HISTORY
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The Harrow Film Makers started life in 1951 as the Pinner Film Society, changing its name to the Pinner Cine Society two years later as members became more interested in making, rather than watching films.
16mm film, initially black & white and later colour, was the format used for Society and private productions, and one film called "Trial and Error" won a coveted ACW Ten Best Awards in 1956.
Since the 1980s we had been making videos for the Harrow Council and associated Societies, and in 1988 the Council opened the Harrow Arts Centre in Hatch End, Harrow. We were offered facilities in this new venue so, with sighs of nostalgia, we left our rapidly decaying home in the old British Restaurant in Pinner and moved to the new premises.
As most of our members lived outside the Pinner area, we decided to change our name to the Harrow Cine & Video Society.
Until 1988 our public shows were on 16mm, Super and standard 8mm film but in 1989 with video developing fast, we were able to borrow a large video projector--courtesy of JCV. In 1991, Vernon's Football Pools were making charitable donations so we applied and were given a grant to buy our first projector.
In 1994 when Edgware and Kingsbury Amateur Cine Society (formerly Edgware Amateur Cine Society) finally closed its doors, several of their members joined Harrow.
Every year we make a local Newsreel and in 2000 we made a video called 'Year 2000 in Harrow' (1hr 40mins) of many of the multi-ethnic activities going on in Harrow and received a grant which enabled us to present 5 copies of this video to each of the 11 libraries in the borough.
16mm film, initially black & white and later colour, was the format used for Society and private productions, and one film called "Trial and Error" won a coveted ACW Ten Best Awards in 1956.
Since the 1980s we had been making videos for the Harrow Council and associated Societies, and in 1988 the Council opened the Harrow Arts Centre in Hatch End, Harrow. We were offered facilities in this new venue so, with sighs of nostalgia, we left our rapidly decaying home in the old British Restaurant in Pinner and moved to the new premises.
As most of our members lived outside the Pinner area, we decided to change our name to the Harrow Cine & Video Society.
Until 1988 our public shows were on 16mm, Super and standard 8mm film but in 1989 with video developing fast, we were able to borrow a large video projector--courtesy of JCV. In 1991, Vernon's Football Pools were making charitable donations so we applied and were given a grant to buy our first projector.
In 1994 when Edgware and Kingsbury Amateur Cine Society (formerly Edgware Amateur Cine Society) finally closed its doors, several of their members joined Harrow.
Every year we make a local Newsreel and in 2000 we made a video called 'Year 2000 in Harrow' (1hr 40mins) of many of the multi-ethnic activities going on in Harrow and received a grant which enabled us to present 5 copies of this video to each of the 11 libraries in the borough.
Also in that year we applied to the Millennium Festival charity, "Awards for all" and in 2001-our 50th Anniversary, we received a further grant to buy a new projector and video recorder. Since then we have continually updated our equipment, enhancing our video and handling High Definition.
In 2011 we received from the IAC Film and Video Institute, a certificate celebrating our 60th Anniversary. Our 2017 Newsreel can be viewed here. The following pictures are from a public show and other club events.
In 2011 we received from the IAC Film and Video Institute, a certificate celebrating our 60th Anniversary. Our 2017 Newsreel can be viewed here. The following pictures are from a public show and other club events.
In 2014 we updated our name to Harrow Film Makers to more closely reflect our activities.
Edited by RKL 20/08/2019
