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Where to see independent films in Guildford

This is a belated update to my previous post about the proposed Guildford Picture Palace. Guildford Borough Council turned down entrepreneur Mark Gudgin’s proposal to use the disused bookshop, constitutional hall and West’s Picture Palace building on the High Street as an independent cinema. There’s a good essay on the subject called Homogenous Townscapes which […]

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Mike Bailey of AVS has died

I’m obviously a bit slow with this particular bit of news from the Surrey alumni news obituaries section: “Mr Mike Bailey (Retired Manager of Audio-Visual Services), April 29, 2009. Mike is remembered for his good natured and willing attitude and as an active member of the Wates House Committee in the early 90s.” A generation […]

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An arts cinema for Guildford?

There’s quite a bit of momentum – online, at least – behind plans for a new arts cinema in Guildford, within the shell of Guildford’s first cinema, West’s Picture House, latterly a bookshop and furniture store. The Facebook group has over 600 members, which isn’t at all bad. However, there doesn’t appear to be much, […]

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You wait years for a filmsoc, and then two come along at once

This post is obsolete. Despite The Shadowrooms apparently having state-of-the-art digital projection, 3D films and a nice comfortable theatre (these kids today, they don’t know they’re born) – USSU is apparently running a second film society called Front Row. As is now de rigueur, there’s next to no information on USSU’s website but it’s all […]

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ofu.org.uk: OFU’s home since 1999

The domain name that points to this blog (ofu.org.uk) has been in use by OFU on and off since 1999. It originally pointed to the actual OFU website [now archived here]. Following the demise of SSC it lapsed briefly, until 2005, when we re-acquired it to point to this blog. (2005 also saw an unexpected […]

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University of Surrey has new film society

This post is obsolete. The University and Students’ Union have collaborated to do something truly unexpected: after a gap of seven years, they’ve started showing films in a theatre environment once more. It’s not called OFU, and it’s not called Surrey Student Cinema either (don’t blame them, really): it’s The Shadowrooms. There’s not a huge […]

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OFU is now on Facebook

Oscar Film Unit now has its very own alumni group on Facebook, courtesy of Andy Ga. It’s closed membership at the moment, so send Andy a message or poke him until he lets you join. Includes photos, the odd video (when we get around to uploading them), and of course intellgent witty banter about splicing […]

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Oscar Film Unit Christmas 2007 get-together?

This post is obsolete. It’s been two years since the last OFU Christmas get-together, which was very enjoyable and rather successful (though I do say so myself). Is anybody interested in a follow-up this year? I’m proposing 8th December, probably in London. As before, because people may be travelling from far and wide, I suggest […]

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Where’s my film society gone?

Dear University Of Surrey student, Welcome to the new term. If you’ve found this page, you’re probably looking for Oscar Film Unit. Did you find our profile on the Student Union website? Did you spot the bit in the university prospectus about how Oscar Film Unit “shows films for the whole university community” and come […]

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Saved for the nation

Long ago, in November 2005, in fact, we reported that the University / Union had begun disposing of OFU’s assets. One of the last of OFU’s Old Guard, Scoot, told us that the Fumeo projector and rewind table had gone. More disturbingly, the cupboard containing OFU’s 16mm, 8mm and VHS archive had also ominously disappeared. […]