IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Willy, I have not heard of special passports ... The official website suggests you only need your eyes passport. Can you tell us more?

You and Vera will be missed a lot... But many UK people will not get there in person either. The damned resurgence of covid !!!

I was General Secretary of the British Federation of Film Societies and as such was invited to join the jury for "The Ten Best". Then I was commandeered for IAC in the Bernard Ashby era - watching films in his ?mother-in-laws's home. Jan and I went to LAFFs in various hotels and once in th...

I saw it - possibly in the days of LIAFF.
Dave

I will not spare your blushes, Michael. You once worked on a club production ...

You can, of course, watch on line ... just be sure to register with Eventbright - see details on www.biaff.org.uk

The results are up! Visit www.biaff.org.UK to see all of them -except of course the top two which will be announced at the event. AND the festival programmes for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are up online. Don't forget to register (free) for watching the shows online -[ ...

Just to add to the last part of Richard's comment:
There will be online shows on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before BIAFF so we will miss too many.

Willy - I believe all the results have gone out. Please check your email spam folder, it may have gone there.
If you cannot find it then contact the organising team on biaffcompetition@gmail.com

On the theme of judges' comments ... I have now heard some very negative responses as well as the foreign praise quoted earlier.

What does everyone think about the remarks they received?

Flattery, Michael!!! I think some of the interest has moved to the various FaceBook groups and to a Twitter feed which is mainly dormant. On the broader question of involvement ... I think we are going through a period of social disengagement. People are forgetting the importance of being together i...

It is a pity the forum is quiet ... but perhaps people need more time to consider their results, calm down and reflect on them. Just after I wrote that sentence I received a comment on Facebook Messenger from an overseas entrant, who takes part in a great many festivals: Just received a jury evaluat...

I get the impression the trio in charge are carefully reading the crits to make sure they are not cruel or misleading. I know a couple of judges have been politely asked to make minor changes ... on the lines of "could you add a sentence to explain why, after so much praise, this film did not g...

I'm puzzled, Michael. Do you have a precog ability hitherto unrevealed?

So far as I know the results are not yet known, let alone published.

There were certainly the usual range of films from absolute beginner's level - what I would get if I ever entered anything - up to superb and delightful.

An Austrian festival is now seeking entrants for films of up to 12 seconds.

Aaargh!

On the other hand many contests for one-minute movies used to insist on each film lasting exactly 60 seconds ... which led to padding!

How short can a film be and still work?

People mainly enter films into festivals in the hope that they will be a stepping stone for them to get into the film industry. I let that go at first, but it has been preying on my mind. It sounds like a piece of wisdom handed down in a club by some older member. But it does not ring true to me - ...