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BIAFF 2007 Selection 4
V349 (MiniDV) / V350 (DVD) - other formats may be available on request

TOP AWARDS SELECTION 4 (BIAFF 2007)

As screened at BIAFF 2007, Tunbridge Wells. Click here for Festival Report.

1. SIDE-BY-SIDE
Terry & Debbie Mendoza (Essex)

The other side of the Israeli/Palestine problem is shown here - the one that doesn't get the international publicity - co-existence...

IAC Gold Standard Award 2007
UNICA Bronze Medal
UNICA Prix Fellini Humanitarian Award
Article on making the film.

Documentary
14.mins


2. PICASSO OF THE PIER
Clive Atkins, FRPS (West Midlands)

This is a revealing documentary about the famous (or some might say, infamous!) seaside postcard artist Donald McGill and all those buxom ladies, etc, etc! He really had the most extraordinary life and certainly didn't look the part!

IAC Gold Standard Award 2007
Article on making the film.

Documentary
13.mins


3. BREENDONK
Willy Van der Linden (Belgium)

The title is the name of an army camp in Belgium which was taken over by the Germans in World War II; the film is the story told by one 90-year-old survivor. Some may find certain scenes upsetting.

(English subtitles.)
IAC Silver Plus Standard Award 2007

Documentary
23.mins


4. LEARNING THE GAME
Artworks Pictures [Paul Bagshaw], (Merseyside)

Choirboy Carl, 14 (Jon Dickson), tells the story of how he lost his mother and his voice in the same year, as a result of which he felt lonely and ill-at-ease because his father was too busy running the family hotel. His chum Alan (Peter Ravenscroft) is mentally handicapped, so is unable to help, either. The story is what happens to both of them ...

Widescreen format.
IAC Silver Standard Award 2007

Drama
28.mins


5. ENCOUNTER
Barry Lockwood (West Yorks)

A space-ship (reminiscent of 2001) travels through space but misses Earth...

IAC Silver Standard Award 2007

Humour
3.mins


Price £7.50.   Total running time 81 mins.


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