Media Kernewek / Cornish Media

Alongside supporting incoming productions to Cornwall, Screen Cornwall is passionate about authentic storytelling from indigenous creatives that reflects our unique language, culture and heritage on screen. Working from the “Case for a Cornish Public Service Media” report, commissioned by Cornwall Council in 2019, we are working towards creating a screen ecosystem in Cornwall that supports outreach, talent development, commissioning of new work and audience development across a wide range of communities.

Launching a Cornish Public Service Media

2023 marked the start of a new phase of activity for Screen Cornwall, with a successful bid to the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund for the “Launching a Cornish Public Service Media” project which extends our existing work and starts to enact the recommendations of the Case for a Cornish Public Service Media report.

The funding will support the ongoing development of our film office services - growing our offer for Cornish landowners, crew and businesses, providing networking and events for the sector. It will help us to grow the skills base in the sector and provide our own skills events specifically around Cornish language, culture and heritage media creation.

The project will enable us to commission new work reflecting Cornwall’s distinctive language, culture and heritage and extend funding for the annual FylmK Cornish language commission, which has been very successful in recent years.

We are building more national and international industry partnerships to create clearer channels for the distribution and marketing of work that promotes Cornish language, culture and heritage. The funding will support our work developing audiences within and outside the region, working with partner organisations and festivals to make Cornish media content more accessible to audiences everywhere.

In 2024, we are delighted to be taking further steps towards a stronger and more authentic media representation for Cornwall through new commissions.