2. What is a 12A?
From our research around certification in terms of violence we found
that:
•At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on
detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but
occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by
their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical
drama).
•Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A, and
there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be
easily accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and
12 works.
•Sexual violence, such as scenes of rape or assault, may only be
implied or briefly and discreetly indicated at 12A. Such scenes must
also have a strong contextual justification.
•Moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at 12 or 12A
as long as disturbing sequences are not too frequent or sustained.

3. What is a 15?
From our research around certification we found that:
•Yes, at 15 violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the
infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images
are unlikely to be acceptable.
•Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be
acceptable.
•Easily accessible weapons may not be glamorised.
•At 15 there can be strong threat and menace (as long as it is not
sadistic or sexualised), although the strongest gory images are
unlikely to be acceptable.

4. What is an 18?
From our research around certification we found that:
•Yes, at 18 violence can be strong and be portrayed with strong
detail. There may even be dwelling on the infliction of pain or
injury, or scenes of strong sadistic or sexual violence.
•The strongest gory images are permitted at this category.

5. What certificate should our film be?
• We decided to certify our film a ‘15’ because
we felt that although it didn’t have as much
violence as an 18 permits, it has more than a
12 would.
• We had already decided that the area of our
product that was subjective to certification
was violence as profanity and sex/nudity were
going to be minimal, if referenced at all.

6. What certificate should our film be?
• We decided to certify our film a ‘15’ because
we felt that although it didn’t have as much
violence as an 18 permits, it has more than a
12 would.
• We had already decided that the area of our
product that was subjective to certification
was violence as profanity and sex/nudity were
going to be minimal, if referenced at all.