| Pip's Koi carp net international award | |
|  | | Pip Crittten's short film about Plymouth Koi Keepers |
| | A Plymouth video producer has won two awards at an international film festival.
Pip Critten scooped the awards for two documentaries - one detailing times past in Saltash, the other looking at Plymouth's Koi keepers. |
| | | Pip Critten has been making films since the days of cine cameras. He's used standard 8, super 8, and now he's gone digital.
His latest short documentaries have won awards at the Cotswold International Film Festival, which attracted more than a hundred entries from around the world.
 | | Sandra Crocker - the Plymouth & District Annual Koi Show 2003 |
His film "Koi Keepers" recorded the annual show of the Plymouth and District Koi Keepers Society. Pip says he heard about the event and thought it would be interesting to talk to people about the trials and tribulations of keeping Koi fish.
He didn't think it would go any further than that. But the resulting film has since won three awards at film festivals, the latest one a Silver Diploma in recognition of excellence in film production.
Pip says: "I just enjoy making programmes. I also work with the Saltash Video Group and my other documentary showed local characters from the town talking about the old days."
This film included rare cine film of the old Saltash Ferry, and won a Silver Diploma for editing and production.
 | | Rare film of the old Saltash ferry |
"I'm delighted to think my work has been honoured at international level, " said Pip.
The fourteen minute film, "Saltash Looking Back", features Saltash residents and celebrities recalling days gone by, and stories they felt should not be forgotten.
Pip has received other awards in the past for his work on disability awareness. He's now working on a longer film, documenting the life of a Plymouth man whose legs were amputated when he was five.
"I've been filming Ray Robbins for a few years now. I've been following him and what he's been doing," explained Pip.
 | | Video producer, Pip Critten |
"Ray is getting older now and he needs to decide what he's going to do with himself. So it's an interesting time for him and for the film."
Pip and Ray hope that when the video is complete it can be used in schools and hospitals and to encourage others in similar situations not to lose hope.
Pip also makes television and radio programmes with students with learning disabilities at the Plymouth College of Further Education.
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