Final FylmK 2024 Commissions Announced

Screen Cornwall is delighted to share three further announcements of new short film work in Kernewek through our FylmK Purr Verr (Very Short) and FylmK Meur (Plus) strands. Following a short period of paid development with each of the teams, these projects complete our FylmK funding for 2024 with 5 projects supported in total compared to a maximum of 2 in previous years.

These projects will run alongside those recently announced across Feature Film development, Immersive Nature, Documentary, Scripted Comedy and FylmK strands - read more about the other commissions here.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council has been chosen by Government as a Lead Authority for the fund and is responsible for monitoring the progress of projects funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The project is also supported with funding through the Devolution Deal for Cornwall.

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FylmK Purr Verr (Very Short)

KEVRINYOW (SECRETS)

The military race to find an 8mm film that may contain explosive secrets. Aided by a rogue AI and a mystic, they seek the secrets of the lost Denladrans film.

Production Company: The Ambience Factory

Writers: Peter Moon & Laila Pyne

Laila is an American multi racial actress with a career in TV, Film, and Voice over. Armed with a degree in Sociology from UCSB combined with her love of sci fi and the macabre she tells human stories in not so human settings.

Director: Peter Arthur Moon

Peter is a Cornish writer, lecturer, musician, award winning scientist, engineer and consulting futurologist specialising in energy tech and the social impact of AI. Peter is a member of the cult bands Held by Trees and Unknown Replica and owns The Ambience Factory 24 track all analogue 5:1 post production studio.

Producer: Rachel Burton

Rachel is a freelance film producer with a strong passion for meaningful, memorable and unique short and feature films that hope to encourage social, economic and environmental change.

FylmK Purr Verr (Very Short)

KESKOWS (A CONVERSATION)

Cocooned by their four bathroom walls, a bottle of wine and a bubble bath, flatmates Mara and Jo chat into the night. As their conversation evolves they are confronted by a previously unacknowledged episode of sexual assault from a blurry night in their past.

Writer/ Director: Sophie May

Sophie studied film direction at Falmouth University and then went onto do an Erasmus Internship in Art Direction in Belgium. Her films are centred around young women and their experiences in the world. They are recognisable by their rich visuals and coverage of taboo topics from Virginity in ‘IT' 2016 to Masturbation in 'Mas-tur-ba-tion' 2019. 

Producer: Izzy Wilkinson

Izzy first trained as a producer through the BFI Film Academy and later specialised in producing as part of her BA Film at Arts University Plymouth. In 2023, she produced two funded short films: ‘The Weight’, directed by Susan Lay, and the 2022/23 FylmK commission, ‘Art’, directed by Ben Kernow.

FylmK Meur (Plus)

DROG YW GENEV-VY, MY A'TH KAR (I'M SORRY, I LOVE YOU.)

A 15-year-old YouTuber strives for self-expression, understanding, and connection in the modern world amidst the complexities of generational trauma.

Production Company: Lightbox Film Co.

Writer: Darcy Vanhinsbergh

Darcy is an actor/writer who studied at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. His acting credits range from ITV’S true crime drama ‘A Confession’ to playing Laertes in Hamlet at the Riverside Studios. Alongside his acting, Darcy has a passion for writing and has produced two successful shorts, “New World” & “Cold Water”.

Director: Jennifer Fletcher 

Jennifer trained at Laban and works as a director, writer and choreographer/movement director in theatre, opera, musicals. She has created and directed dance films that have been screened internationally and stage work for organisations including National Theatre Wales, Wildworks, Paines Plough, The Arcola, Storyhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Mid Wales Opera

Producer: James Stuart

Owner of Lightbox Film Co. James has produced a wide range of films and videos from shorts to documentaries. Including viral videos reaching 10s of millions views, working with celebrities in commercial work and award winning short films.

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