Each year in Spring we run The IAC British International Amateur Film Festival learn from the very best that amateur movie making has to offer ...

At BIAFF you can:

• see lots of the top movies from the IAC International Competition
• meet 200 or 300 fellow amateur film enthusiasts from around the world
• talk to top award winners
• enjoy a great weekend in different parts of Britain each year
• take a long weekend break and visit nearby places of interest.

IAC regions take turns hosting BIAFF and each adds its distinctive touches. The core event starts on a Friday evening and runs through to late Sunday afternoon. On Friday and Saturday there may be four or more "mini-cinemas" running at once and each showing different fascinating programmes of top films and runners-up. On Saturday night a gala banquet offers a chance to get to know other delegates and to recognise the achievements of outstanding people in the amateur film movement by awarding Fellowships. On Sunday we come together in one large hall for the screening of the major award-winning films and presentation of prizes. Most regions also organise an interesting programme of excursions and entertainments starting on the preceding Thursday afternoon and running through Friday.

Where possible the event takes place in a single building - often a large old-style hotel - so that delegates can mix and mingle between shows. Over the years the festival's name has changed. For many years it always took place in the capital and was called the LIAFF (London International ...). Then it became Movie nnnn (where nnn was the year).

Diary date ...

BIAFF 2009: 24th - 26th April 2009 hosted by CEMRIAC at The Chesterfield Hotel, Chesterfield.

Competition rules and entry forms can be downloaded here

Recent festival reports ...

Movie 1999 | Movie 2000 | Movie 2001 | Movie 2002 | Movie 2003

BIAFF 2004 | BIAFF 2005 | BIAFF 2006| BIAFF 2007 | BIAFF 2008|

Other Festivals | IAC Trophies

Page updated on 18 September 2008

Authors' views are not necessarily those of The Institute of Amateur Cinematographers

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