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Top Prizes & Craft Awards | Diamond | ***** | *** | ** | * | Cert

​BIAFF 2026 :  FOUR STAR AWARDS
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Still from 'Active'.
Active
Still from 'Am I Dreaming?'.
Am I Dreaming?
Still from 'Another Perfect Day'.
Another Perfect Day
Still from 'The Beaten'.
The Beaten
Title
Film maker / From
Active
Lorena Castellanos / USA
Am I Dreaming?
Jake Lee / Surrey, UK
Another Perfect Day​
Devlin Murphy / Ireland
Beaten, The
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
Cat & Curtains
Robin Harvey / Staffordshire, UK​​
City, The
Mike Pill / UK
City, The
Elina Myshanych / Ukraine
​​Collage
Marius Conrotto / Spain
Still from 'Cat & Curtains'.
Cat & Curtains
Still from 'The City'.
The City (Mike Pill)
Still from 'The City'.
The City (Elina Myshanych)
Still from 'Collage'.
Collage

Still from 'The Contest'.
The Contest
Still from 'A Dream Come True'.
A Dream Come True
Still from 'The Engulfed Cathedral'.
The Engulfed Cathedral
Still from 'F**k It. It's Over'.
F**k It. It's Over
Title
Film maker / From
Contest, The
Andreas Bierl / Germany
Dream Come True, A​
Karl-Heinz Schmidt / Germany
Engulfed Cathedral, The
Larry Hall / Sheffield, UK
F**k It. It's Over
Hardeep Giani / London, UK
Firing Line, The
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
First Patient, The
Jordan Battiste / USA
​Found and Lost​
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
Free
Lewis Boudier / UK
till from 'The Firing Line'.
The Firing Line
Still from 'The First Patient'.
The First Patient
Still from 'Found and Lost'.
Found and Lost
Still from 'Free'.
Free

Still from 'From Jungle to Global Stage',
From Jungle to Global Stage
Still from 'Full Disclosure'.
Full Disclosure
Still from ''.
Glow
Still from 'Guards'.
Guards
Title
Film maker / From
From Jungle to Global Stage
Suzy Sommer / Luxembourg
Full Disclosure
Ken Wilson / Wakefield, UK
Glow
Wenzel Schöne / Germany
Guards
Werner Haegeman / Belgium
High Strangeness
Peter Warrington / Cleethorpes, UK
I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Roger Fowles / Kent, UK
Immigrant
Nilram Rangbar / Iran
Julienne of Light Bulbs
Dave Lojek / Germany
Still from 'High Strangeness'.
High Strangeness
Still from 'I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly'.
I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Still from 'Immigrant'.
Immigrant
Still from 'Julienne of Light Bulbs'.
Julienne of Light Bulbs

Still from 'Justice'.
Justice
Still from 'The Keeper'.
The Keeper
Still from 'London's Exo Skeletons'.
London's Exo Skeletons
Still from 'Luna'.
Luna
Title
Film maker / From
Justice
Joshua J. Taylor / London, UK
Keeper, The
Ingrid Ulst / Estonia
London's Exo Skeletons
Graham Ralls / Croydon, UK
Luna
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
Navigating the Net
Drama at St. Luke's  CE Primary / Rugby, UK
Neutonic
Ben Bayliss / London, UK
Niagara
Alan McDonald Sinclair / Caithness, UK
No Looking Back
Larry Hall / Sheffield, UK
Still from 'Navigating the Net'.
Navigating the Net
Still from 'Neutonic'.
Neutonic
Still from 'Niagara'.
Niagara
Still from 'No Looking Back'.
No Looking Back

Still from 'Norwegian Lights'.
Norwegian Lights
Still from 'Paranoia'.
Paranoia
Still from 'Resolution'.
Resolution
Still from 'The Rise of A.I.'.
The Rise of A.I.
Title
Film maker / From
Norwegian Lights
Martin Sunderland / Leeds, UK
Paranoia
Ken Wilson / Wakefield, UK
Resolution
Larry Hall / Sheffield, UK
Rise of A.I., The
Larry Hall / Sheffield, UK
Rosa & Ada
Richard Scarsbrook / Trafford, UK
Second From the End
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
Secrets of Bishop's Knoll, The
BFVS Filmmaking in Bristol / UK
Serendipidist, The
Peter Haesendonck / Belgium
Still from 'Rosa & Ada'.
Rosa & Ada
Still from 'Second From The End'.
Second From The End
Still from 'The Secrets of Bishops Knoll'.
The Secrets of Bishop's Knoll
Still from 'The Serendipidist'.
The Serendipidist

Still from 'Silver Screen, Nigel Diptus at Royal William Yard'.
Silver Screen, Nigel Diptus at Royal William Yard
Still from 'Summers End'.
Summer's End
Still from 'Terminated Link'.
Terminated Link
Still from 'That Grey Area'.
That Grey Area
Title
Film maker / From
Silver Screen, Nigel Diptus at Royal William Yard
Pip Critten / Plymouth, UK
Summer's End
Bob Tsang / London, UK
Terminated Link
Vidas Kalibatas / Berkshire, UK
That Grey Area
Howard Smith / Wolverhampton, UK
Their Final Journey
John Sharp / Kent, UK
Thin Place, The
Guido Haesen, Luxembourg
Trip-Papa-Angela
Martin Dolezal / Czech Republic
Still from 'Their Final Journey'.
Their Final Journey
Stil from 'The Thin Place'.
The Thin Place
Still from 'Trip-Papa-Angela'.
Trip-Papa-Angela
Four Stars means... 
​
  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.​
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