2008 Results and Reports Results of the KENT FESTIVAL - 2008 Barclays Trophy (best movie) Dark Roads Russell Gomm Best Entertaining Film judged by the audience Talking Pictures No.1 “Get Real” Mike Shaw Acorn Trophy (IAC club) Not awarded Charlesworth Trophy (photography) Paper Chase Reg Lancaster Animation Trophy Last Man Standing Borderline Shorts Open Trophy Not awarded Cornwallis Trophy (1 min.) Tig Annabelle Lancaster Les Holtum Cup (documentary) I never saw anything ugly in my life Mike Coad Les Paine Trophy (travel) Tank Goes Missing Jane Oliver Vic Currie Comedy Plate Talking Pictures No.1 “Get Real” Mike Shaw Johnson Trophy (drama) My Brother’s Valentine Bruce Partleton Canterbury Cup (sound) Locked Bruce Partleton Dennis Minett Plate Locked Bruce Partleton Best Acting Trophy Not awarded Maiden Trophy Smokeless Ovens Roy de Boise Kent Film Festival Trophy Not awarded Lazer Rush Kent Award Otford Remembered 1907 Barbara Darby Student Certificate No Entries Junior Award Let’s Party Paul Charles Forder Highly Commended for Documentary Jenny Wren - Mike Sandell Peter Ellis Highly Commended for Fiction/Drama Who’s for Lunch Jane Oliver Commended The Looking Glass James Thomas A Crow’s Burden John Sharp Sticky Floor Andrew Kent and Roo Williams Stole Jake Jones For more details see the festival website. SERIAC 2008 Click on this link to see a full report and list of winning films. Surrey Festival - 2008 Award Winners Sunday 20th January 2008 The audience enjoyed a very impressive show of winners at the Electric Theatre, Guildford. The finalists were judged by Reg Lancaster and Colin Jones, both with considerable movie-making experience, and Charlie Casely, chairman of SERIAC. The Leonard Robinson Trophy - for the best senior movie The Messenger by Circle 8 Film Group The Croydon Trophy - for the runner up Monica by Heron Productions The Surrey Fiction Award Gingerbread Man by Write-Angle Group The Surrey Documentary Cup Weir Here by Laurance Miller The Other Cup - for a movie of special merit My Passion by Val Hitchman The Angus Bryant Trophy - for natural history Who Ate All the Flies? by Phil Martin The George Sewell Trophy - for an individual IAC member Winter Daydream by John Cant The Roy Pullen Trophy - for an entry outside Surrey Callers at Trisant by Ernest Parkin Productions The Derrick Seagrave Trophy - for animation The Messenger by Circle 8 Film Group Highly Commended Certificate - for atmosphere One Day in May by Stan Baker Highly Commended Certificate - for an original approach to our national game Howzat? by Laurance Miller Commended Certificate - for evocation of a past age Art Deco City by Gordon Sutton Commended Certificate - for a most informative insight by the sculptor Sacred and Profane by John Gannaway Commended Certificate - for imagination and entertainment Windsor by Steve Bissett Commended Certificate - for a lot of hard work Daisy May's Day Out by Peter Jackson For more details see the festival's own website. North v South Competition Results of the Grand Final Sunday 27th January 2008 Farnborough Village Hall saw the highest ever attendance for a Grand Final in this long running competition organised in the South by Orpington Video & Film Makers. Congratulations to the North for their third victory in a row - this time with ‘Grant Aid’ by Tynemouth Video Group. Second place went to ‘Sex, Lives & Videotape’ by Derby Movie Makers. Apart from the Grand Final films themselves, the other Northern entries were also shown as well as two extra films at the end of the day. There was a raffle and excellent refreshments provided by Peggy Parmenter and her team. We were particularly delighted that members of Derby Movie Makers, Wave at Long Eaton, Nuneaton Moviemakers and Wanstead & Woodford CVC made the journey to be with us in addition to the members of more local clubs whose regular support we are very grateful for. Thank you one and all. Controversy never seems far away where the North v South is concerned. Several times in past years, the judges choice of winning film has been completely different to that of the audience and so it was this year. The usual audience vote was held and just 1 person from the 80 in attendance selected ‘Grant Aid’. In the overall audience vote, the winning film came second to last. There was some consolation in the fact that the audience winner (by more than double the votes of any of the other film) was placed 2nd by the judges. With this third consecutive win for the North, Hugh Darrington of ‘Southern Script’ fame is now running out of hats to eat so I’m calling on all Southern clubs to help ensure that the John Wright trophy will be heading down rather than up the M1 this year. The theme for 2008 is ‘Be Prepared’. The closing date is Saturday 1st November 2008 and provisional dates for the Southern Heat and Grand Final are Sunday 23rd November 2008 and Sunday 25th January 2009 respectively. Rules and entry forms will be published in relevant regional magazines or can be downloaded here: Rules Entry form for South Mike Coad - on behalf of Orpington Video & Film Makers. SERIAC News is the lively magazine which reports events in the region and clubs, contains entry forms and essential news. Contact for the Region Ian Wingate FACI. 8, Derwent Drive, Worthing, W. Sussex BN12 6LA Tel. 01903-502-675. Email: ian@marinafilms.fsnet.co.uk Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Free JavaScripts provided by The JavaScript Source