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Our selection of lens-based media from around the globe, screening at Cornwall Film Festival 2025. STEP INTO THE FRAME AND EXPERIENCE STORIES FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE Cornwall Film Festival is a global platform inviting filmmakers from every corner of the world to showcase bold, captivating and innovative stories. BOOK TICKETS Press Blog Merch Store TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM Talks CFF 25 Industry 2025 FAQ's & Access 2025 Diary & Tickets 2025 Black Tide In Focus 2025 Selected films 2025 Short Films home 2025 QuckCut 90sec INTERSECTION: EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS ON HANNAH FIELDS LEWIS HERIZ A patch of land in Derby, UK, is adopted by an ex-NHS Psychiatric Nurse and transformed by a cyclical system of recovery. A poetic portrait of a place, the people who support it and that it supports. RIVERVIEW SIMON RATTIGAN A river divides territory and is at once a way in and a way out, where tidal shifts push and pull one's desires to go and explore the beyond, while old loyalties hold onto the past weighing down one's need to escape. GILBERT & GEORGE DAYTRIPPING FOREVER! IAIN B. MACDONALD "Gilbert & George Daytripping Forever!" follows the artists Gilbert and George as they embark on another adventure to Southend-on-Sea and explore the meaning of their art and their lives. OLEUM 'VERSUS' (DIRECTOR DUO): TANYA BABIC & JASON SUKADANA In a bold reimagining of Opera for the screen, 'Oleum' follows a wounded mechanic’s journey to hear the plaintive song of a local waitress one last time. SPOKEN MOVMENT FAMILY HONOUR DANIEL GURTON In a British-Ghanaian household bound by tradition and religion, a young girl lives under the oppressive control of her abusive father. At the family dinner table, heated arguments reveal the deep rift between them as they confront the scars of their shared history. DREAMT BY ANOTHER VIKKI BARDOT Dreamt by Another is an allegorical take on creating with artificial intelligence and a meditation on identity, memory, and love. Interweaving passages from Pinocchio (1883), The Velveteen Rabbit (1922), Frankenstein (1818), and Borges's The Circular Ruins (1940), the film builds a single narrative about coming into existence. It extends the lineage of wooden puppets, toys, and monsters into the realm of artificial intelligence, as the latest chapter in humanity's pursuit to make the unreal come alive. A POEM VASILIOS PAPAIOANNU In an underground garage, a voice message becomes the testament of a love left in limbo, while fleeting images allude to the moment that led to it. A FROG SITS IN WATER DYLAN FRIESE-GREENE A Frog Sits in Water is an experimental film exploring human complacency in the face of disaster. Set during an all-consuming heatwave, the film follows a lone figure spiralling into psychosis as the world boils and rots around him. Surrounded by spinning fans, he blocks out the sunlight and plays his saxophone in a desperate attempt to to drown out reality and retreat inward. The film seeks to examine the tension between numbness and expression, questioning whether making art in a dying world is an act of resistance or simply a way to survive. It is a study in indifference, discomfort, and the fragile persistence of creativity amid collapse . GOLDFISH AKHIL KUMAR Goldfish is a thought-provoking micro-short that captures the struggle of staying present in an age of endless distractions. With the average human attention span now just 8.25 seconds—shorter than a goldfish’s, we’re caught in a cycle of notifications, fleeting dopamine hits, and the constant pull of what’s next. Both timely and relatable, this film offers a sharp reflection on focus, presence, and the way technology shapes our minds—inviting audiences to pause, reflect, and reconsider what really holds their attention. GLIMPSE ULRIKE SWOBODA-OSTERMANN 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. STRAIGHT AHEAD 01: RUNNING AWAY BECALELIS BRODSKIS Made across months of travel, this improvised drawn animation — filmed against train and bus windows — becomes a contemplative collage of continual journeys between Cornwall in the west, Suffolk in the east, and the places in between. Rooted in a purist manifesto of straight-ahead animation, it discards planning, storyboards, light boxes, and corrections to embrace the raw energy of the line. The result blends frantic motion with calm reflection, capturing shifting landscapes both internal and external. PRESSING STEPHANIE BARBER A woman washes her hair in the kitchen sink while telling her friend about a memory of sitting in a bathtub and watching her aunt get ready to go out. A narrative fragment, a very short story, a performance and exercise in the prosaic as mythologized through memory. ENTER NOW 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. ENTER NOW 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 STORIES FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD - OUR FUNDERS & PARTNERS

