An Honorary Fellowship was awarded to Roger Burgess (TV Producer/Director) who has done so much to support our hobby in the North East of England.  David Cleveland of the East Anglian Film Archive was also made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute.

A very special award was made to Norman Goodwin FACI  (for more than 20 years service on the National Council. 

The next day Linda and Michael Gough were elected to the Council but I doubt they will manage to match Norman's excellent record.

The Mermaid Competition on Sunday was won by North Thames Region with "BIG BREAK". and the Mini-Mermaid Trophy went to CEMRIAC for "POPCORN DUCK"

The packed audience was thoroughly amused and enlightened by Sunday’s guest speakers. John Grundy has become a household name presenting a series of North East Regional TV programmes on urban and social environments. However he is proud to declare his "amateur" status and passion since his "day job" is as a teacher of English. His production colleagues Roger Burgess and Paul Paxton added their own vital insights into how such programmes are made. A number of people in the audience had their eyes opened to the possibility of finding such fascinating subjects in their own home towns.

In the main Competition the overall winner was Ken Wilson with a tale of a vicious stalker in "WATCHING". This also won the Award for Best Editing. Roy and Jean Vickers won the Award for the Best Non-Fiction with "THE SHOE MASTER".

Runners up were Fred Wells for "THE TIME ‘CON’JUROR" (Fiction) and Michael Gough FACI for "A BREATH OF LIFE" (Non-fiction) This also won the Award for Best Photography. Details of the making of "A BREATH OF LIFE" can be found on the IAC Website at http://www.theiac.org.uk/training/gough/hawaii01.html