CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS SELLING FAST – DON’T MISS OUT!
The eighth annual Cornwall Film Festival takes place at The Phoenix Cinema and the UCF Woodlane Campus in Falmouth this weekend (13 – 15 November). With some events already selling out, audiences are urged to book their tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
It’s a cracking line-up at this year’s Festival - with films from all over the world, workshops, special events and guest speakers, parties and plenty more. There really is something for everyone.
In particular, the Cornwall Film Festival is proud to showcase the fantastic talent here in Cornwall with a selection of shorts, features, documentaries and dance films from the region’s finest filmmakers, including the UK premiere of a Cornish-made documentary, Diary of a Disgraced Soldier.
There is a great selection of international films on offer including the UK premiere of Disgrace, adapted from the Booker prize-winning novel by J.M. Coetzee. The Festival’s Another Country touring programme also returns for a second year, showcasing short films from around the world – and an exciting addition this year will be a screening of the winners of the 2009 Budapest Short Film Festival (BuSho).
Of this year’s guest speakers, the Festival is particularly excited to welcome writer and documentary filmmaker Jon Ronson. He will be presenting the Festival’s Saturday night feature and Cornwall premiere of The Men Who Stare At Goats, a quirky dark comedy adapted from his bestseller of the same name, as well as giving a Q&A after the film. He will also talk about the real story behind the film, which examines connections between paranormal military programmes and psychological techniques used for interrogation in the ‘war on terror,’ on Saturday afternoon at the Woodlane Lecture Theatre.
As tickets for these events are selling fast, please ensure you book your tickets early to reserve your place.
For a full programme and the latest news visit, www.cornwallfilmfestival.com. Tickets are available from the Phoenix Cinema box office: (01326) 313072.
Weekend Passes are £35/£28 Concs, Student Weekend Pass £25, Day Ticket £15/£12 Concs, Single Event £6/£5 Concs.
The Men Who Stare at Goats The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
THE CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE
Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the most critical challenges ever to face
humankind and requires the commitment of all nations in order to protect against it. As international heads of state prepare to meet in Copenhagen next month for the UN climate change summit, the Cornwall Film Festival is preparing for its own climate change event.
On Saturday 14th November the Festival offers a special screening of the climate-change blockbuster The Age of Stupid at the Phoenix Cinema in Falmouth. Two climate change shorts will precede this: Leo Murray’s animation Wake-up, Freak Out – Then Get a Grip, and a counterpoint film by Cornwall resident Andrew Edmonds, A Convenient Deception.
The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by environmental ‘guru’ Mark
Paterson, head of tertiary education at the Eden Project. Mark will be joined by Age of Stupid cast member and West Cornwall wind-farm developer Piers Guy, Tim German, head of Low Carbon Cornwall, Oliver Baines of Transition Ladock, and David Smart Knight of Plan-It Earth.
Writer/director Andrew Edmonds will provide the counterpoint along with his wife, Karen Tudor. This is a great opportunity for people to get together and discuss their views on climate change and how to be part of the solution. As tickets for these events are selling fast, please ensure you book your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
For a full programme of events and screenings at the 2009 Cornwall Film Festival, please visit
www.cornwallfilmfestival.com. Tickets for all events are available from the Phoenix Cinema box office: (01326) 313072.
Weekend Passes are £35/£28 Concs, Student Weekend Pass £25, Day Ticket £15/£12 Concs, Single Event £6/£5 Concs.
.
