About this Event
Cornwall Film Festival
Come along and enjoy the Cornwall Film Festival in person!
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 05:30 AM
FILM & TV INDUSTRY DAY
Info: Cornwall Film Festival’s Industry Day brings together emerging and established filmmakers with industry organisations, funders, producers and practitioners for a packed programme of conversations, practical insight, bookable 1-to-1 meetings and networking.
Your INDUSTRY DAY PASS+ includes networking brunch and lunch, access to all four sessions and INDUSTRY SURGERIES, plus two festival tickets for £45, £35 for students.
Individual sessions can be booked separately for £15, but INDUSTRY SURGERIES are exclusively available to PASS+ holders. If you're super busy and can't commit to a session or a whole day, join us for a networking lunch.
Places are limited.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
MADE IN CORNWALL
Host: HOST: Mia Bays
Info: MADE IN CORNWALL
Hear from Cornish filmmakers forging careers in the British film industry. How is filmmaking in Cornwall changing? What are the challenges of building a career from the region, and what new opportunities are there to make work and get involved?
Chris Morris, Filmmaker
Denzil Monk, Producer
Laura Giles, Screen Cornwall
HOST: Mia Bays
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
FUNDING
Host: HOST: Clare Tavernor
Info: What’s currently being funded and what’s not? How is the film funding landscape changing, and how can filmmakers stay on top of new opportunities? Hear from funders, producers, filmmakers and industry organisations about developing and financing work.
Jess Wheeler, BFI South West
Demi Taylor, Approaching Lines
Jane Ray, Cat Flap Media
🕑: 01:30 AM - 02:30 AM
MAKE IT. MIA BAYS IN DISCUSSION
Host: HOST: Louise Fox
Info: Oscar-winning Mia Bays, Creative Lead for the new Dogma 25 UK movement, formerly Director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund, Oct 21-Oct 26, discusses current challenges and opportunities for low-budget indie British films. A practical conversation about making ambitious films with the resources you have, and ensuring they find an audience. From creative problem-solving and smart production choices to festivals, distribution, sales and alternative routes to audiences, this session explores how filmmakers can think creatively at every stage of a film’s journey. We’ll look at how constraints can fuel creativity, how to build distribution into your thinking from the outset, and what filmmakers can do to give their work a meaningful life beyond its first screening.
🕑: 02:30 AM - 03:30 AM
CAREER SUPPORT
Host: HOST: Claire Peate
Info: There’s a lot of support available across the UK film industry, but how do you find what’s right for you? Hear from organisations working across talent development, training and career progression, and discover opportunities that could help you take your next step.
Farah Abushwesha, BAFTA Rocliffe
Rachel Castell, BIFA
Laura Giles, Screen Cornwall
Event venue & nearby stays
The Poly, 24 Church Street, Falmouth, United Kingdom
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