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. The festival supports Cornish film making 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 film-makers who work solely in English will refer to themselves as Cornish film-makers. Their films often make use of Cornish themes, landscape and way 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. The 2019 event is scheduled to take place from 15–17 November at The Poly in Falmouth. Previous Festival Dates. 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 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 Monsters |Dir. 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 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 (Supproted by WeAudition): Anna Friel: The Sea Best Ensemble Cast: 'Yn Mor'