OtherRealms combines advances in technology with creativity and imagination to find new ways of exploring our digital world. We'll play host to exhibits, films, conferences, and experiences encompassing virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations, with a year-round programme of participation. Info About OtherRealms Films pictured above (L-R): Her, Summer Wars, Ready Player One, Existenz, Videodrome OtherRealms combines advances in technology with creativity and imagination to find new ways of exploring our digital world. We'll play host to exhibits, films, conferences, and experiences encompassing virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations, with a year-round programme of participation. More information coming soon! Subscribe to our newsletter (below) to receive updates. Learn More OtherRealms Programme 1. Confer Overview OtherRealms conferences offers different programming formats that empower attendees to learn, discover, connect and achieve creative and career-enhancing goals. 2. XR Programme The immersive arts are redefining how we experience the world around us. Events in this section emphasise storytelling, ingenuity and showcase how creatives of all types are embracing this new medium 3. Film Overview Experience the OtherRealms film program! IRL + URL audiences of all types & stripes gather for the acclaimed Cornwall Film Festival program. Running concurrently with the OtherRealms Conference, exhibits and experiences. 4. Art and technology | Imagine The art & technology programme offers artists a unique platform to showcase their work for emerging, diverse, collaborative, and inventive communities in the Country. 5. Participate The Participate Programme ensures that everyone has access to a shared digital space: building healthy metaverses that enriches our physical lives developing new skills and bringing communities together. Learn More

We are celebrating the inclusion of Community Stories Cornwall into the Archives and Cornish Studies Service collections at Kressen Kernow, Cornwall Centre is home to the world's largest collection of documents, books, maps and photographs related to Cornwall's history. Kressen Kernow Exhibition Documenting stories of ordinary people living through extraordinary times! We are celebrating the inclusion of Community Stories Cornwall into the Archives and Cornish Studies Service collections at Kresen Kernow, Cornwall Centre is home to the world's largest collection of documents, books, maps and photographs related to Cornwall's history. Come and listen to our community experience of living through these extraordinary times The exhibition is free and runs from Saturday 19th - 23rd February. Open Tuesday-Thursday and Saturdays, 9:30-4:00pm. Contact for more details: Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth TR15 1AS. 01209 614430 kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk Community Stories Cornwall Online Talk Tuesday 22 Feb 2022 3.00pm - 4.00pm Clare Tavernor is an award winning documentary filmmaker for BBC Studios, her most recent work, Huey Morgan's 3-part Latin Music Adventure for BBC Four. In 2020 Clare helped to tell stories much closer to home document the experiences of communities across Cornwall during the Coronavirus crisis. This talk brings together the practioners involved in the making of Community Stories Cornwall, we will dicuss how to record and document a shared history of the pandemic and the incredible diversity of experiences and perspectives. The talk will be delivered on Zoom and joining information will be emailed through on the morning of the talk. Book - Free Family Learning Session Wednesday 23rd February, 10am-1pm Add your postcard to our ‘A Day in the Life…’ wall and become part of the exhibition! Have you ever kept a diary? Would you like to? Drop into our family learning session for tips on how to start, read some famous diary extracts and have a go at writing a postcard from your own life. Add your postcard to our ‘A Day in the Life…’ wall and become part of the exhibition! Photography As Diary Workshop Saturday 26th February, 1pm-3pm Join Annie Bungeroth for a hands on practical photography workshop exploring phtography as diary. Bring your camera (anything from a smartphone up to a DSLR). Annie is a photographer and filmmaker based in West Penwith. She specialises in overseas development and social issues but loves wandering around Cornwall with her camera. Annie is a very experienced trainer running photography workshops around the globe from community to university level. Check out www.anniebungeroth.com If you want to attend this workshop and don't think you qualify then please contact us at training@mormediacharity.org . Book Here

