South Downs Film Makers

9 club members (out of a total of about 40 people) attended the Sussex Film Festival this year at Wivelsfield Village Hall on Sunday 7th October, and enjoyed a huge variety of films from all across Sussex. All 22 entries for the competition were shown interspersed with a refreshment break and a delicious buffet. SDFM […]

  Left: Our good friend Mark Jones together with Kelly Mikulla from the Sussex Film Office, after she gave a talk to members at the club meeting on 6th June. Right: Howard Johnson presenting Kelly with a small token of our appreciation for taking the time to speak to us. Kelly Mikulla, from the Sussex […]

Although only six clubs were represented on the day (9 films including 4 from SDFM), there were an additional 32 individual entries amongst whom were a number of well known members of clubs including our own Alan Cross whose ‘Seven Sisters’ and ‘Ralph Waters’ films received the Creative Sound and the Croydon Documentary Trophies respectively. […]

At our club evening on Wednesday 2nd May, we were treated to a fascinating talk by Christophe Philipps. He explained how he got to where his is today as a Jobbing Actor and Creative Writer, from his first written story and show he put on when at Portsmouth university, through to his obtaining a Masters […]

Five entries were received for this year’s Holiday Film Competition, held on Wednesday 18th April. First up was David Allen’s film entitled ‘Cruise to Norway’ – a very well made travelogue showing the stunning scenery of Scandinavia. The film included some very nice interview clips with excellent use of a radio mic. Next came the […]

A good turnout by SDFM members in Chichester on Sunday 22nd April for The Albany competition. Congratulations to David Allen for his award winning film ‘Stay for the Raffle’, featuring almost every club member! Unfortunately Lucy Goldberg and Alan Cross’s elephant film ‘The Elephant’ didn’t pick up any awards despite a good audience reaction when […]

Although the film festival takes place over the weekend of 14th and 15th April in Harrogate, all the entries have already been judged and South Downs have won some impressive awards.  How about 5 stars! yes 5 stars for our ‘Travel Companion’, and 4 stars for Alan Cross’s ‘Ralph Waters Organist’. And it doesn’t finish […]

Wednesday 7th February was our annual Ferring Cup competition together with the 1-minute and 2-minute Hot Shorts competitions. 9 entries made it to the Ferring Cup final, 3 for the 2-min Hot Shorts, but only 2 were entered for the 1-min Hot Shorts competition, so whilst the films were shown, there were not enough entries […]