BEST OF THE WEST
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Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
PILLION
DIRECTOR .....
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests.
When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
This distance between them means that Agnes becomes bored with Thomas’ storytelling, forcing Thomas to use his incredible creativity to make new stories for them both.
Through their burgeoning relationship, he learns how to express himself creatively, empathise and learn from others, making his unique experience of the world around him more understandable and manageable.
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Our programme of shorts features the most innovative and adventurous ideas from filmmakers whose short films manifest stylistic boldness, strength of form, and the ambition to use the medium in a way that resists cliché. Shorts to feature films, the Cornwall Film Festival is a British Independent Film Awards Qualifing festival. ​
WHAT'S ON
Lifelong Learning week
3–7th November 2025
Creative Careers Month
November
Community week
10-16th November 2025
2025 IntoFilm Schools Festival
11-28th November
BFI Blockbuster season Too Much
A Season Of Melodrama
Previews week at The Poly Falmouth
17th - 22nd November 2025​
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