Mor Media Charity is bringing Halloween to Cornwall! This October we're bringing horror cinema to Cornwall! Horror Season Screenings Our screenings this spooky season are a love letter to horror for both established fans and families to enjoy! Tickets Trailers We're bringing horror to Cornwall this October! We're screening cult classic Evil Dead II by the inimitable Sam Raimi, a not-to-miss event for all genre fans and wannabe filmmakers! Our other title, Paranorman , is a gorgeous love letter to horror for all the family to enjoy. If you're interested in either horror or filmmaking, this season's lineup isn't to miss. Fancy some gore? Evil Dead II is for you. More of a light horror/ paranormal person, or fancy a cry? Paranorman is right up your street. Tickets Story Labs 1 - Creative Writing: Story Structure 15 Dec 2025, 17:30 Online Details Story Labs 1 - Creative Writing: Story Structure 15 Dec 2025, 17:30 Online Details Trailers Horror Season Trailers Paranorman Evil Dead 2

Creative workshops accreditations center Task assessment sheets Welcome to your OCN London course center. Find all the information you need Narrative Writing Unit Introduction to Novel Writing Narrative Writing Unit Diaries and Journaling Creative Writing Unit Writing Film Reviews Digital Photography Unit Picturing High Streets Digital Content Creation Unit (audio and video) Creative Content for your small business Digital Content Creation Unit (text and image) Creative Content for your small business Cultivate Programme Workshops are open to everybody We strongly believe everybody is creative; everybody ‘writes’, Writing is what you think, say, see, touch, feel and do – you just need to choose how to express it. These workshops will be fun, engaging and accessible – valuing everyday creativity. The ESF Get Creative programme is delivered as part of the ESF Widening Participation through Skills Project. Mor Media policy center MOR MEDIA CHARITY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY MOR MEDIA CHARITY APPEALS POLICY AND PROCEDURE MOR MEDIA CHARITY COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE MOR MEDIA INTERNAL VERIFICATION POLICY & SAMPLING STRATEGY MOR MEDIA MALPRACTICE & MALADMINISTRATION POLICY MOR MEDIA CHARITY FAIR ASSESSMENT POLICY

Our industry programmes enhance career prospects, support professional and personal development, and deepen understanding of the media Industry. Get into the Industry Our industry programmes enhance career prospects, support professional and personal development, and deepen understanding of the media Industry. With our wide-reaching networking events, interviews, and masterclasses with industry professionals at a variety of levels and roles, we let you see behind the scenes and learn from the experts. We're dedicated to helping you take the next steps in your media career! Interview with Lizzy Talbot | Intimacy Coordinator Catch up with our LIVE interview with Lizzy Talbot Intimacy Coordinator for TV & Film. Find out what the role includes and how you too can become an intimacy Coordinator. Megan Tremethick | Actor We caught up with actor Megan Tremethick to talk shorts, features, and CFF! Interview with Sylvia Parker | Script Supervisor Catch up on our Interview with Sylvia Parker, Script Supervisor for some of the biggest film out there! Including the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die. Interview with Nigel Cole | Director Catch up on our Interview with Director Nigel Cole (Doc Martin, Saving Grace, Made in Dagenham, Calendar Girls) which was first streamed live on Facebook as part of our Director series. Watch More Here Networking The key to the film industry Regular, informal events where creative industry professionals from all career levels have the opportunity to chat with one another. Networking with a drink and a snack! Masterclasses Learn from than the experts Our new online programme will enable you to gain knowledge and skills in a highly practical learning environment. Here you can engage in immersive workshops guided by our industry experts. Talks & Interviews With Industry professionals Listen in to industry professionals who work behind the scenes to bring you magic on screen. Free and accessible to everyone - join in live or catch our recordings on Facebook or our Youtube Channel. Hear industry members stories and improve your knowledge. Commissions Our partnership work Throughout the year, we work in partnership with organisation & companies to commission media work. This can range from supporting the interview process, advertising & signposting to full budget commsions. Working With Us Gain industry experience. We offer lots of opportunities to help people get experience. There is always plenty to be done so check our work with us page for open calls and follow us on social media. We are a small and friendly team that supports a volunteer team of 65 people, 4-10 interns per, to work as an intern for Mor Media you need to be proactive, creative and highly motivated. We have an Advisory board of industry professionals and a Trustee board. Often our team is made up of people that have come through our volunteer, intern, and freelance projects into full employment. Learn More

