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Today, Friday 13th June, we were pleased to be invited to put on an extended show for

Ferring Probus group and received a warm welcome as Howard and myself treated

the group to an hour and a half of SDFM entertainment. The group did engage very

well and asked some relevant questions about the films. I’m sure we will be invited

back and some interest in our club was shown by one or two the audience. I have to

thank Roy Powell for all his work in putting together the programmes for us to show

and with all his past efforts for getting us to the healthy situation we enjoy regarding

the external film shows.

We have been trying to put some new vitality into the film shows we present to

various groups around our locality by piecing together some new equipment. This

ensures a better value experience to customers. Our new ten-inch powered speakers

have made a big difference and are capable of performing well in most of the venues

that we show in. To add to the speakers, we have now added a nice little sound mixer

and some other small bits and pieces. The next step being to acquire new cabling sets

to complete the set-up, which will make things more flexible for us, enabling us to

site things out of the way of the auditorium. I’m also pleased to add that the income

we’ve made from the last three shows has gone a long way to offsetting the cost of the

equipment, by the end of the year we should have recovered the entire sum that we

spent, including the new speakers.

Once again SDFM have figured well with entries into the SERIAC Film Festival

2025. Whilst I was basking in the Spanish sunshine SDFM Members were basking in

the glory of awards bestowed on our club and individual members for their efforts.

You can find a report on the event by our Mike Spanton featured later in this

newsletter.

FILMS IN PROGRESS by Howard Johnson

May was a busy time for member John Lowell as he endeavours to complete his film

‘Bahamas to Bognor’ with the aid of fellow club members, Brian Meetens, Jim

Anderson and myself, Howard Johnson. Bad weather and holidays delayed its

completion in 2024 and John is now anxious to get things moving once again before

he flies off yet again to Tenerife. Its no fun being a globe trotter and even less fun

when confronted by 3 masked robbers who are determined to undertake their final

heist before retiring to yes you got it the Bahamas. You will have to see if their

mission turns out to be successful or whether they wind up in the nick in Bognor.

CHICHESTER FRINGE

In late May and through early June I was co opted into filming some of the events

which made up this years Chichester Fringe. Heading up their film unit is Charlie

Allison who I met at our annual Chichester/ South Downs film competition and who

is a member of the Chichester Film Club. Charlie lives in Worthing and has offered to

talk to our club at a future meeting on his filmmaking exploits. I was fortunate to film

the 2 comedy Heats leading up to the Final as well as an afternoon of Shanty songs

from the river as performed by the Estuary Men . Two films are in the offing as and

when I get round to the editing. All in good time I say but I have been saying that for

a number of years and that’s why there are numerous projects still stuck on the shelve

waiting for completion.

for the full article including photos, see:

June 2025 News PDF

https://sdfm.org.uk/Files/file.php?id=10&hash=d29bdfcec3ad2ef019e672d02a4a96e4