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Cornwall Film Festival 2012
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A sneak peak at the artistic content of the Cornwall Film Festival
Events Newquay
Newquay Hosts Big Screen Film Festival
Cornwall Film Festival returns to Newquay for 2012 and launches a new Cornish short-film competition to celebrate!
November 8th - 11th 2012 at the Lighthouse Cinema Newquay
After a successful move to the sparkling new Lighthouse Cinema in Newquay last year, the Cornwall Film Festival (CFF) today confirmed that it will be returning there in 2012.
The Festival dates, 8 to 11 November, will include a fourth day of programming and to celebrate its 11th year, the CFF is launching a new, more inclusive version of its long-running Cornish-language short-film competition.
In partnership with Cornwall-based production company o-region and sponsored by MAGA Cornish Language Partnership, the "Govyn Kernewek 90-Second Challenge" will combine elements of the ever-popular Big Pitcher event with the promotion of Cornish in filmmaking.
The challenge involves making a 90-second film, of any genre, that uses the Cornish language in a significant way. The top 25 entries will be screened in a juried competition at the CFF in November. Cash prizes will be awarded for first (£1,000), second (£500) and third (£250) place, along with an audience award (£250), to be voted on at the event. Needless to say, with a £1,000 top prize, we're expecting a boatload of entries. The entry fee will be £5 per film. Filmmakers can submit an unlimited number of films. Competition rules are posted on the Cornwall Film Festival website as well as on the online application form.
The longer Festival weekend is the result of the event's growing audience of film lovers from within Cornwall as well as the attention being paid by an increasing number of filmmakers from across the UK and abroad. The new home at the Lighthouse now gives us the potential to develop the CFF into an arts event that will put Newquay - and Cornwall - on the world stage.
Contact: Tiffany Holmes, Assistant Director
01209 204655 / info@cornwallfilmfestival.com wwww.cornwallfilmfestival.com
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Cornwall Film Festival
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Behind the scenes at the Cornwall Film Festival