Cornwall Film Festival 2024 Best of the West Short Film Programme Film Programme 2024 Talks Festival flyer Industry VR & AR Artist Moving Images short films Tickets Films from around the globe, screening at this years edition of Cornwall Film Festival Shimmer Directed by Andy Hughes Shimmer is an artist film that blends photographs, archival film, and video game visuals. Commissioned by the Burton Art Gallery and Museum in 2024, it highlights material vitality, pollution, and climate change, merging animate and inanimate elements. It opens with spaceships over a strange ocean on a virtual planet, then transitions to images of the River Torridge and the riverbank of Cyberpunk 2077's Night City. Using footage, plastic trash, animated estuary stills, and 1940s/1980s public films, the film explores pollution and climate change connected to rivers and estuaries. Rain Directed by Vasilios Papaioannu Rain, as circular shapes of memory imprinted on the fast paced celluloid or as liquid moving sculptures of the present in digital form, documents a verbal interaction between two people. Synergy Directed by Emilie Bouet Conran and Honor West This short film explores identity and self-expression through the mediums of dance and fashion. We follow the journey of August, a gender-fluid person in their early twenties experiencing the mundanity of an urban, fast-paced environment. The film begins with August listening to a track of electronic dance music and immersing themselves in the audio. They are transported throughout the film to four dimensions in their mind's eye, reflecting separate versions of themself. The distinct layers of the music are performed by the different iterations of August, each exploring a corresponding movement vocabulary. The amalgamation of the separate versions of themself, and the way they dance, represents a synergy - an extended metaphor for how identity is fluid and multi-faceted. Audition Directed by Megan Harding Straight8 project starring the filmmaker's father as he reignites his love of acting. The North Wind and The Sun Directed by Anat Pollack Morphes Directed by Konstantinos Doxiadis Morphes is an experimental film born out of a sequence of disjointed memories. While there is some loose narrative tying the separate threads together, my main aim was to create a rhythm that suspends time and space. This was achieved through constantly shifting frame borders, extensive use of blocking and reflections to give more depth (or conversely obscure) the physical space around the camera, and strong musical guidance to give the viewer a fixed pace. Uh Oh Directed by Emily Freda Sharp Welcome to the wonderful world of Bubble inc, where tomorrow's tech is here today. Take a tour and find out what the future has in store for you! Just mind you don't burst anything. Ouroboros Directed by SyL Shiyang Liu "Ouroboros" is a student short film that embarks on an experimental exploration of the cinematic medium. Seamlessly blending CG animation with live-action, the film delves into the metaphorical borderlands of truth and falsehood in our digitally-driven era. Re-creations Directed by Polina Moshenska This is the personal and intimate story of the friendship of three women and the struggle to live their everyday life while studying abroad in Scotland as a full-scale war takes place in their home country in Ukraine, where their families and close friends are. The film details the effort and obstacles they face, the everyday relationships in their new country and their pulsing connection to home, stronger, more dedicated and painful like never before. The film focuses on the search for beauty and necessary words whilst also exploring inner conflicts and the disintegration of memories. Flickering Light Directed by Jahnavi Misra, Apoorva Mundoor Flickering Light / Peeli Batti is a poem that encapsulates the experience of a woman whose loneliness and dissociation takes her to the brink of non-existence, disappearance and ghostliness. This is a stop motion film that employs mixed media techniques, including pixilation, paper-cut, found object and sand animation. Immortals Directed by Mark Durand Immortals is an experimental documentary short film shot in 8mm that explores the introspection of an artist, Bettina Szabo. The film delves into her relationship with her sense of belonging, her body, her imagination, and nature. Sometimes one must lose oneself to find oneself better, and burn everything down to start anew on a solid foundation. semblance Directed by Anna Lukala A cyanotype animation made from 738 single cyanotypes. This was a film made with people from my local neurodivergent community as a response to the question of what it feels like to be neurodivergent in today's society, and constantly feeling of not being seen or heard. Hunky Dory Directed by Steven Vander Meer Hunky Dory juxtaposes scenes of animal life with images of human existence, observing the quirky and unexpected ways in which we are similar. The meticulously hand-drawn animation is a visual smorgasbord, moving and morphing in perfect time to the banjo music of Béla Fleck and his bandmates in My Bluegrass Heart.

