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.

A Thousand Times Goodnight (2013). A leading war photographer, played by Juliette Binoche, must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life. Slated for Cornwall Film Festival 2014. Slated for Cornwall Film Festival 2014.

Screen Actions

Screen Actions is the extraordinarily talent-rich youth bash that has sprung up beside its parent event, Cornwall Film Festival, and is run in partnership with Cornwall College & Truro Penwith College. It’s a full day of screenings and talks provided by professional filmmakers and industry professional.

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

Screen Actions Winners 2015

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