Storm Ellen
Storm Ellen is a four minute mindful moment telling the story of one storm on one patch of coastline. Filmed around the surf spot of Polzeath in 2021 in the lead up to Storm Ellen, an early season storm that hit the north coast of Cornwall, in August. The film follows the storm building from the first gusts of wind rustling the tender grasses of pristine gardens to the crashing waves where thrill seekers play.
Film by: @gparsonsphoto
Director: Gavin Parsons gavinparsons.co.uk
Faldur
“After the unlikely encounter between a young boy and a whale, magically floating in the air, the two friends go and discover the beauty of the World. But not everything is as wonderful as it seems. “
A long journey through the ravages caused by Mankind, seen through the innocent gaze of childhood.
Film by: @rokan.music
Director: Rokan
Marine Meadows of Cornwall
A short environmental documentary about Seagrass meadows in Cornwall.
A collaboration between Project Seagrass & LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES, with extra support and funding from Natural England, Ocean Conservation Trust, Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall Council, Feel Good Drinks & Eden Project.
Seagrass is one of the most important ecosystems on our planet.
This incredible marine plant – goes unnoticed by many – yet absorbs vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and provides a home for a huge diversity of marine animals. Including critically endangered species such as the Seahorse and also the young of commercially important species such as Pollock, Cod and whiting.
Shockingly, the UK is predicted to have lost up to 92% of its Seagrass during the last century. This is mostly due to negative human impacts.
There is much more that can be done to protect these productive, biodiverse underwater meadows.
Film by: Lewis M Jefferies Filmmaker & Photographer
Producer: Lewis Jefferies
A Ruined Past, A Future Rebuilt
A short film about how nature has reclaimed sites formerly degraded by mining along the North Cornish coastline of England. This is a story of recovery, redemption and renewal. In a marginal land that was once gutted and scarred, ecosystems have re-established and previously lost species are thriving, providing hope for the regeneration of wild spaces elsewhere.
Film by: Lauren Holford
Director & Producer: Lauren Holford
Photo by: Lauren Holford
The Hidden Rock Pool World
A guide to the ‘hidden world’ of the rockpool, the creatures that inhabit it and how they cope with the challenges of the daily tides. Filmed at Trevaunance Cove within the St Agnes Marine Conservation Area.
Film by: Ciaran Barry
Director & Producer: Ciaran Barry
Photo by: Ciaran Barry
Tonic of the Sea
A mini-documentary showing the link between mental health and sea swimming. Katie swims off the rocks of Penzance, UK nearly everyday of the year. Swimming has helped her overcome some of the struggles that life all too often throws our way. The hope is that her story may help others who are faced with similar challenges.
Film by: Tonic of the Sea
Director: Jonathan J Scott
Producer: Katie Maggs
Morvoren Seythen (The Seaton Mermaid -Kernewek)
The story of the Seaton Mermaid. One of a series of animations commissioned for the MAZED project that collects culturally distinct stories of place, to see them told again in ways old and new.
Film by: Bosena
Written by: Anna Chorlton (Adapted from a traditional tale)
Bill Chubb voiced by Will Coleman
Directed & Animated by: Holly Summerson
Music from ‘Covath’ by Mike O’Connor © 2003 – lyngham.co.uk
Sound Design by: Daniel Thompson
Kelp!
Under the looming shadow of ecological breakdown, a young aspiring filmmaker goes in search of a surprising super-solution that can help build a better future for humans and the planet… Join her and the crew on an epic visual journey aboard the good ship Gleaner through Britain’s rugged wild coastline, from beneath the waves to under the microscope, as they discover the power of Kelp to regenerate our coasts, empower communities and capture a whole load of Carbon.
Director: Anna Roberts & Caylon La Mantia
Producer: Anna Roberts & Caylon La Mantia
Call Me Peg Leg
Winner of shortie of the year London Surf festival 2016
Official selection 2016: Waimea Ocean Film Festival
As seen on: Channel 4
Meet (if you don’t already know him locally) Rik or Peg Leg as he is now officially called, one legged chef, traveller and one of the UK’s most exciting surfers.
Part of a six part mini documentary series for Channel 4 exploring how people are use their bespoke prosthetic limbs to express themselves creatively.
Featuring: Pegleg Rik Bennett
Created by: Mattr.Media
Director: Josh Hine – www.joshhine.co.uk
Producer: Josh Fineman
Production Manager: Dave Hudson
DOP: Nick Morris
Camera Assistant: Thomas Terminet
Sound: Jim Friend
Editor: Hettie Griffiths
Dive the Rock
Local divers explore the marine life of our most iconic sea stack in the Parish, Bawden Rock. What they see there is sure to surprise you, even if you have always lived in St Agnes.
