy to create a film which, by amateur standards, is a …
IT’S DOUBLE HEADER NIGHT AT OVFM!! What does that mean? It means we have two club night themes for the price of one! First off we shall (hopefully) be viewing films made to support our most recent project topic “Let’s Look At This Another Way” which was announced HERE and two weeks later …
You’ve pestered, you’ve begged, you’ve fretted, you’ve sweated. but in spite of all that I’m not going to be stopped! So Film Fans, I give you…THE OVFM OSCAR NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS! Please! Thank you, settle down, mind what you’re doing with that monopod missus, where’s me wash board, I didn’t come here to get insulted…I could …
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls and Miscellaneous – dust off your glad rags as it is once again time for the annual OVFM Oscars!! Those lowlifes in Hollywood had the audacity to pinch the idea of awarding films with prizes and statuettes some 50 plus years before OVFM came up with it but …
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OVFM Spring Show 2012 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 …
Lessons Learned with Anna Littler Anna Littler, one of our taller club members, has a made a film set in the 1940’s. Originally titled “Bombs & Blueberries” Anna eventually settled on the snappier title “Blitz & Bananas”. No idea what it’s about as Anna has kept this whole project a closely guarded secret …
You Be The Judge II This Time It’s Personal! Remember last year when Reg “Bomber” Lancaster presented us with a selection of films from BIAFF which we then judged and compared our scores with those of the official judges? You don’t? Ah, I can’t really blame you for wiping it from your memories. …