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Animate Helston is a festival and celebration of animated film held at the Museum of Cornish Life. About This year, as part of the Cornwall Film Festival we will be celebrating everything experimental about film on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th November, in partnership with CMR Project Space, Redruth. In 2011, Cornwall Media Resource was rebranded and relaunched as CMR and has since been developed into an artist-led residency, exhibition and project space for established and emerging artists from within Cornwall as well as nationally and internationally, aiming to provide resources and space for experimentation, learning and development through residencies, screenings, workshops, talks, exhibitions and social and skill-sharing events. Read More > Experimental Film Weekender Join us for two days of experimental films at CMR Project Space Redruth About Selected Pop up cinema Curated Open door About selected Selected Short Films Friday 10th November & Saturday 11th 11 am - 5 pm Programme length 2hrs 17mins Screening 11 am daily Screenings 2.30 pm daily New Game+ Directed by Tom Brett Waiting for The Buff to Rub Me Out Directed by Mark Lyken Low Tech Mind Control Directed by Stefano Canavese AWAKE! Directed by Sophie Austin Chameleon Directed by Kat Cooley Dowr Tamar / Great Water Directed by Samuel Bestwick Gommon Directed by Klaus Kruse, Simon McComb Parades Directed by Alan Lake steinrunnin (petrified) Directed by Chris Paul Daniels, Anton Kaldal Ágústsson (Tonik Ensemble) Matchbox (Caixa de Fósforo) Directed by Jennifer Cabral Vanishing Directed by Mandy Williams [paˈljit͡sj] Directed by Ania Mokrzycka Morvil Directed by Klaus Kruse, simon McComb The Way of the Eel Directed by Teän Roberts I am the land Directed by Rachael Jones WOMAN MADE OF CLAY Directed by Cordelia Angel Clarke Bring me the frying pan Directed by Sasha Nadine Webb Pop-up Cinema + tunes Screenings at CMR Project Space Food + Film from 6pm Friday 10th November 7 pm Jangling Man | Dir James Sharp | 2022 | 1hr 53 mins | UK | Doc / Music | PG Regarded by many as an influential figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY recording, Martin Newell has been an integral part of the British music scene since the 1970s, and his music career spans over six decades. He’s been produced by XTC’s Andy Partridge and written for the likes of Captain Sensible of The Damned. Though it would be wrong to call him an "unknown", he has never been directly in the limelight. Food from artist and chef, Mollie Goldstrom Grab you squash toast with fresh ricotta and mint on homemade sourdough, dressed leaves, plus a non-alcoholic drink or herbal tea - £5 at 6pm The food will be freshly prepared by artist and chef, Mollie Goldstrom, who creates interactive meals using ingredients locally sourced, grown or foraged. With an interest in the interpretive and exploratory possibilities of cookery, they have produced meals for audiences in a range of non-traditional settings, inviting collaboration and generosity through the preparation and sharing of food. Mollie will be providing food for our events and will be collaborating with artists working in CMR, riffing on themes for workshops and residencies. For more info about Mollie Goldstrom + drinks and music after the screening Food Only pop cinema Curated Shorts Screening Friday 10th & Saturday 11th November The Sound Signatures film screening is the result of an open call for films with an analogue component, where sound takes a lead. Curated as part of Mayes Creative’s Above and Below project. Call devised by Joanna Mayes with Jacqui Knight of CineStar, selection panel: Joanna Mayes (Mayes Creative), Jacqui Knight (Cinestar) and Kayla Parker (University of Plymouth) 1. Trevor R A Dingle: The Sound Mirror 2023 2:51 2. David Ian Bickley / Shin Yu Pai: PLUNGE 2021 2:54 3. Rachael Allain: Datum Line II 2018, Remastered 2023 3:00 4. Karen Abadie : My Lover My River 2023 3:40 5.Rebecca María Reza por Nosotros 2020 3:28 6. Ian Helliwell: Marriage Risk Assessment 2022 2:45 7. Stephen Partridge and David Cunningham: Round and Round 1974/recovered 2022 6:43 8. Adam Knight: Two Estates (postscript) 2022 2:15 9. Müge Yildiz: Anxiety 2016 3:17 10. Karel Doing: A Perfect Storm 2022 3:00 Films from the Curators Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore Cadence 2022, 3:00 Joanna Mayes Golow Kernow 2021, 2:55 About Mayes Creative curate Open Door Rachael Jones is an artist-filmmaker and postgraduate researcher in residency at CMR Her work aims at challenging traditional methods of documenting and recording for a socially engaged sensory practice. Often working with archive images, she blends old photographs with newly created visuals, incorporating both analogue and digital formats to create a playful tension in her films. She will open her studio during the Friday to discuss her research and practice Rachael Jones open door