Film By: Chris Whitworth – our very own group Chair!
The Essential Cornishman
Possibly the final trip for a cove fisherman, steaming out from a village in the teeth of aggressive re-branding. Hand-processed Super 8 reversal film & compact audio cassette. An audio-visual stream of consciousness. Entirely unedited, in terms of writing, performance and visuals. A homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.
Film By: Bosena
Directed By: Mark Jenkin
The Puffins Watch
An animation created by Amanda Lorens and the primary school students from Five Islands Academy. This animation film tells the story of Bishop Rock Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly. It looks at the building of the three lighthouses by Trinity house in the mid 19th-Century from a puffins perspective. The light house was rebuilt three times due to heavy storms and giant waves.
Film By: Five Islands Academy
Director: Amanda Lorens
Producer: Amanda Lorens
Septimus 'Some Seal'
The story of the legacy of the grey seal Septimus and how the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust have turned his death into positive action.
Film By: Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust
Director: Billy Heaney
Producer: Sue Sayer
Under The Surface
Has the huge rise in public awareness about plastic pollution diverted attention from an even more urgent environmental problem affecting the sea?
In Under the Surface, marine experts talk about how a changing climate is affecting Cornwall’s basking sharks, plankton, seals and seabirds – but also looks at positive stories about local projects to restore the marine environment, which could help to protect us from the worst effects of climate change.
Film By: Cornwall Climate Care
Director: Bryony Stokes
Producer: Claire Wallerstein
Plenty More Fish
Plenty More Fish? looks at the surprising ways in which climate change is affecting Cornwall’s fishing industry – and what we can all do to help.
Film By: Cornwall Climate Care
Director: Bryony Stokes
Producer: Claire Wallerstein
From the Culch
From the Culch is assembled from the offcuts of a lost 1978 BBC documentary about the Truro oyster fishery. After the film was broadcast a can of randomly assembled 16mm film was given to Dennis Laity, crewman on the George Glasson, as a memory of his late brother Paul, who passed away not long after shooting wrapped. The can of film lay in Dennis’s airing cupboard for 45 years, unseen, before being passed to the director. A 4K digital scan revealed the beauty captured in the celluloid and Dennis, now 82 years old, gave voice to his memories of the men who dredged the Carrick Roads and the boats they sailed on. A story emerged – of work, love and loss, of time and memory, of dog biscuits and sideburns – and the discarded bin cuts grew into the film you see today.
Film By: Seamonster Media
Director: Paul Mulraney
Producer: Paul Mulraney
From the River
Film By: Seamonster Media
Producer: Thom Axon
Gadger
Gadger is a treasure of a local dive site. In this short film, diver and chair of St Agnes Marine Conservation Group guides our dive, revealing a side of St Agnes that is unseen by most.
Film By: Chris Whitworth
Underwater Minds
Film By: Hydro Motion Media
Producer: Tom Daguerre
A Lens on the Ground
Join The Marine Diaries as we meet David Miller – an artist and photographer based in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
David has a strong connection to wildlife – it’s his inspiration for his art, and acts as a balm to sooth his eco-anxiety. David also crafts some peculiar inventions to bring him closer to one of his subjects, the Atlantic Puffin. Come behind the scenes, as Nikon Creator Rachel Bigsby joins The Marine Diaries on location on Skomer Island.
Film By: The Marine Diaries
Director & Producer: Rebecca Daniel
Tompot Tales and other intriguing interactions from our local seas
Film By: Paul Naylor
Produced & Directed By: Paul Naylor
The Wave Project
1 in 6 children in the UK struggle with their social, emotional or mental health.
This film shows how the fantastic local charity, The Wave Project, is changing this through combining the therapeutic elements of the ocean with the adventure of surfing and a supportive culture of acceptance to help children do things they never thought possible.
Film By: Luke Pilbeam
Spin Cycles and Life Cycles
Film By: Seadog Productions
Directed By: Monty Halls
Seaweed Stories
Introducing two members of our St Agnes Marine Conservation Group, the ‘Seaweed Sisters’ Jo Polack and Angie Gall, this film tells of how the pair got through lockdown and grew a science and art collaboration which has led to the creation of many beautiful textile artworks that Jo has produced. Some of them will be on display at the festival.
Film By: Richard Draisey
Produced & Directed By: Richard Draisey