Location:

ORPINGTON, KENT

Club Name:

Orpington Video And Film Makers

IAC No.

3105

Principal activity: Movie making
IAC Region: SERIAC
Contact - address: Frederica Beard, 56 Rookesley Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 4HJ
Telephone:
Email / website: freddy.beard@ntlworld.com
www.ovfm.org
Frequency.of.meetings: Alternate Tuesdays throughout the year 8.pm at St Augustine's Church, Southborough Lane, Petts Wood.
Something about us:

OVFM was founded in 1958 and has been having a run of success lately. Members range from novices to experts, who are always ready to pass on skills. Our members not only produce a wide variety of films on different topics, but also show technical skill as was demonstrated at the Kent Film Festival where they won awards for animation, photography, sound and editing.

They gained two certificates of merit and eight awards altogether, including the Barclays Cup for the best film overall, which was Remember by Reg Lancaster. This film, about the massacre at Oradour sur Glane in 1944, continued its success by winning the Regional Shield for best film at the SERIAC Festival, as well as the documentary trophy. To show the club's diversity members also won cups for comedy and the best film under 60 seconds.

Membership has been growing steadily and now stands at 67 so, with a film through to the final of the North v South competition in January, OVFM are hoping for another great year in 2007.