South Downs Film Makers

Our annual friendly (Ed: er... hardly!) competition against our nearest club is upon us again. As we had a convincing win over them last year (Ed: er... by 1 point!), we are hosting the event here in Ferring and will hope to maintain this momentum with another win again this year.

Your holiday films on YouTube. Rules and entry details to follow. Films entered into the competition will be viewed on YouTube on the evening of the competition, (during our Zoom club meeting), and judging will take place afterwards, followed by general discussion with the film makers.

This is the re-run of our meeting which had to be postponed from 15th. The format for this newly scheduled meeting on 22nd July, will be as follows: Part 1 - A Quiz organised by David and Michael which will include general knowledge questions together with film and film making questions. Part 2 - A […]

In my previous announcement I made a veiled promise that I was hopeful that the IAC MIGHT host UNICA 2021 in the place of UNICA 2020. The IAC Council has now debated this proposal and has decided that the Institute, with regret, cannot host UNICA 2021. Therefore UNICA 2020 and UNICA 2021 will not be […]

Tonight we will be able to join an award-winning producer and broadcaster as he explains his techniques for editing documentaries, and also 'filming for the edit'. Additionally we will be watching a tutorial about how to raise your travel films to the next level, and follow this with some discussions about members own experiences and […]

We're back together for a script reading and discussion evening at Heene Community Centre on Thursday 17th September. Bob Summers has sent out details of the meeting and COVID requirements. Just a reminder: We will all be required to sign in on arrival, leaving names and telephone numbers and these records will be locked away […]

This will be an on-line Zoom competition with 4 clubs (us being one of them) having submitted films.  Details of how to watch the competition, will be available shortly.

Unfortunately the Sussex Film Festival has had to be cancelled, but the Albany is going ahead albeit as a virtual Zoom meeting. The Albany will be run as a Zoom meeting with the films being viewed from a YouTube video. Watch out for details and the invitation to be sent out by Howard Johnson.