Micha Colombo turned her poetry into the visual language of film in her micro short I Want This for an Exeter Phoenix commission
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Christmas, 1978 | Lara Fullalove gets real with family tensions
Christmas 1978 from writer director Lara Fullalove explorers a father and son’s relationship in the run up to Christmas.
Saint Austell | Matt Harris efferveses and simmers in comedy doc
In the comedic documentary Saint Austell, Matt Harris bounces through this history, identity and problems facing the Cornish town
The Elusive Art of Good Storytelling with Garry Jenkins
Garry Jenkins will dive into the elusive art of good storytelling in a peer-led workshop at the Exeter Phoenix. Here’s what to expect
Garry Jenkins | ‘The biggest influences are always from real life’
Garry Jenkins explains what urged him to get behind the camera as well as in front of it, and he tells us how life inspires his filmmaking
Plymouth Arts Cinema | crowdfunder for proudly independent indie cinema
Plymouth Arts Cinema has launched a crowdfunder to keep cinema accessible to all and to push its green agenda. Read more and support
Kelly Bryant | Screen Future Memoir at Paignton Picture House
Kelly Bryant’s Screen Future Memoir celebrates the history of the cinema at the historicly significant Paignton Picture House
The Taste of Things | Lovingly prepared
The Taste of Things will make your mouth watere. Jacob Saul saw it at the Belfast Film Festival and it made him hungry for more
Chasing the Sun | sandwich fuelled revolutions
Chasing the Sun follows ordinary cyclists doing an extraordinary thing, in the process it opens up about people and the power of the bike
How to Have Sex | Reclaim the Frame in Devon
Reclaim the Frame are having a special screening of How to Have Sex in two venues in Devon, with an interview with Molly Manning Walker
Aspectrum – What is Autism to Me? | Cameron Lee Horace doc opens up honest conversations
In Aspectrum – What is Autism to Me? Cameron Lee Horace has created a short documentary of honesty and insight
All of Us Strangers | The power of love
Be prepared to want to hold your loved ones, near. Jacob Saul takes a damp eye to All of Us Strangers at the Belfast Film Festival
How To Start A Film Business From Nothing | Caleb Mitchell shares tips and experience
Caleb Mitchell will host How To Start A Film Business From Nothing, the latest peer-led workshop in Exeter
Gwenevere | natural magic melds with legend
Gwenevere, the short film by novelist Philip Reeve, adds an extra intriguing element to the Arthurian Legend
Frozen sing-a-long | get fun and festival at the Exmouth Film Festival
A Frozen sing-a-long at the Exmouth Film Festival promises to be a fun and warming event from your nose to your toes
Savage Waters | “The magic of the process is the people that come with you”
Savage Waters is a film that starts out on a quest derived from treasure hunters and fearlessly finds true treausure and meaning
Exploring The World of Disney Destinations And Experiences Inspired By Iconic Disney Films
Disney films have the ability to transport you into magical worlds. You can live that with these Disney-inspired destinations
Exmouth Film Festival | showcasing and supporting filmmaking talent
The Exmouth Film Festival is a dip-of-the-toe into an exciting and varied set of screenings for the town to support film and filmmakers
Nowhere | unsticking a life on pause
Tim Seyfert’s Nowhere takes a life on pause in Cornwall and works out where dead end can become a new beginning
Finding a story in footage | Sinead O’Toole on her post production workshop
Sinead O’Toole is taking a peer-led workshop as an Intro To Composting Techniques in Adobe After Effects. Here’s what to expect
Screams By The Sea | screenwriting comp from scary film fest
The Screams By The Sea film fest has a screening competition that could see your script bag funding of up to £200K
This Is Going To Be Big | The importance of art… & John Farnham
This Is Going To Be Big is a soul-affirming film that brims with the power of art. It had the power to make Jacob Saul laugh and cry
Finding Mr Lamb | a rather beautiful, darkly comic Faustian fairy tale
Oddbodies create worlds of beautiful and deep oddities. Their latest film Finding Mr Lamb promises even more from the magic of Dartmoor
The Boy and The Heron | Child-like wonder from Hayao Miyazaki
In The Boy and The Heron, Hayao Miyazaki continues to capture the child-like wonder that is familiar and keeps you agog. Jacob Saul explains
OtherRealms | Celebrating Cornwall Film Festival’s 22 years
For 22 years the Cornwall Film Festival has ben opening doors to imagination and film. Here’s what’s on offer this year in their OtherRealms
The Bikeriders | blood, sweat and motor oil
The Bikeriders explores a motorcycle gang, with charm, insight and no judgment. Jacob Saul saw it at the BFI London Film Fest and held on
Saltburn | a raging fire of wit and satire
Saltburn is a raging fire of wit and satire. Emerald Fennell’s follow up to her 2020 hit Promising Young Woman, is something to get lost in
Roger Deakins | Honorary Doctorate from University of Plymouth
Roger Deakins, the filmmaking and cinematic legend, has been awarded an honorary arts doctorate from the University of Plymouth
BFI Film Academy short course delivered by Landmark Theatres
Get into film with the BFI Film Academy short course delivered by Landmark Theatres with hands-on experience for young people
A Year In A Field | naturally connecting and inspiring activity
For A Year In A Field director Chris Morris did just that. And the close inspection of that corner of Cornwall inspired a view of the world
Reclaim the Frame presents Past Lives + ‘Dear Past Self’ Workshop
Reclaim the Frame has a special screening Past Lives followed by a writing workshop, Dear Past Self at the Exeter Phoenix
Between The Lines | making a musical is a massive jigsaw
Musicals are often outside director’s comfort zones. Dom Lee describes what he learnt from taking on the Between The Lines short musical
