26th RPS International AV Festival 2025

We are pleased to announce that the RPS IAVF will take place as an On-Line Showing of all entries from the 18 -20 November 2025 

The GALA SHOW takes place on Saturday 22 November 2025 at Worcester University Drama Studio

 Welcome to a different format for our 26th RPS International Audio Visual Festival.  The Committee decided that with it being an International event it was inevitable that entrants from distant places would not be able to attend the Festival.   So it was decided that we would make sure every AV submitted would be shown via a Zoom Conference Meeting over three evenings, commencing 18th November for 3 evenings. The results will not be announced via Zoom. There will be an audience vote each evening.   The full results will be announced at the Gala Show on Saturday 22 November. 

 A Gala Show for the winning AVs and a selection of acceptances will be held .  This then gives those of you who wish and prefer a physical meeting the opportunity to mix with fellow AV enthusiasts.

 This year it will be held at the Drama Studio at Worcester University on Saturday 22nd November 2025 - 10.00 - 17.00.   The studio comprises of a dark space with comfortable tiered seating. The sound and projection is of a superb standard with sound absorbing curtains on three walls of the studio. We will be using the AV Groups screen which measures 16 by 9 feet.

 The whole day will cost £15 which includes refreshments and parking

We have an International Jury and have been FIAP approved. 

• Jean Paul Petit   Jean Paul has been passionate about photographic film since 1975, and he has created, with varying degrees of success, around thirty AV Productions, or Slideshows as he likes to call them. He has shared this passion by writing two educational books on slideshows ("Slideshows: An Art, a Hobby, a Passion" and "Create Your Digital Slideshows").
  
  He has organised “the Paris Trophy” with Michel Paret for 21 years, and chairs the Objectif Image association, which is very active in the audiovisual field.
  
  Jean Paul is interested in the projected image in all its forms and visits many contemporary art exhibitions where you can see a huge number of very interesting video works from a creative perspective. He also enjoyed wandering around museums.
  
  He is particularly sensitive to originality and creativity and likes to be kept on the edge of his seat from the beginning to the end of a AV production. Rigor, thoroughness of work, technical cleanliness are also criteria to which he attaches great importance.
• Robert Albright Robert gained his and FRPS in AV in 2002 at the 25th anniversary of The RPS AV Group.  He went on to receive the HonFRPS distinction in 2017 when he became the RPS President for which he served a two year term.
  
  He has judged the RPS International AV Festival when it was held at the Royal Agricultural College and the and RPS National AV Championship at Sutton Bonington. He is the current Chair of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) AV Awards assessments and was previously Chair RPS Slide-Sound Distinctions Panel.
  
  Robert has judged AV competitions in Australia, Italy and the UK and most recently in 2024 the Irish International and National Championships – after a very bumpy flight!  He has twice won Gold Medal at the RPS NAVC, the Silver Medal at the RPS IAVF as well as Gold Medals at the European Championship (Belgium), The Great Northern AV festival and the IAC Geoffrey Round/Peter Coles AV Competition.
  
  Robert assesses AV in the context of literary story-telling, art history, the history of photography since 1827 and film history from 1890. The production must aim to engage, inform, move emotionally, to entertain or to amuse. His pet hate is use of the word ‘sequence’ as this implies part of a scene in a film or a string of images with no meaningful content.
  
  
• Jill Sneesby  Jill is a club, salon & honours judge and has travelled extensively to judge many international events including the HIPA Awards in Dubai, the Emirates Photography Competition in Abu Dhabi, the Al Thani Awards in Austria, the FIAP Nature Biennials in India as well as numerous international events in China and the Adelaide Audio Visual Festival in Australia. Jill is delighted to add the RPS International Audio Visual Festival to her list

  When she is not called on to judge she often enters and has achieved considerable success both Internationally (Wildlife Photographer of the Year & Nature’s Best) and Nationally (Fuji, Getaway & Agfa Awards) as well as on the salon circuit. Her most notable win being of the Toyota Landcruiser in the Africa Photographic Awards.

  Jill has been awarded honours in prints, slides and audio visual and was the first person to achieve the MPSSA. Internationally she also achieved her FRPS and MFIAP in nature prints and her FPSA and was awarded the Hon CPA and Hon FIP.

  For Jill, the magic of Audio Visual is the ability to use Images, Sound and AV techniques to share emotions and to tell the story.

 

Graphics Used

Some of you may notice a change in our graphics. You will recall from previous festivals that the various graphics used, seek to celebrate the location used for the IAVF. It is no different this time and we are grateful to Andrew Gagg for taking on this challenge. And it is Andrew’s home city!

To quote Andrew:  "The black pears on Worcester’s coat of arms are steeped in local legend and historical symbolism. They represent the Black Worcester pear, a hardy cooking variety with deep roots in the region’s identity.

One of the most enduring stories dates back to 1415, when Worcestershire bowmen are said to have carried banners depicting a pear tree laden with fruit at the Battle of Agincourt. The poet Michael Drayton even referenced this in his poem about the battle: “Wor’ster a pear tree laden with its fruit”.

Another key moment came in 1575, during a visit by Queen Elizabeth I to Worcester. The city authorities reportedly transplanted a pear tree heavy with fruit to the Foregate in her honour. So impressed was the Queen by the tree’s abundance and the fact that the fruit had not been picked, she is said to have granted Worcester the right to add three black pears to its coat of arms.

Today, the black pear remains a proud emblem across Worcestershire—from the city’s crest to the county cricket club’s badge. It’s a symbol of resilience, heritage, and a touch of royal favour."

 

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• FIAP Fiche
• Information for Entrants
• IAVF Entry Form as a Fillable PDF
• IAVF Entry Form in word format
• FIAP Publicity Certificate
• FIAP Patronage 

 

 

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