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BIAFF - BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL (Harrogate 2011)
These were all screened at BIAFF 2011, in the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate.
Click here for
Festival
Report. We held a special cinema session dedicated to the work of our
younger members. This compilation concentrates on that age group. All the
films should be projected in 4:3 format. They are all 3-4 Stars Awards and
they will provide an interestingly mixed programme for a Club night. Articles
by the makers of those films marked with an asterisk (*) can be found in
the "Making Of" pages.
| 1. | DRUG GATEWAY THEORY Jourdan Gomez-Phillip, Sam Friend, Liam House, Daniel Ristic (Watford) An experimental film exploring hallucination through some imaginative distorted imagery. (Warning flashing images) Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Music Video |
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| 2. |  MARY AND THE MINERSCantref Primary School (Monmouthshire) This is a fascinating school exercise, to use real life testimonies of children from 1841 to inspire an imaginative animation about life down the mines. Four Stars, BIAFF 2011 (watch it online) |
Animation |
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| 3. | PARANORMAL HALLUCINATIONS Jaleel Adli, Ashley Steele (Watford) A young man experiences hallucinations or are they a dream. This film contains some violent images. Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Experimental |
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| 4. | IN A MINUTE IN YOUR LIFE Emily Petretta (Worthing) A clever idea to focus a one minute film around all that can happen during that minute. Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
One Minute |
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| 5. | GEORGE MOORE'S RED AND THE WOLF George Moore (Norfolk)
A dramatic representation of the story of Red Riding Hood as told in stop motion animation by one of the youngest entrants.
Four Stars, Best Entry in the under 16 Age Category, BIAFF 2011 |
Animation |
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| 6. | REJECTED Voice of Young People in Care (Belfast) An intriguingly presented drama raising issues of personal identity and trauma as seen through youthful eyes. Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Issue Based Drama |
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| 7. | SEVEN OF DIAMONDS Cineclub The Hills Lower School (Bedford) A spoof James Bond start leads to tale of a schoolboy with his own access to secret spy gadgets who beats the masked intruder to his school. Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Action |
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| 8. | BREAKING THE HABIT Olivia Hukins (Kent) Some imaginative framing and editing in this intriguing drama. Was it all a dream? Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Drama |
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| 9. | SCHOOL OF THE DEAD Cineclub The Hills Lower School (Bedford) Speeded up scenes of the makeup being created for a Zombie. Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Thriller |
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| 10. | HOLD THAT THOUGHT Havering College FHE (Essex) This is all about control. Will Paul's games control help him find peace with his girlfriend? Three Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Comedy |
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| 11. | HAPPY CLOUD Worthing Youth Media (Worthing) An amusing cutout animation of a TV character called Happy Cloud who is unhappy about his role in the series especially when changes are suggested. Four Stars, BIAFF 2011 |
Animation |
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SKY HOOK Tom Marshall (Oldham) A cinematically moody film noir search for a phantom criminal. An intelligent and witty script, well filmed and edited but who is the villain and who are the victims? |
Film Noir |
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| 13. | CHOCOLATE MOON Mike Donaghy & Alex Moran (Merseyside)
Quirky, short, sometimes very funny sketches, in the style of a TV comedy show. Four Stars, Best British Young Film Makers, BIAFF 2011 (article on making it) (preview it online) |
Comedy |
| 14 | ICH? (I?)  Saladin Dellers (Switzerland)
Some people found this angry man contemplating suicide rather disturbing. (with subtitles)
Four Stars, Best Entry in the 16-21 Age Category, BIAFF 2011 |
Drama |
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Total running time 83 mins. DVD.
Rental fee £7.50
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