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LONG WAY BACK, o-region
Filmed in Cornwall
DRAMA
Red Planet Pictures’ BEYOND PARADISE, co-commissioned by the BBC with BritBox International is one of the UK’s most popular dramas of 2023. It sees DI Humphrey Goodman relocate from tropical Saint Marie to sleepy Shipton Abbott, cracking cases and hoping for a happily ever after.
Long Way Back is a contemporary British road movie about relationships, regret, responsibility and ultimately love. Written & directed by Brett Harvey and produced by Simon Harvey, Long Way Back played at independent cinemas across the UK.
Enys Men (Cornish for stone island), an ecosophical horror film, is the lastest project from BAFTA winning writer/director Mark Jenkin.
Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, this series tells the story of House Targaryen and was shot on location in Cornwall at Holywell Bay and St Michaels Mount.
The series follows the stories and fallout for Maggie Cole ( Dawn French), who doesn't pay attention to the cautionary adage that 'those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'. Shot in East Cornwall.
After embarking on a life-changing field trip, a group of mismatched, whip-smart students fight to save humanity from an army of ruthless drones. A Netflix original series made by multi-award winning Bristol production company Wildseed Studios, with filming locations across the south-west including Cornwall’s own Eden Project.
A TV series based on the classic novels of Enid Blyton. Set on the sun-drenched cliffs of the Cornish coast, the series explores the nostalgic world of life at a boarding school in post-war Britain.
Created by FFP New Media, This German production company have been working in Cornwall and the West Country for over 20 years, producing five feature-length movies for the European TV market each summer based on the Rosamunde Pilcher stories.
Created for ITV and starring Dawn French, the series follows what happens when idle gossip escalates out of control and starts to affect people's lives. Set in a picturesque Cornish fishing village, the series centres on Maggie Cole, the self-appointed oracle of this close-knit community.
Cornwall is no stranger to an Arthurian legend and so Holywell Bay is the perfect backdrop to new series Cursed. Now available to watch on Netflix, the series follows teenage sorceress Nimue who joins forces with a young mercenary named Arthur on a mission to save her people.
This Sky One drama follows Gina, who was once married to Leo, a successful entrepreneur, chef and hotel owner in Cornwall. Leo owes much of his success to Gina's exceptional cooking, but since leaving her for the glamorous Sam, his business has continued to thrive.
Doc Martin is a comedy-drama about a doctor whose truculence and tactless manner causes mayhem in a small Cornish community. Martin Clunes plays surgeon Dr. Martin Ellingham, whose glittering career comes crashing down around him when he develops a phobia, which prevents him conducting operations
The BBC drama set in 18th-century Cornwall follows Ross Poldark who returns home after the American Revolutionary War, to rebuild his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
Written and Directed by Claire Oakley, this visceral, coming-of-age story was a nominee for the First Feature Award at the BFI London Film Festival 2019. When Ruth (Molly Windsor) moves in with her boyfriend on a remote holiday park, tensions rise as she makes an unsettling discovery that lures her into a spiral of obsession.
With several scenes shot at Charlestown Harbour, this fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical masterpiece, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it.
BAFTA award-winning Bait is shot on 16mm B&W film and processed by hand. Captured in Cornwall, it tells a stark story rooted in local culture and community, and how these marginal places are facing up to a changing world. From writer/director Mark Jenkin and Early Day Films, Bait is a handcrafted monochrome expression of a life under threat.
Shot entirely in the village of Port Issac, Fisherman’s Freinds follows a fast-living, cynical London music executive head to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he is pranked by his boss into trying to signing a group of shanty singing fishermen.
FACTUAL
Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the region emerges from lockdown and investigates what the future holds for one of Britain’s favourite tourist destinations.
A fun-packed adventure as artists Fred and Pete charge around Cornwall looking for treasure and discover that every piece has an amazing story to tell.
Follow the extraordinary work of the Cornwall Air Ambulance. These dedicated pilots and paramedics put their lives on the line to protect the holidaymakers and locals across the busy county.
