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.

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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.

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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.•

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.

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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.

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