IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Yes the possibilities are huge, but, the mix of Zoom and YouTube is not wonderful. I think with a good film or film festival it is nice just to sit back and relax, preferably with friends. With online festivals the saving in cost of transport and greenhouse gas, will be large, and so very worthwhile...

Welcome Roger, it is great to have a new person on the Forum, Glad that you put your films into BIAFF. Are they on YouTube or Vimeo? If they are perhaps you will share a link.

Yes, I was thinking of Sean when I wrote the reply. That film did so well at the Purbeck Film Festival. I had forgotten about "Why Remember" but that is an amazing film as well. Of course if a filmaker is working on their own it is not so easy to do pan and slider type shots, and although ...

Yes Bob Lorrimer seems to be able to do everything himself in his films, which is a reminder of what can be done even with limited resources.

Yes Tim but the online "bumph" is still the same as when it first went up, although the the Festival is now different.

To be fair Simon, the advertising and the booking form suggest that the Film Festival is the Weekend "Two Days of Film Presentations" much more thought needs to have gone into this!

Take a look at this YouTube compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnEDV9ftJrQ of the top 20 winners of the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge 2018. It's not a genre I normally watch, but the entries are technically excellent, and definitely tell a story (winners are shown in reverse order with #...

I don't know the figures but the amount of films, documentaries and other media product needed to serve all the TV channels internet channels and other media must be huge - a great opportunity for young people. When thinking of student films the director seems like the main person, but all the actor...

As Dave pointed out aspiring professionals do not want to be associated with an "amateur" festival or organization, no matter how you spin it the words "amateur" and "film" together are interpreted as "inferior; of poor quality, inept". ned c Oh dear, no wond...

There are not many film festivals down here in Dorset, but the ones I have attended Perbeck Film Festival, B Side Festival and others in Bournemouth just seem to have student films, basically showcaseing their work, and are mainly attended by students and their families and tutors. These festivals o...

Thinking about it more it seems in the last 20 or 30 years traditional film clubs and the IAC have prodominantly a place for retired people, some of which are coming out of TV or film industry or related teaching posts, and that's fine; they will not want to use Film Festivals as a stepping stone in...

When talking about all film festivals, of which there are hundreds, and I would still hold that my original assersion is true. It is great that people want to get into the TV & film industry, it is a huge industry with many many jobs, and it is good that the IAC can play its part in that.

Michael Slowe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:51 pm
John, why differentiate between 'amateur' and professional? We are all film makers and rely on the same human gifts(?) and have an equal chance of making a good film.

IAC, BIAFF and UNICA are exclusively for amateur film makers. Need for a level playing field and all that!

Yes I agree that film festivals on zoom or zoom and YouTube/Vimeo is not ideal. And I agree that personal contact and chat at a live show seems as important as the films. For me watching videos on YouTube without the pressure of having to get back to a zoom meeting is good. I also like most club mee...

UNICA sounds similar to the traditional Filmmakers Club format on an International scale. Where the winning films from the year are gathered together and then entered into interclub competitions. Weymouth and Frome have one called the Ridgeway Cup. All the changes in technology over the years must h...