
12 Years a Slave (2013) In the pre-Civil War United States a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery where he faces cruelty and unexpected kindnesses as he struggles not only to stay alive but to retain his dignity.
Cornwall Film Festival are pleased to announced that the 2015 Screen Action rising star award will be sponsored by Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund. A cash prize will be given at the Screen Action screening day, judged by a panel of industry experts with the MMBF Trust also providing the winner with a chance to work on film sets around the UK, for a minimum of 3 days with a professional film crew.
MMBF (Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund) is an international fund to support young people with an interest to follow a career in the film industry or aspiring pilots. The fund welcomes applications from anywhere in the world and aims to support individuals whose careers are at standstill due to having no resources to move their career’s forward. The foundation was formed by Mathetes Chihwai better known by his stage name Matthew C. Martino
Animations
Winner – A Space Recovery – Will Pace-Linsell  Truro College
Runner up – Frankenstien and Mimi – Kieran Sebille Truro College
Entertainment  / Factual Entertainment
Winner – PG Tips – Seamus Tyrell, Extended Diploma Creative Media Production, Truro College
Factual
Winner – Inked – Naomi Rogers and Liam O’Hare, nCornwall College
Runner Up – BMXing – Becky Davis A-level Media Studies, Truro College
Fiction
Winner – Between Her and Nowhere – Luan Leer, Mawgan Dudding, Barney Wood and Lauren Davis Truro College
Runner Up – Dirty Henry – Director Jordan Hammond – Producer Kirsty Dexter
Cornwall College students
Music Video
Winner – Boundless Brothers – Broken Bridges – Zeb McGregor, Cornwall College
Runner Up – Everlong – Dom Farnham, Extended Diploma Creative Media Production, Truro College
MMBF (Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund)
Rising Star Kirsty Dexter Cornwall College
Runner up is Mawgan Dudding, Truro College