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BIAFF  FOUR  STAR  AWARDS  2009

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Still from 'Background Figure'. Still from 'Call Back'. Still from ''The Drill'. Still from 'Braving the Elements'.

Background Figure

Call Back

The Drill

Braving the Elements

Entry by: Entry by an individual. = individual Overseas entry. = overseas Junior entry. = junior Youth entry. = youth Club entry. = club
Clickable links web button = the film's website read more = a "making of" article

read more Entry by an individual. Background Figure

29

 Drama Paul Bagshaw Southport
website button read more Entry by an individual. Bad Day at the Office, A 11 Story Terence Burchell
and Roger Cavallaro		 Nantwich
Entry by an individual. Blood Lake

8

 Symbolic drama Paul Bagshaw Southport
read more Entry by an individual. Braving the Elements

14

 Documentary Kay Bamford-Burnell FACI Worcester
read more Club entry. Bridge Too Far, A

9

 Comedy Perth Camcorder Club Perth
read more Entry by an individual. Call Back

1

 Fiction Robert Lorrimer W Yorkshire
read more Overseas entry. Camargue 14 Documentary Marti Arañó Oller Spain
Entry by an individual. Canoe Fishermen of Lake Malawi

8

 Documentary Roy De Boise Surrey
read more Entry by an individual. City of Songs

5

 Musical travel Michael Gough FACI(M) Sunderland
Entry by an individual. Cosmopolitan City

11

 Documentary Derek Mathieson FACI Darlington
read more Entry by an individual. Drill, The

2

 Fiction Robert Lorrimer W Yorkshire
read more Entry by an individual. Exit Song (for Romeo and Juliet)

4

 Animation Ken Kasriel Surrey
Still from 'Fallen Leaves'. Still from 'Flicker'. Still from 'Flowers for Father'. Still from 'Camargue'.

Fallen Leaves

Flicker

Flowers for Father

Camargue
website button read more Entry by an individual. Fallen Leaves

15

 Story Karen Cherrington, John James,
Alan Robinson, Terry Tkachuk,
Neville Withers		 Middlesex
read more Entry by an individual. Fires Went Out, The

15

 Documentary Billy Ellwood County Durham
read more Youth entry. Flicker

1

 Story Hamish Anderson Gloucestershire
website button read more Overseas entry. Flowers for Father

8

 Social drama Philipp Kipfer Switzerland
Entry by an individual. Flying Visit, A 4 Documentary Brenda Granshaw London
Overseas entry. Following the Water

11

 Documentary Zayfilm Russia
Still from 'For a Few Rupees'. Still from 'Following the Water'. Still from 'The Gift'. Still from 'The Fires Went Out'.

For a Few Rupees

Following the River

The Gift

The Fires Went Out
read more Overseas entry. For a Few Rupees

17

 Documentary Jean-Pierre Hué France
website button Club entry. For King and Country

6

 Drama Chichester Film and Video Makers Chichester
Overseas entry. Gift, The

7

 Experimental Samuel Faict Belgium
Entry by an individual. Going Hollywood

20

 Holiday documentary Brian Saberton FACI Scotland
Youth entry. Happy Couple, The

7

 Comedy K. Brimson Films London
read more Club entry. Hugo and the Runaway Stories

4

 Animation Circle Eight Film Group Surrey
Overseas entry. I Just Wanna Say Love Confession

10

 Story Kyu Bum Park Korea
Still from 'In the Trenches'. Still from 'Last Man Standing'. Still from 'The Little Shoemaker'. Still from 'Lost Fear'.