A selection of some of the best films by emerging filmmakers submitted to our short film festival. < Programme 20 Under 25's Various The best from young filmmakers. A selection of some of the best films by emerging filmmakers submitted to our short film festival. Arbiter Caleb Joye 11m 48 | USA Following the struggle of three people in Detroit, flowing from one person to the next, with their brief, passing encounters with an ethereal, Monowheel riding man. The Arsonist Lucinda Jane Ellicott 4m 34 | UK A 1920's farmer reports a fire at his barn, but the assailant cannot be arrested as although he got away, he is now deceased. Before the Tide Comes In Joshua Shea 14m 23 | UK Two strangers buried up to their necks in the sand await their fate with the tide coming in. A musing of impending death, and the existential thought process that comes with it. Bury the Eagle Christian Attree 18m 39 | UK An amateur boxer prepares for his first professional fight. But his repetitive and obsessive lifestyle begins to take a toll on him. He begins to see visions of his future through an alluring Exit Sign and reconsiders his current lifestyle. Do You Hear the Sounds? Rhianna Berthoud 3m 49 | UK Follow two characters as they walk through an endless uncanny abyss of monsters and exciting sounds. The music of 'Mothman, The Man' has been visualised using clay, drawing, and frame animation, and each monster represents aspects of nature and uncertainty. The Essence of Air Hanna Rosén 10m 37 | Sweden The Essence of Air is a poetic thriller that takes us along during a day in a young woman´s mentally entangled life. First Timers Hector Bell 9m 19 | UK On a sunny afternoon in rural Somerset, moments of peace, patience and rage arise as three young teens try to buy their first bag of weed. Kawaakari Gabriele Santo Alboretti 14m 27 | Italy A mother, alone, lives with pain the last days of consciousness of her own son, before it becomes completely catatonic. Moonwalker Max Stephen Roach 8m 52 | UK When Norman Boreman realises their days are numbered before they leave home for submarine school they must find their own way to live their dream. A Narration of a Funeral Amir Sedghinir 12m | Iran A woman named Tara, who after the funeral of her mother, who died due to Covid 19, encounters a strange call the hospital, where her mother's body is still there ... A Pigeon's Life Tomás Basílio 9m 26 | UK Maria is a resilient woman, a mother, and a cleaner. Emanuel, her son, is a free and curious child. In a look at their small-town daily life, we join them as they navigate the reality they live in. For these two, this means: shoes, going to work, pigeons, and dancing. As we follow this relationship through the day, we glance into a world filled with small pleasures and monumental events. In the end, they only have each other to make the most of it. The Pizzeria Mohit Rajgopal 10m 04 | UK In the midst of the global pandemic, Han, a Singaporean studying in Cornwall, finds out that his family has sold their house due to financial difficulties. As he calculates how much he needs to afford a flight back home, his colleague, Alice, a local student hailing from the city, interrupts him. Alice is looking forward to heading back home to spend Christmas with her family when she discovers that her brother back home might be ill and her entire family might be quarantined. In the midst of dealing with their respective troubles, the pair find a familial comfort with each other. Rue Casey Eldridge 9m 28 | UK A middle-aged daughter deals with the aftermath of her traumatic childhood. Small Jonathan Payne 10m 27 | UK Deep in the forest, a shy, young boy comes across a mysterious village composed of buildings no larger than the size of his hands. As a storm fast approaches, the village is vulnerable and he must find a way to protect it. Spokes & Robbers Emmanuel Li 20m | UK Runaway sisters Isabel and Violet drift, grift and shoplift in the hopes of skipping town. But an ironic twist of fate on the eve of their great escape sees them stranded in the marshes, where they reckon with their relationship, futures and places in the world Troglodyte Joseph Blackman 8m 53 | UK A short film about a man who is fired from his job and goes to live in a cave. Underbelly Edie Moles 10m 29 | UK Emotional time-bomb Norman tells us a story about tenderness, empathy and human connection in Underbelly. In almost microscopic view, the film takes a look at how one young man’s life is deeply affected by his sister’s lack of access to abortion. The audience are ripped from their seats into one day in his life - feeding a newborn baby one minute, slicing a pork underbelly at the local butchers the next. Unknown Language Roshan Balu 8m 41 | UK Unknown Language follows a day in the life of Reuben, a young boy caught up in the middle of a bitter divorce between his parents. It is his father's turn to look after him for the day; with Reuben's angry attitude towards his father, both father and son must find a way to get through the day. Virágom, Virágom Anna Járai 10m | UK Virágom, Virágom is an experimental short film inspired by folklore and heritage, focusing on the ‘other’ and its reclamation of folklore. Interwoven with images and soundscapes from the past and present, the film highlights the beauty of craft, whilst re-contextualising traditional folk narratives to show the strength and power of the often forgotten members of folk communities Who's That Riding? Ryan Pollock 12m 34 | UK In a stark tenement flat, Jack, filling in for an absent worker, performs a home visit on Lee, a man struggling with alcoholism. Lee’s days are long and purposeless, and, to some extent, he has accepted his aloneness. Jack, through a combination of inexperience and naivety, doesn’t fully recognise the red flags that Lee demonstrates throughout the visit, but something about it doesn’t sit right with him. And that night, in the early hours, swamped by dark imaginings, he returns to Lee’s flat in an attempt to alleviate his concerns.

