Secret Cinema is certainly that. We asked Mark Gatiss for a tantalising tidbit about his forthcoming hush-hush selection for Dartington’s Wonderland event.
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Devon Star Wars model under fire from council
A Devon Star Wars model, peeking over the hedges by the side of the A38 near Ashburton, is coming under fire from a council attack. But there’s a petition to save it.
[Read more…] about Devon Star Wars model under fire from councilTransmission goes online after successful festival run
A premiere at the power film fest that is Fantasia in Montreal, followed by 90 other festival screenings world-wide, while picking up 12 awards, Transmission has had a pretty successful festival run. Now the film is going online to reach out to an even more worldly wide audience.
[Read more…] about Transmission goes online after successful festival runGive the love of cinema this Christmas with a special Picturehouse Gift
Christmas is around the corner – the perfect time to nestle in to your local cinema with family or friends for some yuletide joy.
[Read more…] about Give the love of cinema this Christmas with a special Picturehouse GiftClassic crime shines in 1950s pop-up cinema at Greenway
This December, a pop-up 1950s Christmas cinema is coming to Greenway, the holiday home of Agatha Christie now cared for by the National Trust.
[Read more…] about Classic crime shines in 1950s pop-up cinema at GreenwayMemory and nostalgia in BillyCock film as Cornish migrants to Spain have story told
BillyCock is a fascinating exploration into a much-forgotten Cornish diaspora, combining memory and belonging.
This Devon-based actor could be going to the Oscars, but first there’s Buried Alive, and he needs your help
Devon-based actor and film facilitator Julian Seager could be on his way to the Oscars with the short film Baghead. He just needs a little help for the route there.
[Read more…] about This Devon-based actor could be going to the Oscars, but first there’s Buried Alive, and he needs your helpFrom Devon to Mars: award-winning local filmmaker reaches a global audience with debut film
Braunton filmmaker, Nicholas Agnew’s debut feature film Seat 25 is released today [that’s Tuesday, November 6], following a string of awards at international film festivals and screenings at the world’s largest Mars conventions in the US.
[Read more…] about From Devon to Mars: award-winning local filmmaker reaches a global audience with debut filmOne-off screening of hit modern musical Been So Long at Plymouth Arts Centre (plus director Q&A)
Been So Long, the neon soaked musical starring Michaela Coel and Arinzé Kene, is calling into Plymouth Arts Centre for a special one-off screening followed by a Q&A.
[Read more…] about One-off screening of hit modern musical Been So Long at Plymouth Arts Centre (plus director Q&A)Love, loss and grief | Grace Fox on her film Serpentine
Guilt and grief are central to Grace Fox’s film Serpentine set in a coastal community. We chatted about collaborative filmmaking, colour palettes and bagging top actors.
[Read more…] about Love, loss and grief | Grace Fox on her film SerpentineGet the feeling Satan is choreographing a diabolic dance into war? The Ballet of the Nations at Dartington
Film The Ballet of the Nations ‘begins with Satan and Ballet Master Death discussing how to reintroduce chaos into a complacent society’. And if chaos in society sounds familiar, it will shiver your timbers to find out it’s based on a satire from 1915.
[Read more…] about Get the feeling Satan is choreographing a diabolic dance into war? The Ballet of the Nations at DartingtonDirector Ben Wheatley heads to Exeter with Q&A tour of Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Critically acclaimed film director Ben Wheatley will be hosting a Q&A and screening of his latest film at the Exeter’s Phoenix’s independent cinema. It will be the second time the director has appeared at Studio 74, after bringing his Q&A tour of Free Fire to the venue last year.
[Read more…] about Director Ben Wheatley heads to Exeter with Q&A tour of Happy New Year, Colin BursteadFoxes – Tristan Taylor shines a light on black mental health
Foxes, by Tristan Taylor, is a short film which shines ‘the spotlight on a topic that most feature films have barely scratched the surface on: Black mental health and the culture of toxic masculinity in Black men,’ says Kennedy Ward.
[Read more…] about Foxes – Tristan Taylor shines a light on black mental healthEli, powerful short takes on big issues of immigration, identity and morality
The uncomfortable issues of immigration, identity and morality are taken on by Eli, a film by Colin Gerrard, which is part of the English Riviera Film Festival.
