The English Riviera Film Festival is open for its 7th edition of promoting and supporting film and filmmakers of the South West and beyond
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Screening top local talent, while attracting exciting international films, the English Riviera Film Festival has been entertaining audiences since 2016
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In 2020, the English Riviera Film Festival made the successful move to going online.
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Coverage
Writer and producer David Cunningham plotted a perfect murder in his short Avernus, and is planing a future for film. He told us how
The Women in Film panel at the English Riviera Film Festival is an exploration and celebration of what South West women have achieved
Mike Beech is drawn to personal stories with deeper resonance. Reclaiming the Negative tells of documenting struggles for freedom
The English Riviera film fest is back and online, where it’s sure to generate the same inclusive atmophere with it’s excting film content
Loki’s Game combines action and choreography for a tale about the Norse god of mayhem. Co-director Johan Nayar tells describes the shoot
Bulldog is an award-winning experimental thriller which challenges assumptions. We chatted to director Kieran Stringfellow about the short
English Riviera Film Festival 2020 has announced its nominees for prizes, with a range of cracking films. Check out what’s in competition
From the English Riviera Film Festival’s John Tomkins, the ERFF Show offers a series of interviews that are full of information and inspiration
English Riviera Film Festival director John Tomkins has grown the South Devon film fest, getting bigger and better each year. We got some film fest …
In the comedic short School’s Out director Jamille van Wijngaarden takes a parents evening to explore some of those darker moments and parents evening
Marek Kawula is a Devon filmmaker who gazed at the stars for his Time is the Enemy film. We asked about his inspiration and future …
Featherweight is an animation that uses engaging characters and dark humour to explore grief and loss. We asked Kayleigh Gibbons why she made it
Shot it India, Chumbak captures hope and adventure. We spoke to filmmakers Tobias Worrall and Isabelle van Hoorn about making it
Vanessa Bailey went on ‘an unexpected journey’ to create the short film Bus Stop. We ask her about it, and why filmmakers should take control
Treacle, directed by Rosie Westhoff and written by April Kelley, has been winning praise for all aspects of the short. We chatted to Rosie about …
Filmmaker Jamie Hughes took to a Benedictine community to explore themes of companionship, religion and an unknown future. We spoke to him about the film
Filmmaker Richard Miller took on a very personal story for Can’t Hide It. We caught up with him to find out what inspired his docudrama …
Classic crime films exploring the wide darkness and depth of human naughtiness is explored at Torquay Museum for the English Riviera Film Festival
Baobab are looking decidedly at middle age. It’s a tumultuous time. Their film Flies is an arresting face up to the despair and absurdity of …
In Like Glass, a young woman awakes alone and injured in the middle of a forest and slowly unravels why she is there. We spoke …
First time director Matt Kennard takes on WWI with Hymn of Hate, which explores relationships and power and is relevenat today
Catastrophe is a darkly humorous animation where love conquers all. Director Jamille van Wijngaarden used the backdrop of Amsterdam to inspire her
The short film Foxes by Tristan Taylor shines the light on issues around black mental health. We caught up with Tristan to find out about …
Eli challenges perceptions while taking on immigration, identity and morality. Directed by Colin Gerrard, it’s at the English Riviera Film Festival
The history of film in Torbay will be explored by Kevin Dixon at Artizan Gallery during the English Riviera Film Festival
Jamie Harry Scrutton combines animation and poetry for a live multi-media event about whimsy. We caught up with him for some serious questions
The screening of the short Beard Envy at the English Riviera Film Festival is something of a homecoming for the eccentric flick
The Paignton Picture House is thought to be one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in Europe. Go behind the scenes of this time-capsule cinema as …