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​BIAFF 2019- DIAMOND AWARDS
Still from 'Deer Damage'.
Deer Damage
Still from 'Everything Really Natural?'.
Everything Really Natural?
Still from 'Golnesa'.
Golnesa
Still from 'Highly Likely'.
Highly Likely
title
film maker / from
Deer Damage
Marcus Siebler / Germany
Everything Really Natural?
Rüdiger Schnorr / ​Germany
Golnesa
Sattar Chamani Gol / ​Iran
Highly Likely
Robert Lorrimer / ​West Yorkshire
Kage (Shadow)​ 
Misato Inoue / Switzerland
Making Friends as the World Ends
Jonathan Pegg / Birmingham
Sheltered
Ross Kelly / Renfrewshire
Swimming Pool, The
Werner Haegeman & Francis De Ceuster / ​Belgium
Still from 'Kage (Shadow)'
Kage (Shadow)
Still from 'Making Friends as the World Ends'.
Making Friends as the World Ends
Still from 'Sheltered'.
Sheltered
Still from 'The Swimming Pool'.
The Swimming Pool
Diamond Award means... 
​There are no specific criteria for Diamonds. The judges select the eight best films in the competition.
Clearly each rating will inevitably cover a range of attainment levels, and will be subjective to some degree; film is a work of art not science.
Please also be aware that the general standard of films drifts over time.
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