Cornwall Film Festival
The Cornwall Film Festival is an annual festival, first established in 2002, which focuses on supporting and celebrating the film and media industry in Cornwall, England. Aside from the annual festival, the organisation also engages with film-makers and audiences throughout the year by offering local and national premieres, and hosting masterclasses, workshops and discussions for everyone from the enthusiast to the professional.
The film festival has been recognised by a number of well-known individuals in the film industry, such as film critic Mark Kermode, who created a five-minute promotional video for the event in 2013.
The festival supports Cornish filmmaking in both the Cornish and English language and there is a "govynn kernewek" competition in which applicants present their idea for a film in the Cornish language, with the winners receiving financial, material and technical support for the production.
Many filmmakers who work solely in English will refer to themselves as Cornish filmmakers. Their films often make use of Cornish themes, landscapes and ways of life. Certainly the concept of a Cornish film industry exists, the term 'Oggywood' has been coined. Similarly, there has been a Young People's Festival which runs a day prior to the main festival. This has run for the same amount of time as the main festival.
In 2014, a new director was appointed by the board to create a "sustainable creative vision" for the future of the festival.
The 2023 event is scheduled to take place in November in Falmouth.
Feature films screened
2017
The Florida Project Dir. Sean BakerEven When I Fall + Q&A Dir.Sky Neal & Kate McLarnonThe Party Dir. Sally PotterThe Square Dir. Ruben ÖstlundLast FishermanThe Yukon Assignment Pro. Charlie FrippWilderness Dir. Justin DohertyGod's Own Country Dir. Francis LeeKilling of a Sacred Deer Dir. Yorgos LanthimosPatti Cake$ Dir. Geremy Jasper2018
PREVIEW FoxTrot Dir. Samuel MaozSongbird + Q&A with Dir. Dir. Jamie AdamsOn a Knife Edge + Q&A with Dir.Dir. Jeremy WilliamsPREVIEW Colette Dir. Wash WestmorelandPeterloo + Q&A with Dir. Dir. Mike LeighThe Wife Dir.The Eyes of Orson Welles Dir. Mark CousinsThe Tale Dir. Jennifer FoxShoplifters Dir. Hirokazu Kore-edaHannah Dir. Andrea PallaoroThe Wrecking Season Dir. Jane Darke2019
PREVIEW System crasher Dir Nora FingscheidtHoneyland Dir Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo StefanovMonos Dir Alejandro LandesGood Posture Dir Dolly WellsLittle MonstersDir. Abe ForsytheOnly You + Q&A with Director Dir. Harry WootliffPREVIEW Jojo Rabbit Dir. Taika Waititi Blues Brothers Dir. John LandisHedwig and the Angry Inch Dir. John Cameron Mitchell2021
Petite Maman Dir Celina SciamaTitane Dir Julia DucournauSpencer Dir Pablo LarraínAli and Ava Dir Clio BarnardBad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn Dir Radu JudeThe Card Counter Dir Paul SchraderMemory Box Dir Joana nHadjithomas, Khalil JoerigeLamb Dir Valdimar JóhannssonAwards
2005 Delabole Slate Audience Award Film of the Festival: Encounters, Dir: Pat Kelman Prod.: Jonty Reason on behalf of Pittot Films2005 Delabole Slate Audience Award Student Film of the Festival: Sunday Bench, Dir: Russell Hancock
2005 Govynn Kernewek Award: Tap Tap Tap, Dir: Marie Foulston
2019
Fellowship Awards: Rory Wilton
Golden Chough:Mark Jenkin for Bait (2019 film)
Music Video Award: JERUSALEM
Best Short Award: FUNFAIR
Best Regional Short: YN Mor
Sub Awards:
Best Scriptwriting
THE SEA Written by Cameron Richards
Highly Commended for Writing:
FLYING LESSONS
Written, produced and directed by Laurence Donoghue
Best Actor : Anna Friel: The Sea
Best Ensemble Cast: 'Yn Mor'