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This is not an IAC event but a great many IAC members take part.

Origins

This is the fun competition for movie making clubs in the U.K.  The dividing line between North and South is drawn East to West through Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire.
Gerald Mee suggests the line should be just South of Stoke since their club considers itself firmly in the Northern camp!

The IAC Film Library Catalogue says:
"The competition was founded by John Wright and run by him until after the 1991 contest when health compelled him to pass the organisation on to Vic Williams and Mike Coad."

Brian Roberts (Altrincham Video Society) says:
"I am advised (as it was long before my involvement with movie making) that the North v South competition was actually started by Harry Adams who was our club secretary at the time, it was later that John Wright (the popular columnist for Moviemaker magazine) took on the organisation.  It has since evolved into being organised by two clubs. Altrincham Video Society for the North and Orpington Video and Film Makers for the South."

The idea is that a theme is set  then clubs and societies are invited to submit entries. The North then selects their best five and the South does the same. These 10 movies are then entered into the grand final.  Part of the fun is that at each stage the audience are asked to choose their top five films, just for fun.  Those seldom match the judges' decisions.

Page updated on 21 March 2008

Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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