Screen Cornwall unveils first recipients of Cornish-language film initiative (exclusive)
The UK’s Screen Cornwall has revealed the first four recipients of its feature film development scheme for projects in the Cornish language, Kernewek, made by local creative talent.
Callum Mitchell, who was the assistant director on Mark Jenkin’s Bait and Enys Men, has written Lanow (Rising Tide). A 10-year-old and his loving father, victims of a devastating housing crisis, treasure one last summer together in a place they call home. Simon Nicholls of Spike Productions produces.
All four projects will now be supported to detailed treatment stage. Two will then go on to receive further funding to reach script stage, with writer and producer fees covered.
Screen Cornwall was set up in 2019 to grow the screen sector economy in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The scheme was made possible by £150,000 funding from the devolution deal for Cornwall, an agreement signed in 2023 between the government and Cornwall Council, covering shorts, factual and features. The feature film development scheme’s total pot, including some UK government shared prosperity funding, comes to £42,000.
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