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New Cornwall Film Festival Director Announces Film Entry Deadline

The Cornwall Film Festival announces a call for entries. Films of all lengths and genres will be considered for selection if the writer, director or producer is a resident in Cornwall. The deadline for entries is August 16th 2005.

The application form is o­n the Cornwall Film Festival Website  

We will have sections for films from children, drama, documentary, animation, digital art films, skate and surf films, archive and reminiscence project films, 1 minute films inspired by cinema, short films and full-length features etc….  We are negotiating with a large mobile phone company and hope to include mobile phone films and text voting!

The festival will take place from Friday 18 – Sunday 20 November 2005 at the Falmouth Arts Centre, The National Maritime Museum Cornwall, University College Falmouth and other venues in and around Falmouth tbc.

The festival – last year / this year

Last year’s festival was a great success with sold out season tickets and evening feature films such as Oscar nominated “Vera Drake” by Mike Leigh. Last year’s festival director Laura Hardman is having a baby. Lucy Frears has been selected to take the Festival forward in 2005. 

Laura Hardman and Lucy Frears

“The 2005 Cornwall Film festival will be better than ever.” Says Lucy Frears. “The festival has continued to inspire local filmmakers year after year. The experience of seeing their films o­n the big screen in front of a large audience as well as learning from professionals in master-classes and workshops means that films improve every year.” The festival is not just for filmmakers it’s for anyone that loves film. “With an increasing audience and higher quality films, every year we move closer and closer to what we long for, a sustainable filmmaking industry in Cornwall.”

Two of the most respected international directors have already confirmed that they will appear during a weekend packed with great new films, master-classes, international premieres and special events.

Friday - 5pm is a young peoples’ festival, there's also a "Best Student Film" Audience award as well as the Audience award for best film of the festival.

for further information please visit the Cornwall Film Festival Website or contact Lucy Frears at:  director@cornwallfilmfestival.com,