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​BIAFF 2021 - FOUR STAR AWARDS
Still from 'Avoiding the Bombs'.
Avoiding the Bombs
Still from 'Eye of the Storm'.
Eye of the Storm
Still from 'Galapagos Paradise of Birds'.
Galapagos Paradise of Birds
Still from 'Half Empty'.
Half Empty
Title
Film maker / From
7 and 5 Society ​
John Howden FACI, Essex
Appeal of WW1, The
Christine Collins FACI, London
Avoiding The Bombs
John Astin FACI, Herts.
Bond, The
Erica Evans, Berkshire
Britain's Birthplace of Photography
Rod Willerton, West Sussex
Covid 19 - A Lockdown Diary
Andrew Tweed, Potters Bar
Covid-19 Lives
John Howden FACI, Essex
Diversity ​
Marc Eggers, Siegburger Film Club e.V., Germany
Elisir (Come On!)
Pio Bruno, Italy
​​Eye of The Storm
​Mandy Carr, Kent
​Galapagos Paradise of Birds (Vogelparadies Galapagos)
Dr. Cord von Restorff & Doris von Restorff, Germany​
​Half Empty
​​Howard-Smith, West Midlands
Still from 'The Hut'.
The Hut
Still from 'Last Lines'.
Last Lines
Still from 'The Man who paints Hummingbirds'.
The Man who paints Hummingbirds
Still from 'Nothing but a Man'.
Nothing but a Man
Title
Film maker / From
Hut, The
Robin Slater, Tamworth
In Search of the Hoopoe
John Jones FACI, Essex
Justice ​
Julian Austwick, Birmingham
Last Lines
Ned Cordery, U.S.A.
Lockdown ​
John Jones FACI, Essex
Lucky Nelson
Richard Scarsbrook, Altrincham
Makrokosmos ​​
​Jürgen Bergmann & Bergit Bergmann, Germany
Man who paints Hummingbirds, The​
​Paula Webster, Leics.
​Mirror to the Mind, A
​Peter Silk, Essex
​My Old Bedroom Window
​Richard Scarsbrook, Altrincham
​Nothing But A Man
​Tony Grant, Dumfries and Galloway
​Paul's Lockdown Story
​​John Howden FACI, Essex
Still from 'A Pond and a Rant'.
A Pond and a Rant
Still from 'Rookie'.
Rookie
Still from 'The State of Things as they are.'.
The State of Things as they are.
Still from 'Why we are unhappy in Cities'.
Why we are unhappy in Cities
Title
Film maker / From
Pond and a Rant, A
Richard Scarsbrook, Altrincham
Preston's 
John Howden FACI, Essex
​Puffins of Skomer Island SW Wales, The
Peter J. Durnall AACI, Stoke-on-Trent
Rock, The
Paula Webster, Leics.
Rookie ​
Vidas Kalibatas, U.K.
Rosanna's Nature Reserve Staffordshire
Peter J. Durnall AACI, Stoke-on-Trent
Rosebrook ​
Steven Lancefield, U.K.
Sheiai Eyes
Nathaniel Bertram, U.K.
Sons of the Savanna
Paula Webster, Leics.
State of Things as They Are, The
Stephanie Kyek, Portugal
Street Ratz
Austin Hill, U.K.
Toppy ​
Howard-Smith, West Midlands
Vivarais Revisited, The 
John Astin FACI, Herts.
War On Pears
Werner Haegeman, Belgium
Why We are Unhappy in Cities
Gang Zhao, China
Why?
Alastair Marshall, U.K.
Four Stars means... 
​
 It is expected that the story will hang together well as an artistic whole.
This standard of film would have something special about it: perhaps something original in the treatment of the subject, or something out of the ordinary about the content, or be technically creative.
​It may, however, have minor flaws which detrimentally affect the audience appeal.
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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