Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
On 2nd Sept 2021, Spring Park hosted the annual Triangle Competition (after a break in 2020) with OVFM, Shooter’s Hill, and Epsom submitting their programmes for entry and judgement by Spring Park. There were 21 attendees in all, mostly home base members with 3 members each representing their competing clubs which is better than nothing in …
Just when you thought it was safe it’s back!!! The COVID pandemic might have brought the physical meetings and activities within OVFM to a halt but technology has afforded us the ability to circumvent this as those of you who have participated in the Zoom club meetings will know. Having successfully held the delayed 2020 …
THE RESULTS The 2020 OVFM Oscars finally took place earlier tonight (February 23rd), a year later and under very different circumstances due to the ongoing Lockdown! Organised by David Laker and John Epton and hosted by Ian Menage, the event was held online via Zoom, as indeed most gathering are these days (at least by …
No, I can’t believe it is 2020 already but it is and the start of a new year means concluding some unfinished business from 2019, 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 with the highest scores …
And so we enter the final stretch of 2019 with our last regular meeting of the year, the final round of our annual club competition films! Offering club members a chance to test their creativity in three separate categories that pay tribute to past club members, this is one of the more unique and …
It’s a double header evening for the next meeting, as we’ll be dividing the session into two halves. In the second half we hope to have a Q & A discussion to people a chance to ask that burning question and get a helpful answer from our knowledgeable experts. Before that we have some …
THE RESULTS Here are the ongoing results of the 2019 TOP TEN competition: ROUND ONE (Took place July 16th) Lanzarote – A Different View by Brian Pfeiffer 40.21 Lost Smile By Lee Relph 36.93 World Garden by Barbara Darby 35.14 i360 by Trevor Rogers 33.64 General Election, Orpington by …
Okay folks we are ready for the first round of the TOP TEN 2019 competition! The Top Ten is open to everyone in OVFM to submit a film, no longer than 20 minutes on any subject, style or genre, which will be judged and graded by their peers. The ten films that have accrued …
Here we go again with one of OVFM’s longest running and prominent annual competitions the Top Ten! As you know by now, the Top 10 is when we get serious with our filmmaking, as the gloves are off – there are no limitations on what the subject matter or style or genre of film …
The KFF is one of the longest running interclub competitions dating back to 1974 and returns for its 2019 iteration to be held on September 29th at Powell Theatre, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury CT1 1QU. OVFM has been a regular contributor to this event although we haven’t had a winning film …