IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

After all the waiting ... who wants to share their results?

The current rules state: This competition is for films made by individuals or groups for pleasure and not for commercial gain. The following are, however, permissible: 1) Films made by IAC regions and clubs for the benefit of those organisations. 2) Public or private exhibition and sale, where the p...

Tim is a good teacher ... in my stumbling efforts with Movie Studio Platinum a few years ago, he was the person I turned to for help. He gave generously and some day I may even finish a film!

Gee, thanks!

The BIAFF Rules were revamped some years ago, partly in response to Ned's argument that what matters is whether or not a film was made with the intention of making money. The current rule is: This competition is for films made by individuals or groups for pleasure and not for commercial gain. The fo...

IAC received this message from Annabelle Lancaster: I’m really sorry that people are unable to attend Reg’s funeral in person but you can follow it on line if you so wish. The funeral notice below, supplied by the funeral director, gives a number of details and instructions. Please do take care of y...

Officially BIAFF 2021 is scheduled for Birmingham on 16-18th April 2021 - with an online version as the standby option. Given the state of things now (at the end of 2020) does anyone think it likely we will meet in person then? If not would it be better to postpone - as we did last year - in the hop...

One of my favourite memories is of projecting for a BIAFF judging panel when one of those "difficult" films was watched. Reg's first reaction was negative, but then he went into a monologue where he argued with himself and over a couple of minutes talked himself round into admiring the wor...

I heard today that Reg Lancaster has passed away. He was a great photographer, a fine film maker, an inspiring club leader and a fine leader of IAC. He was born in Manchester in '35, and had been a film maker since 1970. He served on many juries at local, regional and national festivals in Britain, ...

Willy - we can only link to films if their authors have put the, online at a site like YouTube or Vimeo. I do not think you have put any of your films online. I certainly cannot see "​His Royal Highland Laddie" anywhere. Put it online and we will happily link to it. What some people - poss...

This page will officially go live soon - but you can use it right now to see many of the films: https://www.biaff.org.uk/2020-watch-on-line.html Sadly some of the top films are not yet available online, presumably because they are being entered in other festivals. But you do get Best British Best Br...

Best British was DEARLY DEPARTED by Elise Martin & Jess Bartlett Daily Mail Trophy was THE PAINTING by Joan Paüls From what you say, Michael, it sounds as if you were clicking the symbol at the bottom right of the online programme ... which turns the pages. The two links at top right were for th...

So this is Saturday night and we have had two days of Online BIAFF: the AV Show and the Saturday mini-cinemas.

How was it for you?

Richard has a talent for improvising ways to film himself, when necessary. Take a look at 'Holding Back the Tide' on vimeo.com/455040840.

Council Minutes are regarded as confidential. (I tried many years ago to get them published.) My second attempt was to get someone on Council to write reports on the meetings, which could avoid any truly confidential matters. That happened for a time, but the articles rather missed the point and wer...