SHORTS
Arthur & Gwen are siblings, they're also obsessive Cornish re-enacters on a quest. Follow our unlikely pair’s pilgrimage to a re-enactment near King Arthur’s birthplace; Tintagel.
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests. When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.
BFI NETWORK funded DOG YEARS, a black comedy about loneliness and ageing pets, filmed in Cornwall for four days in the first week of October.
Winner of the Alexa Challenge, This dystopian short depicting the UK drastically altered by climate change follows a young girl with a racist upbringing battling a longing for freedom with her love of home.
Funded by BFI NETWORK, this is a black comedy/drama about friendship, returning home and being stranded in the ‘in-between’; the chasm between the sea and land, adulthood and childhood, countryside and city.
Writer/Director Moin Hussain short film, funded by FILM 4 and Film London, follows Faraz who's quiet life working at an isolated petrol station is turned upside down when his ageing father, Malik, begins to speak in a long-forgotten language and insists on returning home.
KERNEWEK / CORNISH LANGUAGE
A grieving teenager, in rural Cornwall, takes up running after the death of her father and finds unexpected solace in dyeing textiles.
With the cost of living going up and pressure to cash in on their now quaint fishing cottage's financial potential, Biddy and Rob find themselves at the end of the line in more ways than one.
Under the shadow of his deceased father, a young farmer and rugby player wrestles with his sexuality.
When his daydreams become inextricably woven with reality, a quiet young boy finds enough courage from his mother’s Cornish tales to confront his abusive father.
A Cornish speaking alien returns to earth with the mortal remains of a 10th Century pilgrim. The alien comes with a warning, a gift and a proposition.
MOWES (Lass) tells the story of a young woman working in her father’s shop and charts the weekend in which she meets a woman who introduces her to a side of Cornwall that she didn’t know was there. Commissioned through the Cornwall Council and Screen Cornwall FylmK programme, with support from Falmouth University’s Sound Image / Cinema Lab, available on BBC iPlayer.
Filming in Cornwall News & Updates
It's been another active year for film and high-end TV production in Cornwall with highlights including new and returning dramas, feature films, commercial projects, children’s series and plenty of documentaries…
It's been a great year for production in Cornwall with highlights including two feature films, three returning dramas, a children’s series and countless documentaries…
Leading the charge is BAFTA-winning writer-director Mark Jenkin’s next feature ENYS MEN (Cornish for the stone island) which is co-financed by Film 4…
This month, writer-director Carolyn Saunders shares her experiences of making the most of her high-end ARRI camera in Cornwall’s beautiful landscape…
This month we take a look at the newly built television studio within the Carbis Bay Hotel and Estate – the location chosen to host global leaders for the G7…
We've been thrilled to support our friends Beagle Media with locations for their latest TV Series Cornwall Air 999.
This month we talk to Mike Cunliffe, Development Producer at Beagle Media, about adventurous projects, the future of television, and really, really good ideas.
This month we speak to Debbie Burdon, casting coordinator and founder of Liskeard-based Take 1 Casting, about working with children, old shoes and Vikings.
This week marks the very anniversary of Screen Cornwall. Set up through to drive economic growth in the film, TV, games & animation sectors…
This month, we talk animated features, games and the art of networking with Natasha Price (Producer) and Julia Le Gallo (Business Development and Marketing Manager) at Cornwall-based animation studio, Engine House.
Screen Cornwall continues the blog series - This month we speak to Catherine Laine, an assistant director on Cornwall’s own Doc Martin.,..
Every month, we will be speaking to industry experts about working in our region. First up is Mike O’Regan, line producer on Delicious…
Congratulations to Mark Jenkin and producers Kate Byers and Linn Waite from Early Day Films for netting the Outstanding Debut award at the BAFTAs…
Following an open call and interview process at the end of 2019, we are pleased to announce that children's commission for pilot and series…
Mark Jenkin’s latest short film received its premiere in the Unseen Forces programme at Encounters in Bristol. Produced by Early Day Films…
The iFeatures project MAKE UP, which shot in Cornwall in 2018 had its World Premiere at this year’s London Film Festival with writer/director Claire Oakley…