NEWLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Newlyn and Penzance have a unique location at the extreme southwest of the British Isles, with a long tradition of Fishing and Visual Arts. The Newlyn International Film Festival was founded in 2017 by Redcliffe Films, Bristol (Diana Taylor and Anthea Page) and the inaugural event was held in April 6-8th 2018 at the Centre, Chywoone Hill, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall. TR18 5AR. It showed a selection from 126 submitted films in a across the course of the weekend and 4 awards were presented during the final evening’s ceremony and social event to the winning filmmakers . The enthusiastic response has led directly to a second iteration for 2019 which will be hosted at the Acorn in nearby PenzanceThe Prizes will be awarded by a panel of esteemed judges. This prestigious award will be chosen from amongst the nominated films meaning all films entered into any category are automatically eligible.
NEWLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTVAL
THE ACORN THEATRE PENZANCE APRIL 5 - 7TH 2019
2019 AWARDS AND PRIZES:
Engraved trophies and winners certificates will be given to the winners in all seven categories
in addition:
£100 for best Fiction Film
£100 for best Documentary
£100 for best Animation
The Newlyn Film Festival is open to everyone, regardless of your age, experience or genre of your film. A specially commissioned etched trophy and a certificate will be given to the winner in the following categories:
Best Fiction Film Prize (under 45 minutes)
Best Student Film (under 20 minutes, open to any genre of Fiction or Documentary film
including Experimental )
Best Documentary ( 45 minutes or less )
Best Poetry Film ( 6mins or less )
Best Animation. (20 mins or less)
Best Short Film Script (30 pages or less)
Best film in the Cornwall section
Submit via Film Freeway
https://newlynfilmfestival.com/ festival
The festival will take place over three days and ther ewill be continous screenings on two screens.
Talks ,workshops, screenings, a festival party and an award ceremony wil give independent filmmakers a great chance to showcase their films.
The festival is commited to the short independent film maker and we are keen to promote their work.
