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BIAFF 2020 - 3 STAR AWARDS​​
Still from 'About Time'.
AIDA - open stream
Still from 'Any Major Dude'.
Alien Briefs
Still from 'The Awful Truth'.
Belief
Picture
Blue Lady
title
film maker / from
72 Miles
Brian Stynes / ​Ireland
Abandon the Vote
Huey Walker / ​Exeter
AIDA - open stream
Christopher Tin Brendel / ​Germany
Alien Briefs
David Hutchinson / Cheshire
​Anatomy of a Soundtrack
Larry Hall / Sheffield
Ancient & Modern
Michael Ridgway & Alan Atkinson / ​Warwickshire
Appointment in Walthamstow
​Ian & Judith Simpson / Leeds
Be Still
Ethan Ross and Emmanuel Li / ​London
Becoming
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden and Steve Balaam / ​New Zealand
Belief
Howard-Smith / ​West Midlands
Bella
Ann and Arthur Fletcher / ​Bromsgrove
Beran's Paw Theatre
Wolfgang and Monika Merz / Germany
Still from 'Bed Talk'.
Breeze? What's that all about?
Picture
The BREXIT Stone
Still from '​Building Valiant - Rebuilding Lives'.
Caught Knapping
Still from 'Camp Out'.
Crazy Rat Lady
Blue Lady
Howard-Smith / ​West Midlands
Blue Remembered Hills
Michael Alley​ / Merseyside
​Bohemian Spirit
Steven Lancefield / East Sussex
Breeze? What's that all about?
Anne Massey / Berkshire
BREXIT Stone, The
Martin Evans / ​Aberystwyth
​Bristol Through Maps
​Gordon Young / Bristol
Buskers, The
Harry Nicholls / West Yorkshire
Buying My Dream Ferrari
Tania Whatley & Luke Whatley-Bigg / ​Surrey
Carless Driver
Bristol Film and Video Society / Bristol
Cathedral in Crisis, A
Robin Helmer / Kent
Caught Knapping
A:spirant Michael Finney / ​Birmingham
​Crazy Rat Lady
Michael Slowe / London
Still from 'Dont Give Up'.
Cymru III
Still from 'Douro Discovery'.
Dead on Time
Still from 'Final Border'.
Energy Crisis
Picture
Flotsam
​Cymru III
Martin Evans / ​Aberystwyth
Dalmatian Recovery, The
John Astin FACI / ​Hertfordshire
Dead on Time
South Downs Film Makers / ​West Sussex
Dewer Mystery, The
Gerald Pecksen / ​Kent
Distance
Mandy Carr / ​Kent
​Earmarked
Paul Vernon / ​Hampshire
Echoes of the Past - Delos
Barbara and Bernhard Zimmermann / Germany
Energy Crisis
Larry Hall / ​Sheffield
Exiled Mind, The
Ron Davies / ​Manchester
Exotic Monkeys
Daphne Barbieri / ​Dundee
Face Value
Chris Plimmer / ​York
​Flotsam
Anthony Etherington and Julian Austwick / ​Warwickshire
Still from 'Flask Walk'.
Fluff
Picture
Fringe Frenzy
Still from 'How Does Your Garden Grow'
Garden Life
Picture
Hidden by Jess O'Brien
Fluff
Jill Lampert  / ​Birmingham
Fringe Frenzy
Debbie Daniels, Mike Duxbury and Jill Lampert / ​Birmingham
Full Steam Ahead
John Bartlett / ​Isle of Wight
Garden Life
Martin Sunderland / ​​Leeds
Giant Idea, A
Bristol Film and Video Society / ​Bristol
Gloop Café
Christopher Harry / ​Leeds
Good Morning Mr Kenley
Steven Lancefield / ​East Sussex
Grapes, Pear and Plum
Jill K. Bunting CPAGB/AV LACI / ​Conwy
Growing Season, The
Roy De Boise / ​Surrey
Hidden
Jess O'Brien / ​Leicestershire
Hidden
Ellie Bayliss / ​London
​Hidden Still?
