Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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One of the more important and serious nights on the OVFM calendar, the 2019 AGM is the one night of the year where club members get to air their concerns, ask questions and share their ideas for future programmes, so please don’t let this opportunity pass you by if you have something to say. Also …
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THE RESULTS The 2019 OVFM Oscars took place last night (March 19th), organised this year by Ian Menage with help from Andy Watson with the video presentation. Two of the judges from Spring Park, Graham Evans and Roy de Boise, were in attendance to help us celebrate and reward the past year of great …
Every ship needs an engine to help drive it forward and for OVFM that would be the Committee – a select few who work diligently all year round to ensure the club has a purpose, a direction, and takes care of the administrative matters that keep OVFM alive. The Committee is also there to …
OVFM Social Lunch 2019 by Hugh Darrington Great lunch, great weather: ‘Three Horseshoes’ scores a hit! ‘The Three Horseshoes’ pub in Knockholt was voted a hit by the 23 members of OVFM who went to the club lunch there on February 26th. They scoffed from a wide ranging menu from steak pie to …
WHY AM I HERE? Admittedly it wasn’t that long ago when we first announced this Film To A Theme topic but we hope that some of you were inspired by the nebulous possibilities the title of “Why Am I Here?” conjures up and have been hard at work putting those ideas onto film. Remember, …
Another annual inter-club competition is upon us, this time it is the Triangle Competition in which three of four clubs – OVFM, Spring Park, Shooters Hill and Epsom – enter a 30-minute program of their best films in a three-way contest to be judged by the fourth, with the judging role alternating each year. …
One of the most important dates in the OVFM calendar is our annual Spring Show where we share the fruits of our labours from a year of busy filmmaking, along with some gems from our archive. What better way to celebrate the days getting lighter and warmer than with evening of films from …
WHY AM I HERE? A question we have no doubt asked ourselves on numerous occasions, be it at school, work, a concert, a seminar, hospital appointment, or maybe even standing at the altar before a crowded congregation with the vicar an your future spouse waiting for an answer to a very important question! …
IF ONLY I COULD REMEMBER + HOLIDAY FILMS Time sure flies, doesn’t it? It was only two months ago we first announced this Film To A Theme topic and here we are already for the screening evening. It’s not the easiest subject to come up with something but this is OVFM and we usually find a way …
2019 already? I’m afraid so but whilst we always like to look forward here at OVFM, we still have to finish some of the business we started in 2018, namely the TOP TEN competition! The three individual qualifying rounds were held over the latter half of the year and from that the ten films …