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British Success at UNICA 2008 - World Class Winners

	Phil Martin's haunting film In the National Interest received a UNICA gold medal. The film presents an account of the crucial meeting of the Joint Iintelligence Committee in 1942 that heard an eye-witness report of the extermination of the Jews in the concentration camps, yet decided to conceal it from ministers. You can read Phil's account of making the film here.
	Alan Atkinson's comedy Heatwave received a UNICA silver medal. This Bond parody features Gordon Bullock as the wacky inventor Walter Ruddles battling to save the world yet again. You can read Alan's account of making the film here.

Find out what else happened at UNICA 2008.

Latest results - the Cotswold and Guernsey Lily festivals

Hot off the emails, we have the results from the

• Cotswold Festival 2008
• Guernsey Lily Festival 2008

We've also produced a comparison of the results of the big 3 UK International festivals (BIAFF, Cotswold and Guernsey) to see how they rated the same films.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. (Jean-Luc Godard)

Festivals and Competitions

• Entry forms for BIAFF 2009. Deadline 31st January 2009.
• Full details and entry form for the Phase4 2008 Fiction Film Competition. Deadline 9th Oct 2008.
• News of this year's Kent Festival here.
• You have till 1st September to get your entry ready for AMPS (the American Motion Picture Society) Festival.
• We now have details of this year's Tallinn Festival here .
Events

• Don't wait to book - places at the SoCo Weekender at the end of October are selling fast.
Results

• Shooters Hill Box Office 2008: each month a new club showreel is viewed, and the film voted best is announced here.
Other

• Our Life Vice-President Gerald Mee has been awarded an M.B.E..
• Find out what happened at UNICA this year in Tunisia.
• Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing is looking for people who would be interested in taking part in a film project. Find out more here.
• Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum is looking for film makers to show and discuss their work with an audience. More information.
• WildFilmHistory is launched - a website recording and celebrating 100 years of wildlife filmmaking. www.wildfilmhistory.org.
• ITV's 'The Way we Were' is back and looking for old 'home movies' from filmmakers in the South/South East. More information.

BIAFF 2008

Check what happened at the Festival in Harrogate. The results . About the judges . Read about the making of the top films.

M.B.E. for Gerald

Gerald Mee, Life Vice-President of the I.A.C., has been awarded an M.B.E. for voluntary service to Heritage in Leek, Staffordshire.

• Public Liability Insurance - more cover available but for IAC clubs only.
• ITV Local arrives
• Alan Colegrave's IAC Tech / Video / Photography News
• IAC Goodies! - wear the logo with pride.
• Transferring cine to video - Colin Jones shares his experience
• The Guernsey Lily website has had a total revamp - worth a look.
• Why won't my DVD play on a TV? - Ray Williamson has some answers.
• How do I make DVDs that run every time? - Ray Williamson has some suggestions.
• How did they make that? - over 100 articles by film makers about specific movies.
• The Production Village - online resource for student film-making and drama.
• Trackline are ... er ... back on track. Their website now offers MP3s.

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