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17th September 2012
ECVS Announces Choice of the Clubs Competition 2012/13!
ECVS announces that the 2012/13 Choice of the Clubs Competition will be taking place at the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society clubrooms on the 21st February 2013. The deadline for submissions is the 31st December 2012. An entry form can be downloaded here.

16th September 2012
ECVS New Season commences 27th September!
The new (2012 - 2013) ECVS Season starts on Thursday 27th September in the ECVS Clubrooms at 7:30pm. This years ECVS President, Dr Jim Closs will welcome both old and new members with a selection of films. All welcome to attend!

14th September 2012
Pilgrim Trust Competition 2013 Announced
Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Pilgrim Trust Competition! For rules and an entry form please click here!

26th April 2012
ECVS Annual General Meeting 2012
The 2012 Annual General Meeting of Edinburgh Cine and Video Society will be held on Thursday 26th April 2012 in the ECVS Clubrooms at 7:30pm. The outgoing President will give his yearly report, as will our Treasurer. We will also elect new office bearers for next season, and an important motion to consider changing the name of the society will be voted upon. All ECVS members are invited to attend.

4th April 2012
ECVS compete in The Bridges Competition 2012
The meeting for the Bridges Trophy Competition with Dunfermline Camcorder Club took place on Wednesday 4th April at the Glen Pavilion Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline. ECVS are proud to report that despite a sterling effort from Dunfermline, we retained the trophy!

29th March 2012
Pilgrim Trust Award
The entries for this years Pilgrim Trust Competition were viewed, and were followed by a video from this year’s judge, Susan Moore, who gave her comments on the films and also announced this years winner - "Different Tracks" by Robert Letham. Robert was awarded the Trophy and a personalised Quaich.

22nd March 2012
Film-Making Evening
On Thursday 22nd March 2012, E.C.V.S held a ‘Make a Film in an Evening’ night. Three very short (under 1 minute) films were created, however the main aim of the evening was to promote team-building and to allow us to learn from our mistakes! The produced films were "Nuts!", "Thrift!", and "Opening Hours".

15th & 16th March 2012
ECVS Annual Competition
The winning films from this years Annual Competition were shown over the Thursday and Friday nights, with the audience voting on both nights to determine the winners of our two 'audience vote' awards. On the Friday, this years judges, Ken and Jean McRonald came along to discuss the winning films and give their comments on them.

1st March 2012
Visiting Speakers
On Thursday 29th February 2012, ECVS members were treated to a visit from John Willams and his friend Nick. John is in charge of all the recording etc, and broadcasting for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and gave an entertaining and fascinating insight into professional videography.

23rd February 2012
Choice of The Clubs Competition
The result of this years Choice of the Clubs Competition was announced in the ECVS clubrooms on 23rd February, after the ECVS viewing (and voting) had taken place. We are pleased to announce that ECVS won the trophy this year, with our entry “The Duel” by Alan Brown.

17th February 2012
Budgie Cup Competition 2012
The Budgie Cup Competition 2012 was held in the ECVS clubrooms. This year's judge, Toby Sigouin, commented on the high standard of entries this year, and awarded several Highly Commended Awards as well as selecting an overall winner.

30th December 2011
ECVS Announces Budgie Cup (Still Photography) Competition 2012
Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Budgie Cup Competition! The Budgie Cup competition is open to all current ECVS members. The competition will be held on the 17th February in the ECVS club rooms, closing date for entries is the 20th of January 2012. Entries are accepted in all reasonable formats. Please contact us for details if you wish to submit entries via email. Entrants are required to submit their name and the titles of up to six images entered.

16th December 2011
ECVS Christmas Party!
The ECVS Christmas Party was held in the clubrooms on 16th December 2011. Tickets were FREE to members this year, photos of the event coming soon!

8th December 2011
ECVS Meeting Cancelled due to adverse weather condition
Unfortunately tonights ECVS Meeting has been cancelled, due to police advice not to travel unless abolutely necessary in the current adverse weather. Tomorrows Friday meeting is currently unaffected. Please keep an eye on this website for updates.

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