The BBFC rate films before they are released in cinemas. These days there are five certificates for cinema films
U - Universal; everyone can watch it.
PG- Parental Guidance (minors)
12A- Age 12 has to be with an Adult
15- Any one above -15 can watch the film. (Teenagers)
18- Only Adults
In theory, anyone can see a U or a PG, although you and your parents and teachers are encouraged to think carefully about whether a PG film will be suitable for you if you are younger than 8 or 9 years old.
With 12A films you must be 12 or older to go and see them, unless you have an adult with you. It is up to that grown-up to decide that you won’t be upset or disturbed by anything you see.
Anyone wanting to release a film, video or DVD for showing in cinemas or watching at home has to make sure that their film has a BBFC age rating symbol. It's against the law to try and sell videos and DVDs without this. Films that you see at the cinema also have to display the right rating.
This will help us rate our film. i will probably be a 12A or above.
On Wednesday we visited the British Film Institute on the London South-bank. We visited yesterday as there was an event being held on how youth is interpreted through media and film.
The day started with a presentation by Matthew Hall on the growth and change of teenagers and youth over the years as well as how film has shown this. There was then a screening of the film 'My Brother, The Devil.' followed by a Question and Answer with one of the producers, Julia Godzinskaya. Overall, the day was fantastic as it gave us an in depth look at how media and film portrays the young in society
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Plot
Mo
(Elsayed) idolises his older brother Rashid (Floyd), following him into gang
life on their East End estate. But when Rashid decides he wants out — for
reasons he can’t share even with Mo — fraternal ties are sorely tested.
Hackney-set tale of petty criminals
perforating each other with bullet-holes lands in our cinemas, running on the
already foul fumes of Guy Ritchie’s heyday. So when one of them arrives on our
screens via festival premieres at Sundance and Berlin, chances are it must offer
a variation on the familiar guns-and-geezers formula. That’s certainly true of
Sally El Hosaini’s keenly observed, visually inventive debut feature, though its
opening beats are decidedly familiar.
Stories of brothers alternately
united and separated by the underworld have been a Hollywood staple since before
movies could talk, so the path for naive schoolboy Mo (Fady Elsayed) and his
rebellious, older brother Rashid (James Floyd) seems set. Indeed, for
its first act, only some interesting ethnic detailing separates the narrative
from limp recent Adam Deacon effort Payback Season, as Rashid tries and fails to
prevent Mo from becoming a drug-runner for the dangerous gang in which he
himself is a high-level operator.
Just as you’ve set your watch by the
inevitable pattern of corruption and redemption, however, El Hosaini steers her
film into far riskier territory for this meat-and-potatoes genre, as sexuality
becomes a touchier concern for Mo and Rashid than the macho mechanics of gang
life. James Floyd is magnetic as he navigates Rashid’s conflicting lifestyles;
Letitia Wright, meanwhile, is a luminous discovery as Aisha, the orthodox Muslim
neighbour who keeps Mo’s conscience on an even keel. In keeping with her film’s
unexpected tonal shift, El Hosaini’s film making balances sharp urban texture
with more intimate poetic flourishes, as her camera seeks light and beauty even
in the least welcoming tower-block environs.
Verdict
Already a compelling
gangland saga, this vastly promising debut turns into something more surprising
when social prejudice becomes the characters’ weapon of choice. If that sounds
too much like a lecture, El Hosaini’s voice remains crisp, cool and consistently
street-smart. i would defiantly recommend this film to people, it puts different view on gangster films. the directory said she produced to show what it was really like in hackney London, as she has grown up in there. also the fact that some of the actors are from local area put that total realism as the accents and the area is very hackney like. Also the fact i has already won more than ten awards shows ghow good it is.
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