How to Join Surrey Border Movie Makers Club

Being a member of Surrey Border Movie Makers carries with it a wide range of benefits.

• We regularly run Competitions and Challenges, where only Club Members work can be entered and shown.

• Our biggest event is the Annual Members film Competition, usually held in December, where there are nine awards on offer! This is usually judged by outside respected film makers, and provides the opportunity to hear their independent reviews of the films.

If that has wet your appetite, check out the details of the awards, together with the rules and requirements for entry!

• We organise Group Projects for Members, when teams are challenged to make a film in a specified period of time. Members can also participate in our Club Group Films that don’t have any time restrictions.

• Members can easily submit their own films for consideration to be shown on our laser projection video system and see their work in cinema style wide screen, whilst listening in top quality audio. At the same time, they can elect to receive feedback on their work – we are always encouraging and constructive! 

• We have a comprehensive website, which acts as a repository for Members work and club events. It also includes a resource section containing features on Ai as well as our own SBMM Brain which contains information on a range of useful topics, such as these handy links also featuring many Ai utilities to help with making films.  Whilst access to the website is public, being a Member affords the option to have your work showcased in your own section.

• We frequently have expert outside speakers attend our meetings, either in person or via Zoom, and have arranged trips to outside venues, such as a photographic studio where we were shown the different effects created by varying the lighting setup, and also a visit to Farnborough Studios to see their working cinema stages, with actors and sets in place.

• Of course, its not all about films, we do also have Social Events for Members only, such as the Summer Social and the Christmas Lunch. 

There’s lots to do!

Read our Members Handbook for more information…