The Screen Cornwall Equity Production Investment (SCEPI), a new £2.5 million initiative jointly backed by Cornwall Council and private investors, has launched to boost film and high-end television production in the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (CIOS) region. The investment aims to “stimulate further growth of the area’s burgeoning screen industry”, said a press release, … Read more
Screen Cornwall announce the first four recipients of its Feature-Film Development Scheme for projects in the Cornish language (Kernewek) made by local creative talent. Managing Director Laura Giles says: “It’s fitting to announce these commissions on the day we mark the 10th anniversary of Cornish being awarded national minority status by the Council of Europe. … Read more
Screen Cornwall has launched the first ever funding scheme dedicated to the development of feature film in the Cornish/Kernewek language, as part of the latest boost to its Cornish Content Commissioning programme. Other new Cornish language content being commissioned includes short films, an online scripted comedy series and a documentary short. The new opportunities are … Read more
New figures released by Screen Cornwall show that film and TV production was worth more than £5million to the Cornish economy in 2022. The figures are taken from the first economic impact analysis into the Gross Value Added (GVA) of film and TV production in the region that the screen agency has produced since its … Read more