Production Companies - Film and Television - Cornwall - Wild West Films/Bill Scott

Wild West Films / Bill Scott

Established in 1993, Wild West Films has made several short dramas and is currently developing a number of feature-length projects and a TV series. The company is committed to projects based in Cornwall that develop local skills and talent.

Produced by Wild West Films / Directed by Bill Scott

“The Last Words Of Dolly Pentreath” - The last Cornish speaker (who died in 1777) returns to contemporary Cornwall to investigate the state of the language. The first Cornish language film drama! [Umatic SP - 20 minutes. Funded by South West Arts/Cornwall Video Resource.] 1993

“Saffron Threads” - 17th century travellers from Catalonia take refuge in a Cornish farmhouse and discover a botanical link with their homeland. (Writers Guild Award Nomination; Barcelona Short Film Festival Finalist). [16mm - 13 minutes. Funded by the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages/Cornwall Video Resource.] 1994

“A Smooth Guide to a Rough Cornishman” - Portrait of Pol Hodge, Cornish language poet and performance artist.  [16mm - 12 minutes. Independently funded.] 1995

“Splatt dhe Wertha/Plot for Sale” - Adaptation of Andrew Lanyon’s book. A surreal comedy in which three heroines of romantic novels examine the effects of their work o­n contemporary Cornish culture and landscape. (Gold Torch "Spirit of the Festival" Award at Celtic Film & TV Festival 1997) [Beta SP – 15 minutes. Funded by West Cornwall Film Fund/Cornwall Video Resource.] 1996

“Wind” - A high-tension musical comedy about a broken lighthouse, a fishermen’s choir and a group of lady campanologists. [35mm – 12 minutes. Funded by West Cornwall Film Fund, Kodak and ACE/National Lottery.] 1998.

“A Proper Job” – 30-minute pilot for TV comedy series about a useless private eye. [Development funded by Carlton and South West Media Development Agency.] 2003

5 film-based installations for the Eden Project. 2001

Produced by First Film Foundation and the Sci-Fi Channel / Directed by Bill Scott

“Cheap Rate Gravity” – A science fiction comedy about a couple coping with the problems of weightlessness. [35mm - 10 minutes.]  2002

Produced by Window Box Films / Directed by Bill Scott

“Blight” – The story of John Blight, successful Victorian artist and antiquarian whose unrequited love triggered mental problems and saw him locked away in Bodmin Lunatic Asylum for the last 40 years of his life. [Digibeta – 15 minutes. Produced by Windowbox Films.] 2003

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