Monica Goldberg / ​Australia
Still from 'Just Another Day'.
Highcliffe Does Downton
Still from 'Impressions of Panama'.
Holding Back the Tide
Still from 'Making a Cup of Tea'.
Is £100 Too Much
Picture
Lochaber
Highcliffe does Downton
HAT (Highcliffe Action Team) / ​Dorset
​Holding Back the Tide
Richard Scarsbrook / ​Cheshire
Home from Home
Nuneaton Moviemakers / ​Warwickshire
Ice Knife, The
Jasmine Nugent / ​Sheffield
Is £100 Too Much
David Hutchinson / ​Cheshire
Journey, The
Sajiwan Naicker / ​USA
​Just a Minute Albert
Rodger Ball / ​Cheshire
Kings Crown
Shane Pyers / Australia
Klaatu Borada Nikto
Larry Hall / ​Sheffield
​Lets Play
Janardhan Medasani / ​Cheshire
Lochaber
Bob Rowley / West Yorkshire
​Making of 'Ogre Eating', The
John and Ann Epton / Kent
Still from 'Red Hoodie'.
Marvin
Still from 'Return to Kenya'.
Match
Still from 'Sacrifice'.
Memories
Picture
New York
Marvin
XDL Films / ​Glasgow
​Match
Urszula Taraszka / ​Poland
Memories
Alys Roberts / ​Sheffield
Murders at Park Pale, The
Samuel Redgewell / ​Great Oakley
​New York
Martin Sunderland / Leeds
Oklahoma
Harry Nicholls / ​West Yorkshire
On the Border
John Jones / ​Essex
Ormer Shell, The
Peter Rouillard and Mary Rouillard / ​Guernsey, Channel Islands
Orpington Hospital
John and Ann Epton / Kent
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
Joseph Daly / ​UK
​Place of Pilgrimage, A
Malcolm Imhoff FRPS FACI(M) / ​West Midlands
​Poisoned Hearts
East Renfrewshire Camcorder Club / ​Renfrewshire
Still from 'Solitude'.
The Ormer Shell
Still from 'Some You Win Some You Lose'.
Requiem for Leningrad
Still from 'Taciturn'.
River Revival
Picture
The Shoemaker
Pork Scratchings
Nuneaton Moviemakers / Warwickshire
​Postman, The
Jacob Crow / Durham
queer
Ethan McDowell / ​Northern Ireland
​Reaching for the sky in Romania
Hugh Trevor / ​East Lothian
​Requiem for Leningrad
Anne-Marie T'Sas Dominique Krem / ​Belgium
Requiem For Tin
​James Chalmers LACI / Cheshire
Return From Walthamstow
Ian & Judith Simpson / Leeds
River Revival - Smithies Brook
Pendle Movie Makers / ​Lancashire
Salsa
Paula Webster / Leicestershire
​Schools Project Zambia
Roy De Boise / ​Surrey
Shoemaker, The
Geof Caudwell / ​Derby
Steampunk Lincoln 2018
David Hutchinson / ​Cheshire
Picture
They Are Here
Picture
The Tiff
Picture
Voices of Volunteers
​Studio - Episode One, The
Paul Fielding and Julian Austwick / ​Birmingham
​Sutcliffe the Yorkshire Ripper
Dave Morton / ​West Yorkshire
​They Are Here
Neal Tucker / Bristol
​Three Steps
Graham Ralls and John Owen / London
Tiff, The​
Howard-Smith / West Midlands
​Time's Up
​Nuneaton Moviemakers / Warwickshire
Toast to Tarring, A
South Downs Film Makers / West Sussex
​Voices of Volunteers
Robert Paget / Gloucestershire
​Wake From Death & Return To Life
Andrew Ferrer / USA
​Your Choice​
Alan Atkinson / ​Warwickshire
Three Stars means... 
 Basically good cinematography, and with signs of using pleasing compositions. Sound appropriate and well balanced. Clear structure and planning. Appropriate pace. Acting good enough not to spoil the story. Flows reasonably well with few distractions. Overall the film lacks sparkle, but largely holds the viewer's attention.
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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