Sustainable organic lifestyle, or barbarism? Documentary The Grind Message asks questions of culture and heritage
Sustainable organic lifestyle, or barbarism? It’s a question documentary The Grind Message asks. The film is being screened at The English Riviera Film Festival.
The Grind Message deals with the hunting of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands. It’s a tradition which has been practiced for at least half a millennium.
[Read more…] about Sustainable organic lifestyle, or barbarism? Documentary The Grind Message asks questions of culture and heritageDevon’s gruesome history inspires interactive Witch Trial game
The darkly mysterious and gruesome past of Devon has often inspired filmmakers. Now you can get up close and personal with that dark past in a new interactive quiz.
[Read more…] about Devon’s gruesome history inspires interactive Witch Trial gameKinofilm in Cornwall! Manchester film fest pops into The Poly
‘For more than 20 years Kinofilm has been celebrating the talents of emerging and established filmmakers,’ says the blurb of the Manchester-based film fest. Now the patrons at Falmouth’s Poly can enjoy them too! Kinofilm is coming on tour and popping into the Poly for two nights of top shorts.
[Read more…] about Kinofilm in Cornwall! Manchester film fest pops into The PolyGet your community film scheme going with On the Ground
Get your community film scheme up and running! Cinema For All is launching On the Ground, a new face-to-face support scheme providing regional advice and assistance to community cinemas in Devon and Cornwall.
[Read more…] about Get your community film scheme going with On the GroundZombie-infested UK comes to Plymouth | Redcon-1 screenings plus Q&A
Zombies combined with students seems a heady mix, then add in a top notch director and team with some fresh talent and you’ve got a brew that will knock you for six. That’s exactly what director Chee Keong Cheung has done as his Redcon-1 zombie flick stomps into cinemas. Chee has been working with Plymouth College of Arts students. And Redcon-1 gets a couple of special screenings in Plymouth – one with an ace and informative Q&A.
[Read more…] about Zombie-infested UK comes to Plymouth | Redcon-1 screenings plus Q&AScratch-and-sniff cinema, slime making, superheros and more!
It was the ‘scratch-and-sniff’ cinema that really caught our eye with this release about half-term creative fun for kids – and by osmosis adults… and the community at large – at the Exeter Phoenix this half-term. Here’s what’s on…
[Read more…] about Scratch-and-sniff cinema, slime making, superheros and more!Well being and walking the focus of Andy Thatcher’s new micro short Walks of Life
The skills of writing a haiku are similar to those for making a micro short, says Andy Thatcher whose Walks of Life explores the link between walking and wellbeing. He tells us more about making the Exeter Phoenix bursary film and the difficulty of just having a minute for each excursion
[Read more…] about Well being and walking the focus of Andy Thatcher’s new micro short Walks of LifeDedicated to developing, skill-building and opportunities for filmmakers, the new Filmmakers Lab
Dedicated to development, the new Filmmakers Lab in Exeter is delivery networking and skill-building opportunities for filmmakers in Devon and the South West.
[Read more…] about Dedicated to developing, skill-building and opportunities for filmmakers, the new Filmmakers LabPop culture property: what does Ross Poldark’s house cost?
Consider the value of pop culture property… how many of you watch TVs and films, see where the characters live and say to yourself ‘how much would that be in today’s money’? Well, now you don’t have to ponder, because a new website can provide you with the answer.
[Read more…] about Pop culture property: what does Ross Poldark’s house cost?Serious about whimsy, Jamie Harry Scrutton on poetry, animation and doing things his own wittyful way
As part of the English Riviera Film Festival’s extended exploration of all things film, animator and poet Jamie Harry Scrutton will perform at the Blue Walnut cafe. We caught up with him to ask some serious questions about whimsy
[Read more…] about Serious about whimsy, Jamie Harry Scrutton on poetry, animation and doing things his own wittyful waySee the world in short film from Torbay with The Manhattan Short Film Festival
‘The Manhattan Short Film Festival takes audiences on a thrilling global journey’ is how we pitched the Manhattan Short Film Festival once upon a time. And it keeps on keeping on, taking people on that ride from its South Devon home of the Blue Walnut cinema.
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