In the Trenches

Last Man Standing

The Little Showmaker

Lost Fear
read more Club entry. In the Trenches

15

 Documentary Jersey Camcorder Club Jersey
Entry by an individual. Last Man Standing

6

 Animation Graeme Webb and Bob Vine London
Overseas entry. Leader of the Pack, The

23

 Documentary Michael Slowe London
Entry by an individual. Life on Film

24

 Documentary Tim Jones Canterbury
Overseas entry. Little Shoemaker, The

3

 Animation Jill Lampert Birmingham
web button read more Overseas entry. Lost Fear

6

 Drama Thomas van der Gronde Netherlands
Entry by an individual. Madder

72

 Thriller Howard-Smith Kidderminster
Youth entry. Maharajah's Well, The

19

 Documentary Phil Martin Ascot
Still from 'Der Marterer'. Still from 'Meet Me at St. Pancras'. Still from 'Folks in Transition'. Still from 'Madder'.

The Marterer Family

Meet Me at St. Pancras

Folks in Transition

Madder
read more Overseas entry. Marterer Family, The

16

 Documentary Bernhard Hausberger
and Klaus Huemer		 Austria
read more Entry by an individual. Meet Me At St Pancras!

15

 Documentary John Astin LACI Hertfordshire
read more Overseas entry. Menschen im Wandel
(Folks in Transition)		 12 Documentary Guido Haesen Luxemburg
website button Club entry. Memory Partnership, The

29

 Fiction Channel 7 Productions St Neots
read more Overseas entry. Montseny Nature Park

15

 Documentary Marti Arañó Oller Spain
Still from 'Montsegny Nature Park'. Still from 'The Memory Partnership'. Still from 'On the Road to Passchendaele'.

Still from 'My Heart Is Broken Un-seen'.

Montsegny Nature Park

The Memory Partnership

On the Road to Passchendaele

My Heart Is Broken Un-seen
read more Entry by an individual. My Heart is Broken Unseen

40

 Story Paul Page London
read more Overseas entry. On the Edge of Another World

10

 Travelogue Suzy Sommer Luxemburg
read more Overseas entry. On the Road to Passchendaele

24

 Documentary Willy Van der Linden Belgium
Still from 'Overtime'. Still from 'Railway'. Still from 'The Secret'.

Still from 'Tales of a Land Army Girl'.

Overtime

Railway

The Secret

 Tales of a Land Army Girl
read more Entry by an individual. Overtime

11

 Comedy Geoff Harmer Hampshire
Club entry. Railway

4

 Comedy Ken Geen /
Cardiff Recording Club		 Cardiff
read more Overseas entry. Retro-Cine (Grandpa's Cinema)

17

 Family story Jeannick and Pierre Michel France
read more Entry by an individual. River of Dreams, A

9

 Documentary Robert Lorrimer W Yorkshire
read more Overseas entry. Scenario of True Nature, The

21

 Non-fiction Young Vee Yoo Korea
website button read more Entry by an individual. Secret, The

10

 Story Jon Rosling Rotherham
read more Entry by an individual. Sherpas' Song, The

8

 Documentary Chris Walpole Devon
Club entry. Situation Vacant

7

 Comedy Derby Movie Makers Derby
read more Youth entry. Stories of Green Knowe

8

 Documentary Hamish Anderson and
Annabelle Draper		 Gloucestershire
read more Club entry. Tales of a Land Army Girl

33

 Documentary Market Harborough Movie Makers Market Harborough
Entry by an individual. Talking Pictures 1 - Classics

3

 Comedy animation Mike Shaw Kent
Club entry. Timescape

13

 Sci-fi Southport Moviemakers Merseyside
read more Overseas entry. Together - An African Success

27

 Documentary Ned Cordery USA
Entry by an individual. Town at the End of America, The 11 Travelogue John Astin LACI Hertfordshire
Overseas entry. Une Singuliere Destinee
(A Strange Destiny)

8

 Comedy Franz Bardiaux Belgium
Overseas entry. Werkdruk (Pressure of Work)

5

 Story Frans Boymans, Hennie Wanders
and Henk Kooij		 Netherlands

Award       meaning very roughly ...

*

 needs more thought and skill.

**

 shows promise but requires greater discipline, care and attention.

***

 well made, technically competent, keeps our interest and/or entertains.

****

 exceptionally well-made, entertains, makes us care / learn / think.

*****

 the best, outstanding movies.
    ♦     world class.

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