Film
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A selection of films featuring the Cornish language.
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Hwedhel Henry Jenner
A short documentary film in Cornish about Henry Jenner (1848–1934) who campaigned to get Cornwall recognised as a Celtic nation and prove Cornish is a living language. |
A tale from below ground
A short animation in the Cornish language about an encounter with mythical beings and tin miners below ground. |
Mark's Chin
Nick Harpley came second in the 2012 Govyn Kernewek competition, receiving £500 with Mark’s Chin, a morning routine with Cornish vocabulary. |
Erbynn Ebron Growan
Stacy Weeks received third prize in the 2012 Govyn Kernewek competition with Erbynn Ebron Growan, a dance routine depicting a child’s poem about the Hurlers. |
Mousehole Lights
Bill Wroath received the audience award in the 2012 Govyn Kernewek competition with Mousehole Lights, “Evocative, tragic and very funny. Keen highlights of one man's life." |
Tamara
Will Coleman won the 2011 Govyn Kernewek competition with Tamara, a tongue in cheek look at contemporary issues around self-determination and international terrorism. Warning, this film contains strong languages. |
An Jowl yn Agas Kegin
'An Jowl yn agas Kegin,' Govyn Kernewek award winning film. |
Skynt
Ian Bucknole won the 2010 Govyn Kernewek competition with Skynt an Ilowek, a kitchen-sink musical with high energy song and dance numbers set in Cornwall at the end of the busy summer season. |
Skath
Govyn Kernewek winner Paul Farmer’s Skath explores the revival of Cornish pilot gig racing, the fastest growing water sport in contemporary Britain, in the company of Pol Hodge, poet and newcomer to this exhausting activity. |
Nebes Geryow a-dro dhe'n SWF
Govyn Kernewekk winner Jack Morrison’s Nebes Geryow a-dro dhe’n SWF is a postcard of the thoughts and feelings of Cornish people. |
Konin ha Pryv animation
Konin ha Pryv is a Cornish language animation aimed at pre-school children and their families in which the loveable characters of Konin, a rabbit, and Pryv, a worm, take the viewers on a magical journey through their exciting world. |
Blight
'Blight,' is a historical short in Cornish featuring Richard Coyle and Mary Woodvine. |
Darralla Jooan Choy an Horr
'Darralla Jooan Choy an Horr,' which won the 'Film of the Festival' award at the Cornwall Film Festival in 2004. |
The Fight That Didn't Go Right
'The Fight That Didn't Go Right,' an animated children's film. |
Souper
Fran Newman scooped the £1000 prize for the 2012 Govyn Kernewek 90-second short film competition, sponsored by MAGA, with this Cornish language romance; Souper. |
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An short animated tale about Halloween. Funded by a legacy from Craig Weatherhill to Agan Tavas.
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