AV News 191 - February 2013
Hayange International
Julie England ARPS
It's with great delight that I
can
report
another
success for British AV!
Keith Storey and Ron
Davies won the 'Peter
Coles' prize at the
Hayange International AV
Festival held on 22nd to
the 24th November in
North East France. Their
winning sequence was
'Un Homme Honorable', a
version of 'An Honourable
Man' which was made
Picture by Francis Bruelle
partly in French.
There were 133 entries from eight different countries, 30 of these were
de-selected and the remaining 103 were played over the 3 days. The full
results are available on www.avnews.org.uk.
Keith is still a comparitive beginner in this AV game of ours and he has
hardly ever been out of the prizes. Obviously he's learning a tremendous
amount from Ron but this true story of his Grandfather, who made a great
difference in improving the lives of miners in the 1930's and 40's, is
quintessentially his own. The majority of the archive images are from his
family's collection of photographs. Many of the images used in the sequence
were shot during the making then turned into B&W images to match the rest.
The sequence had an Honourable Mention in the British Nationals last
year, an Hon Mention in the Peter Coles Trophy (previously known as the
Geoffrey Round Trophy) in Capel Curig and it won the L&CPU AV
Championship - and now this. (It will go to Australia in the New Year - Good
Luck Keith and Ron!!)
Especially lovely is the fact that the organisers of this festival
spontaneously decided to honour the name of our dear friend Peter Coles by
awarding a special prize in his name. This is to be presented every year.
The winner of the Grand Prix was ‘La Grand Prairie’ by Jacques Van de
Weerdt and Jean-Paul Petit. Many of us will remember that these two came
over here and judged in our RPS Internationals in September and also gave
presentations to several British Clubs. Their winning sequence, which is very
cleverly constructed, uses the paintings of the American artist Hopper. The
sound track to this is superbly produced. A very worthy winner!
The ‘Gaphe’ Photography team led by Ricardo Zarate organise this festival
and all work very hard to make everyone welcome. They have a tremendous
sense of humour! The prize-giving, though serious in its content, turned i