Cornwall Film Festival

The Cornwall Film Festival (Cornish: Gool fylm Kernow) 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.^[1]

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 (from oggy meaning pasty and Hollywood). 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.^[2]

The 2023 event is scheduled to take place in November in Falmouth.

Previous Festival Dates


Year	Dates	Location
2017	11 & 12 November	The Poly, Falmouth
2018	9-11 November	The Poly, Falmouth
2019	15-17 November	The Poly, Falmouth
2020	13-15 November	The Poly, Falmouth
2021	15-21 November	The Poly, Falmouth
2022	14-20 November	The Poly, Falmouth

Feature films screened

2017

The Florida Project Dir. Sean Baker
Even When I Fall + Q&A Dir.Sky Neal & Kate McLarnon
The Party Dir. Sally Potter
The Square Dir. Ruben Östlund
Last Fisherman
The Yukon Assignment Pro. Charlie Fripp
Wilderness Dir. Justin Doherty
God's Own Country Dir. Francis Lee
Killing of a Sacred Deer Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Patti Cake$ Dir. Geremy Jasper

2018

PREVIEW FoxTrot Dir. Samuel Maoz
Songbird + Q&A with Dir. Dir. Jamie Adams
On a Knife Edge + Q&A with Dir.Dir. Jeremy Williams
PREVIEW Colette Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Peterloo + Q&A with Dir. Dir. Mike Leigh
The Wife Dir.
The Eyes of Orson Welles Dir. Mark Cousins
The Tale Dir. Jennifer Fox
Shoplifters Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hannah Dir. Andrea Pallaoro
The Wrecking Season Dir. Jane Darke (Closing Gala)

2019

PREVIEW System crasher Dir Nora Fingscheidt
Honeyland Dir Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
Monos Dir Alejandro Landes
Good Posture Dir Dolly Wells
Little MonstersDir. Abe Forsythe
Only You + Q&A with Director Dir. Harry Wootliff
PREVIEW Jojo Rabbit Dir. Taika Waititi (Closing Film)
Blues Brothers Dir. John Landis
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Dir. John Cameron Mitchell

2021

Petite Maman Dir Celina Sciama
Titane Dir Julia Ducournau
Spencer Dir Pablo Larraín
Ali and Ava Dir Clio Barnard
Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn Dir Radu Jude
The Card Counter Dir Paul Schrader
Memory Box Dir Joana nHadjithomas, Khalil Joerige
Lamb Dir Valdimar Jóhannsson

Awards

2005 Delabole Slate Audience Award Film of the Festival: Encounters, Dir: Pat Kelman Prod.: Jonty Reason on behalf of Pittot Films

2005 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 (Actor)

Golden Chough:Mark Jenkin (Director)for Bait (2019 film)

Music Video Award: JERUSALEM (Ofer Winter, Shimon Engel)

Best Short Award: FUNFAIR (Dir. Kaveh Mazaheri)

Best Regional Short: YN Mor (Dir. Zoe Alker)

Sub Awards:

Best Scriptwriting (supported by The Writers Collective) THE SEA Written by Cameron Richards

Highly Commended for Writing: FLYING LESSONS Written, produced and directed by Laurence Donoghue

Best Actor (Supported by WeAudition): Anna Friel: The Sea

Best Ensemble Cast: 'Yn Mor'

References

^ "Mark Kermode's Picks of the 2013 Cornwall Film Festival". Vimeo. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ 8wire_CFF. "About the Cornwall Film Festival event -". Retrieved 28 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Mark Kermode's Picks of the 2013 Cornwall Film Festival". Vimeo. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[2] 8wire_CFF. "About the Cornwall Film Festival event -". Retrieved 28 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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