Certification of Our Film

The British Board of Film Classification(BBFC) are in charge of rating any films that are shown in cinemas and are released on DVD. They will provide a rating of either U, PG, 12/12A, 15 or 18, this depending on the discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sexual content, themes and violence within the film. We need to give our film opening a certification as it is a legal obligation. It is also important as it provides protection for some audiences from items and scenes that may cause harm to the viewer.



We have decided to rate our film as a 15, as though out the rest of the film it is likely to contain some upsetting scenes, the main one being the deterioration of the main character due to her ill health and her eventual death at the end of the film. There will also be some violence involved due to the main characters parents, with whom she has a difficult relationship. As the film is a 15 and not a higher rating there will only be a small amount of references to child abuse and will not dwell on the detail of it. We want to keep this at a minimum as this is upsetting for many different types of audience. The film will also contain some strong language but it will not be repeated a huge amount.

We have chosen the 15 rating as we feel the content and theme of this film would be too upsetting to anyone younger and they would not fully understand some of the details of the film.




Posted by Abby P