Our last newsletter?
Posted on 30. Mar, 2018 by Philip in Featured, Newsletters

Philip Booth being interviewed by Faye Hatcher for BBC Radio Glos: thanks Steve Hurrell for photo
STROUD COMMUNITY TV NEWSLETTER 30th March 2018
PHILIP STEPS DOWN: Following another hugely successful Awards evening Philip Booth has stepped down from his volunteer Director role at Stroud Community TV. Philip was one of the founder’s of SCTV back in 2012 and has actively involved many people in celebrating local films; organising film making workshops, managing our Twitter and Facebook, six Awards events and adding films to the site almost every day so that there are now over 3,000 local films on the website.

Best Music Film joint winners Sophronie (2nd from left) and Lotte Lyster collecting the award on behalf of her good friend, Emily. The Award was given by David Pearson. Picture: Leonor Zavala
LAST NEWSLETTER? HELP NEEDED: Philip stepping down means that we are looking for someone to help with managing our Channel. the other Director of Stroud Community TV, Peter Richardson, will continue to help manage the websiet and add occasional films but more help is needed….

Awards evening. Picture: Leonor Zavala Platt
AWARDS EVENING: This was our sixth year of Awards – the iconic orange cat of the Stroud Community TV logo, lends it’s name to the awards – Stroud’s Oscats evening. It was an evening of outstanding local films – 8 Award winning films, an audience of over 120 people, some 40 short films or clips of films all with links to Stroud and over 10 film makers spoke a little about their work. See all the winning and nominated films plus the AMAZING COMMENTS from folk about the evening: https://stroudcommunity.tv/awards-2018/
FEATURED FILMS THIS MONTH:
I grieve… therefore I swim – film shown as part of the Stroud Film Festival and well worth a watch:

Dom from Fungusloci
Fungusloci – Stroud’s mushroom farm in Merrywalks – film by a young Gloucestershire guy: https://stroudcommunity.tv/strouds-only-mushroom-farm/

Stroud Brewery canning film
History of Slad Valley: https://stroudcommunity.tv/history-slad-valley/

Best Community Event Film went to the Paganhill Community Street Party. Receiving the award from Cllr. Steve Robinson (SDC Chair Community Services and Licensing) are members of the event team and film maker Philip Booth. The community believed there was a lack of communication throughout the area and thought a street party was the perfect way to bring people together. Picture: Leonor Zavala Platt Caption: Heather Wood
Film about Painswick that was a winner at the Gloucester Film Makers Documentary Competition: https://stroudcommunity.tv/painswick/
MUSIC VIDS THIS MONTH:

She Sings
She Sings, International Womens Day: https://stroudcommunity.tv/she-sings-womens-day/

Kate Lewis (Asparagasm) with Philip Booth, Maria Stengard-Green (Filmmaker) and David Drew MP: photo by Theseus Lythgoe
WE ARE ON TWITTER: Do sign up; we tweet films added to Stroud Community TV @StroudTV
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DONATE: Please help towards our running costs if you can by clicking on our Paypal ‘Donate’ button on our website.
AWARDS 2017: See nominations and winners: https://stroudcommunity.tv/awards-2017/
Stroud Community TV is supported by Transition Stroud. Newsletter by Philip Booth, Director, Stroud Community TV