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The IAC British International Amateur Film Festival 2008

Check what happened at the Festival in Harrogate. The results . About the judges . Read about the making of the top films.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. (Orson Welles)

Did you get an award at BIAFF? Have you done a story for your local newspaper/s, radio and television news magazine? Looking round the web some people have already made publicity out of getting 3 or 4 star awards, let alone the higher and special prizes. Of course it is out of character for reserved Brits to boast ... but think of it as helping promote your club, your IAC, your hobby.

Don't waste words in a press-release, get straight to the point in the first sentences: "Local team, XYZ Club have stars in their eyes. This weekend they have just received a 4-star award from a major international festival for their comedy 'ABC'. Shot in local parks and the quaint snug bar of the Lion and Pilchard bouncy funnyman Jim Jones stars ... " Later on work in references to the club's venue and meeting nights. Always give an email or telephone contact so journalists can follow-up. Try to have ready for them one or two anecdotes about the filming.

Festivals and Competitions

• Closing date for the Guernsey Lily is 31st May.
• It's too late to enter the Festival of Nations, but you could still visit the festival and have a great holiday in Austria in June. Details.
• Or visit the Croatian One Minute Movie Festival in May and have a holiday in the Golden Valley.
• News of this year's Kent Festival here.
• You have till 1st September to get your entry ready for AMPS (the American Motion Picture Society) Festival.
• We now have details of this year's Tallinn Festival here .
Events

• A chance for those of us in reach of Tonbridge in Kent to hear Willy Van der Linden. More...
Results

• Report and results of the SERIAC Festival here.
• Winners and a report of the Mersey 10 Competition 2008.
• Results of the SoCo Annual Regional Film & Video Competition here.
• British filmmakers did well at this years' Eulenspiegeleien Festival. See below for a summary of results.
• Shooters Hill Box Office 2008: each month a new club showreel is viewed, and the film voted best is announced here.
Other

• Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing is looking for people who would be interested in taking part in a film project. Find out more here.
• Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum is looking for film makers to show and discuss their work with an audience. More information.
• WildFilmHistory is launched - a website recording and celebrating 100 years of wildlife filmmaking. www.wildfilmhistory.org.
• ITV's 'The Way we Were' is back and looking for old 'home movies' from filmmakers in the South/South East. More information.

• The German entry CSI came top.
• Second equal were Filmanalyse from Germany and Psycocose from France.
• Third equal were Wolf from Slovakia, The Remote Control by Mike Shaw (UK) and Der Palast from Germany.
• Fourth: Mark Jackson's Stripped (UK); Pan Jaryn (Czechia); Mogelpackung (Germany) and Schwarz-Rot-Gold (Germany).
• Tru Lav by Lorcan Finnegan (Ireland) and Keep it Sweet by South down Video & Film Makers (UK) also did well.

• Public Liability Insurance - more cover available but for IAC clubs only.
• ITV Local arrives
• Alan Colegrave's IAC Tech / Video / Photography News
• IAC Goodies! - wear the logo with pride.
• Transferring cine to video - Colin Jones shares his experience
• The Guernsey Lily website has had a total revamp - worth a look.
• Why won't my DVD play on a TV? - Ray Williamson has some answers.
• How do I make DVDs that run every time? - Ray Williamson has some suggestions.
• How did they make that? - over 100 articles by film makers about specific movies.
• The Production Village - online resource for student film-making and drama.
• Trackline are ... er ... back on track. Their website now offers MP3s.

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