IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Dave, Potter's Lunch does actually tell a story of these artists, whereas, as Howard points out, I don't really tell stories with my 'cut to music' shorts such as Ski Break, or my recent Zebra. All this goes to show how impossible it is to define the purpose of any art. Art can do anything for the v...

What a load of rubbish!!! Of course these modern "AV" presentations are films. Some are absolutely brilliant, some rather boring, as with our own films. How people can maintain that AV is a separate art from film is beyond me. It doesn't matter one little bit but it is rather annoying that...

I must say that I feel guilty for not attending BIAFF this year. This was the first one I have missed since I attended my first, which was called LIAFF (London International Film Festival), and was held at a hotel near Westminster called St Ermins in 1976 I think. I had a top award and was anxious t...

Thank you Willy for your kind words, we have quite a lot in common with our taste of films and we both tend to make factual ones and documentaries. I am amazed at your story of your trip to Preston. Firstly that you were good enough to undertake the job of solely judging 24 films and then undertakin...

Totally agree with Big Dave, I thought that The Apartment (not the one with (Walter Matttau & Jack Lemmon), was a better film than The Dig. The latter had a good gag but was very limited.

Dave, you managed that quite well as a Judge!

Good point Albert. Both of us, many years ago, caught the fancy of Tony Rose, the Editor of the much missed magazine Movie Maker. I was lucky enough to get quite a few Ten Bests from him and his team, as I seem to remember did you. We made audience friendly, easily viewed films and once they latched...

There seems to have been more discussion (and criticism) this year about 'scores' and judges comments than I can remember over the last fifty years. Quite apart from this Forum I have been involved in private exchanges between three or four entrants to this year's Festival. People have been asked to...

I hope that we are not over using our time on this Forum but we may as well continue! Howard, I'm sorry, but i see no justification for the behaviour of that film maker following his One Star. The film was obviously not considered very good, surely he could accept that. Not wishing to labour the poi...

Howard, I really can't understand you saying that people feel "insulted" by a low grade for their film. It obviously can't be very good and they have submitted it for judgement, they may be disappointed but how insulted? We all make poor films from time to time, it is a difficult art and i...

Thanks Dave, I was hoping to watch a selection of the films on line at my convenience. It's a pity that we can't obtain access to any film of our choice, after all, they are entered for public viewing. Will the film Milky Way that Willie mentions, be one of those made available?

Jill, much better to put stuff on Vimeo.

Very sensible post Tim, judges watch films just as we do in the cinema (streamed nowadays) and first impressions are all, in my opinion. Those of us who habitually attend BIAFF should have a pretty good idea of what grading a given film deserves, simply by dint of having seen so many each year, and ...

Tom, you've said this before about cinema screenings, very very few people would notice - you are a perfectionist remember! However, I'm sure I would prefer any film of mine to be viewed on your monster screen than in any cinema (bar maybe the Leicester Square Odeon!!!). Whilst writing I refer to yo...

No John, not philosphical, merely realistic.