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Kingston Movie Makers started as Kingston Cine Club in 1935, holding meetings in a portrait studio behind a chemists in Kingston Market. Its first, black and white, film is still in the club library. During the war groups like KCC arranged film shows for hospitals and locally based troops, and supplied the intelligence services with pre-war holiday films on enemy-occupied countries. After the war KCC merged with the Ashley Film Unit of Walton, becoming "Kingston & District Cine Club". Since 1970 the club has generally met at Hillcroft College, Surbiton. For several years from 1982, when it adopted its present name, it helped stage the popular Surrey Film Festivals in Surbiton. The advantages of video virtually ended the use of film for club productions after the group attended video production classes at Brooklands Technical College in 1989, but one member later won a coveted International "Ten Best" Film Award for a 16mm documentary, narrated without fee by Bryan Forbes. Club successes in the early 1990s included its "Green Fields" video (Best Fiction trophy at the Surrey Festival) and "Plant Magic" (Croydon Trophy for Runner-up, and Gold Certificate and first prize in the Bill Glue Documentary Awards). A successful public camcorder course in 1993 brought in new members. Later the club showed its vintage movies at the Options Cinema in Kingston, with guest of honour Norman Wisdom, as its contribution to Kingston Arts Festival and the Cinema 100 celebrations. New members are always welcome. Anyone interested in screen writing, acting or directing, camcorders or any practical aspect of amateur video making should contact John Flynn (01372 463143) or Geoff Clark (020-8894 4774), check out the website at www.kmm.btinternet.co.uk or email the club at kmm@btinternet.com |
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