IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Entry forms for the 2008 IAC International Film & Video Competition are now on the main website. See "News of BIAFF 2008 - and competition entry forms." on the front page. The blue /bronze /silver /gold /international standards (and their more recent cousins "silver plus" and...

Am I Harsh? Am I fair? What do you think? It`s over to you. Nonsense, Ian, you are all tact and charm ! Actually it is a fair question but I am not sure who can answer it. David Andrew produced it, Michael Gough edited it with him and it was - I understand - screened at the celebratory weekend. The...

These are just the sort of language problems which make life "interesting" for those of us who sometimes translate and/or subtitle films !

Maybe there is a film to be made about such common usages which are not in the formal dictionaries ...

Dave

So far as I know CRT displays are still capable of providing a slightly better colour response than LCD screens, though they are often less sharp than an LCD screen at its native resolution. BUT Many modern LCDs sold for use as television sets - and many modern video-projectors (I like the European ...

Again Willy touches on an intriguing issue. I have heard similar views about their position from many other Belgian film friends. What may not be clear to readers in the UK and USA is that in Belgium film clubs get support from the government for their work. That goes through CvB, the body he mentio...

Damn! You guys are good. What a great way to use old movie material so that it reaches the widest possible public. A good choice of stills from the old movie with - I'm guessing here - just a little tweaking in a photo editor but not so much as to disguise their origin on film. So you link lots of d...

Brian has got me scratching my head because I too have a vague recollection of one competition having that rule about maximum percentage of archive/stock footage but I cannot place it. One of the many bees in my bonnet is the worship of numbers when it replaces common sense or judgement. In a movie ...

In my country pure amateurs should be more respected. Judges and organizers of festivals can do something about it. Of course, a judge does not always know whether a film has been made without commercial intentions. If organizers are only eager to show films with famous TV-stars ... to attract more...

Let's go off-topic, then! It was my topic and I don't mind. As most of you know I'm not a film maker but a film enthusiast, so I have not had to face the amateur/professional issue in that arena. I do face it in other areas. I run or assist with several websites on a voluntary basis. As a profession...

Hi Ian Best wishes to your daughter and congratulations to mum and dad. Now, face it Ian, who is going to watch a 128 minute wedding video - even with your trade-mark touches? The happy couple and two sets of parents - that's who. Give yourself a few weeks to get over the excitement, then set about ...

May I endorse Ned's comments? The Americans are very open and welcoming to the work of film makers from the UK and other countries. Part of the prizes in the AMPS festival is being granted membership of the organisation for a year ... and its occasional newsletter is one of the best I've seen with m...

Do any of you use your computer to watch DVDs - not just to check that they have recorded properly, but to watch for pleasure? Or come to that do you watch downloaded movies for pleasure - not just a few minutes of YouTube fun? I ask because a friend has been exploring the world of open-source and s...

The results for all three major amateur film festivals in the British Isles are now on the main IAC website. Each chose a different film as its top prize winner. I am interested to see that in the last few years all of them have added extra award categories near the top of the results: BIAFF added G...

Our French friend, Jean-Claude Lejosne, who is known as "Mr. Unica" because he does all the formal translation for the organisation, was on the phone today. His home town of Metz is twinned with Gloucester and they have been following the flooding news avidly. He says they find it amazing ...

Many of you will know that this year's UNICA Festival - the festival where nations compete rather than individuals - is coming up from 1-9th September. It takes places in the lower Tatras area of Slovakia in a town called Liptovsky-Mikulas. Many Britons are going, most of them arriving a few days ea...