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​BIAFF 2025
FOUR STAR AWARDS
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Still from 'After Party, The'.
The After Party
Still from 'The Art of Persuasion'.
The Art of Persuasion
Still from 'Assassins' Kitchen Academy (A.K.A.)'.
Assassins' Kitchen Academy (A.K.A.)
Still from 'Attic Archaeology'.
Attic Archaeology
Still from 'Bradford in the Frame'.
Bradford in the Frame
Title
Film maker / From
After Party, The
Madeleine Rose Marsh / Brighton
Art of Persuasion, The
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton
Assassins' Kitchen Academy (A.K.A.)
Tsz Yui Fung / UK
Attic Archaeology
Ben Woolley / UK
Bradford in the Frame
Judith Simpson (dir) & Dave Marshall (prod) / Bradford
Briefcase, The
South Downs Film Makers / Worthing
Butcher of Yvegem, The
Werner Haegeman / Belgium
Cat & Fish
Nilram Ranjbar / Iran
Crossing, The
Bristol Film and Video Society / Bristol
Desire Needs Some Distance
Angelos Gourgouletis / Greece
Still from 'The Briefcase'.
The Briefcase
Still from 'The Butcher of Yvegem'.
The Butcher of Yvegem
Still from 'Cat & Fish'.
Cat & Fish
Still from 'The Crossing'.
The Crossing
Still from 'Desire Needs Some Distance'.
Desire Needs Some Distance
Still from 'Dinner for One'.
Dinner for One
Still from 'Duty Bound'.
Duty Bound
Still from 'Earth Agritament'.
Earth Agritament
Still from 'Eggspression'.
Eggspression
Still from 'The Eight Commandments'.
The Eight Commandments
Title
Film Maker / From
Dinner for One
Ken Wilson / Wakefield
Duty Bound
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton
Earth Agritament
Siqi Wang / China
Eggspression
Dave Lojek / Germany
Eight Commandments, The
Sverre Årnes / Norway
Encounter, An
Bastien Cot & Pierre Stefan / France
Energy Crisis
Larry Hall / Sheffield
First Night, The
Silvia Gregorova / Czech Republic
Garden Wildlife​
Peter Macpherson / London
Gas Holder Number 4 ​
Karen Cripps / Reading
Still from 'An Encounter'.
An Encounter
Still from 'Energy Crisis'.
Energy Crisis
Still from 'The First Night'.
The First Night
Still from 'Garden Wildlife'.
Garden Wildlife
Still from 'Gas Holder Number 4 '.
Gas Holder Number 4
Still from 'Greenway North Essex'.
Greenway North Essex
Still from 'Holiday'.
Holiday
Still from 'Hot Air'.
Hot Air
Still from 'Hung up'.
Hung up
Still from 'If'.
If
Title
Film Maker / From
Greenway North Essex
Colchester Film Makers / Colchester
Holiday
Ogün Mert Kurt / Turkey
Hot Air
Adrian Battersby / Warrington
Hung up
Simon Sharma / Hong Kong
If
Adrian Battersby / Warrington
If At First
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton
Imbalance
Samuel Lewek & Rolf Birn / Germany
​Just Add Water
Larry Hall / Sheffield
I Love You, Stranger
Pablo Maldonado / Czech Republic
Last Date, The
EBOFF Films / Enfield
Still from 'If At First'.
If At First
Still from 'Imbalance'.
Imbalance
Still from 'Just Add Water'.
Just Add Water
Still from 'I Love You, Stranger'.
I Love You, Stranger
Still from 'The Last Date'.
The Last Date
Still from 'Meeting Point'.
Meeting Point
Still from 'Men who loved dark Red'.
Men who loved dark Red
Still from 'Neverland'.
Neverland
Still from 'No Need To Thank Me'.
No Need To Thank Me
Still from 'Our Hero'.
Our Hero
Title
Film Maker / From
Meeting Point
George S. Evans / Redditch
Men who loved dark Red
Rodney Willott / Bourne End
Neverland
Ingrid Ulst / Estonia
No Need To Thank Me
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton
Our Hero
Larry Hall / Sheffield
Playtime
Zoe Buddie / USA
Preserving Our Past
Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers / Sutton Coldfield
Saudade
Daniel Newbury / Middlesex
Secret Garden, The
Jill K. Bunting / Glan Conwy​
Shhhhh
Geoff Harmer / Basingstoke
Still from 'Playtime'.
Playtime
Still from 'Preserving Our Past'.
Preserving Our Past
Still from 'Saudade'.
Saudade
Still from 'Secret Garden'.
The Secret Garden
Still from 'Shhhhh'.
Shhhhh
Title
Film Maker / From
Sunshine Cafe, The
Jill Lampert / Sutton Coldfield
Time to Die
Robin Slater / Sutton Coldfield
Tiny World of Walter Zapp, The
Richard Brown / Birmingham
Victim
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton
Visual Trickery in Cinematography
Pip Critten / Plymouth
Void, The
Jorge Perez Ruiz
Still from 'The Sunshine Café'.
The Sunshine Café
Still from 'Time to Die'.
Time to Die
Still from 'The Tiny World of Walter Zapp'.
The Tiny World of Walter Zapp
Still from 'Victim'.
Victim
Still from 'Visual Trickery in Cinematography'.
Visual Trickery in Cinematography
Still from 'The Void'.
The Void
Four Stars means... 
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 Very good. 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.
Awards | Category Nominations | Diamond | ***** | **** | *** | ** | * 
​Watch a selection of 2025 entries online here.​