Screen Stars of Tomorrow is the extraordinarily talent-rich youth bash for 16-18-year-olds at Cornwall Film Festival. < Programme Screen Stars of Tomorrow Various Digital 1h 45m | UK | Shorts Encouraging young filmmakers. See the selected Screen Stars of Tomorrow independent short filmmakers from Cornwall Film Festival short film competition Screen Stars of Tomorrow is an extraordinarily talent-rich programme from 16-18-year-olds in Cornwall. Content is invited from FE Colleges and schools in Cornwall, judged, and selected work is listed below. The best short film is awarded the Rising Star award and invited to be screened in the Best of the Best on Saturday 19th November at 10am at The Poly Falmouth during the Film Festival The Mule Runner Dylan Power, Josh Levens A teenage boy is a Mule (a person who transports drugs from one area to another) and how we follow his journey to get to a drop off point. The problem of the story happens when he is diverted from the planned route because of complications, so now he must travel between the neighborhood houses not to get spotted by the police and must make it to the drop off point. No Place Like Home Jessica James A poetic/observational documentary about people's feelings towards the contrast between urban and rural locations and how and why people might have preferences for one type of location. Whisper Woods Kaiya Bird A simple story of about a group of characters who become friends in the woods. All these characters are fictional, they are mythical Tim Burton styled like animals and monsters. Greuneval Isaac Prior This film tells the story of the conflict between the titular Greunaval and his pursuer Ankow. The character of Greunaval is inspired by the hindu asura/demon Raktabija whose drop of blood reaching the floor would create a clone. A Drag Queen Story Arianne Davies Jack shares his insightful story of growing up in Cornwall and the limitations he felt, and how he left the county to embrace his career as a Drag artist and performer. Identity Theft Shay Crowe A mission is in hand but becomes complicated when things aren't what they first seemed. Neurosis Arianne Davies An escalation in poor mental health due to forgotten medication results in some dramatic outcomes. Joose Shay Crowe An upbeat energetic promotional video for fictional clothing company Joose. MAZZA x WOT slowthai Derry Homer A deliberately over stylized edit inspired by Cole Bennett incorporating UK rap codes and conventions. Christmas Thi-Eve Earle, Kai, Ira After multiple break-ins, the date has been set to confront the thieve on Christmas Eve! British Bombs Arianne Davies A topical and entertaining music video in light of Covid and it's ever changing and confusing lockdown rules... Planned, filmed and edited in three weeks of yet another UK lockdown by a 17 year old FE student. The Homet Cristo Croker Coming soon. The St Tudy Inn Finn Brown Punctuated with poetry this insightful documentary explores the personal experience of Julie; a housekeeper of the local pub. Wishing We Could Go Back Kian Radford An entertaining music video that reflects on the nostalgic charm of our care free youth! Pushed Past The Limit Dan Smith Devastated by the loss and betrayal of his lover our protagonist is pushed past the limit to destructive decisions. If I Tell You A Secret Are You Gonna Kill Me? Ollie Greenhalgh A student music video. The Paranoid Android Charlie Wilson A dystopian tale of human-technology evolving to support medicine and the implications resulting in an ostracised society. Gruff Charlie Sturrock Colin is a celebrity Masterchef winner with a difference - he’s a troll with furry ears, bushy tail and a powder keg temper. His restaurant ventures never quite take off as he can’t resist annoying everyone he meets, not helped by the fact that his assistant, cousin Kevin, is monumentally dim