Biography of 'Scottish Amateur Film Festival (SAFF)'
Films associated with 'Scottish Amateur Film Festival (SAFF)'
- AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHY
- APPLE A DAY, an
- APPLICATION OF EXPERIMENTS PART I
- APPLICATION OF EXPERIMENTS PART II
- ARDNAMURCHAN
- AROUND WICK HARBOUR
- ARP: A REMINDER FOR PEACETIME
- AT THE MUSEUM
- CAMERA MAKES WHOOPEE
- COUNTRY LOON, the
- CRAGSMAN'S DAY, a
- DREAM COME TRUE, a
- FANTASMAGORIA
- FEATHER CHRISTMAS
- FICKLE FORTUNE
- FILTERS AND FILTRATION
- FISHING FLEET
- FLEE MARKET, the
- GLASGOW JUVENILE INSTRUCTION CENTRE, a
- GREY METROPOLIS, the
- HADDOCK FISHING
- HANDBA' AT KIRKWALL, ORKNEY
- HEIL OESTERREICH
- HIDE FOR SIMON, a
- HISTORY OF LIGHTING
- HIT AND A MISS, a
- HOLIDAYS, HURRAH!
- HORN CARVING
- HOW NOT TO BATH A BABY
- HUMPTY DUMPTY
- JAPANESE JOURNEY
- JOYS OF THE OPEN ROAD
- JUNGLE JINKS, HEIL OESTERREICH, POTTERY and GLASGOW JUNIOR INSTRUCTION CENTRE
- KINTYRE
- LITTLE MISS MUFFET
- LOBSTER CATCHING
- MARY'S GARDEN
- OATS
- OCHILTREE TILE WORKS
- PENALTY, the
- PILLS FOR ALL ILLS
- POTTERY
- POTTERY AS A SCHOOL CRAFT
- RIVER IS SPANNED, the
- SALMON FISHING BY THE RING NET METHOD
- SALMON FISHING IN SKYE
- SCOTTISH DAILY NEWS
- SEA ROAD TO THE ISLES, the
- SEVEN TILL FIVE
- SHEEP DIPPING
- SIMPLE SIMON
- SKIMSTERS, the
- SO FAR SO GOOD: The Strathspey Railway Association
- THREE MUST-GET-THERE'S, the
- TRAWLER TOWN
- TREE FOR TWO
- VORTEX
- WILD FLOWERS OF PALESTINE
- YOUTH TAKES A BOUGH!
Amateur film festival organisation
SIAFF had its origins in the Open Competition for cine enthusiasts organised by the Meteor Film Producing Society, held in Glasgow in October 1933. By 1934 it had been launched as an annual competition named Scottish Amateur Film Festival, becoming Scottish International Amateur Film Festival in 1970.
The Festival went into abeyance during the Second World War, resumed in 1948 as an annual event, until 1978, with only three festivals 1981, 1983 and 1986 to follow. Festival historians claim that it was the first competition of its kind to be organised in the world and the first of the three major amateur competitions in Great Britain (citing Institute of Amateur Cinematographers and Amateur Cine World as others).
The SIAFF was unique for its adjudication system and the appointment of a professional from the film industry as Adjudicator. These industry contributors have included John Grierson, Alfred Hithcock, Michael Powell, Paul Rotha, Sidney Furie and Alan Parker. The Festivals were organised by the Scottish Association of Amateur Cinematographers from 1949, in association with Scottish Film Council. The public presentation of prizewinning films was made in the Cosmo Cinema in Glasgow.
Researcher: Scottish Screen Archive