FylmK Commission 2023

Every year, Screen Cornwall works with Cornwall Council to commission a short film in the Cornish Language through FylmK. The fund has unearthed a broad range of genres and themes being explored in Kernewek and has provided local filmmakers with the space to create contemporary content that adds to the brilliant archive of shorts made in Cornwall, as well as building the profile for the language through recognition at film festivals such as Celtic Media Festival and London Film Festival. This year, with new partners Atlantek and Cornish Camera Co. on board for post-production and kit hire support, as well as additional funding from our brilliant friends at FEAST to develop the FylmK audiences, we’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 FylmK award.


Kordh (Clan)

Sixteen and trans, Cam feels alone in the world until Teän comes back to the island for their nephew’s christening party.

Producer - Holly Kellock

Holly is a producer based in Plymouth, Devon. For almost a year, Holly has worked at a media production company called Silverstream Tv as a producer/production coordinator. She has always loved film and TV, and graduated from Arts University Plymouth in March 2023. Recently, Holly was a production assistant on a short film called The Weight, a sci-fi/dystopian film set in Cornwall and funded by Screen Cornwall. 

Writer/Director - Jaime Lock

Jaime is a writer from St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. They have poems published in ‘fourteen poems’, Impossible Archetype, Signal House Edition and the anthology ‘Cornish Modern Poetries’ by Broken Sleep Books, among others. Jaime’s audio piece, ‘On the Rock’ about growing up on Scilly, was commissioned as part of BBC New Creatives. They were a member of Apples and Snakes’ Writers’ Room 2021 and Down Stage Write’s ‘Write Out Loud’ cohort, developing LGBTQ+ stories for the stage. Jaime’s poem ‘Our Islands’ was put to film by Michael Eddy. Jaime is currently a recipient of The Squint Playwriting Award. This is their first time making a film. 


KONIN (Rabbit)

Tensions mount for a neighbourhood group of children as they set off to spend one final day in a farmer’s field before it gets concreted over - but it doesn't turn out to be quite the send-off that the youngest member Pidge had in mind. 

Director - Matilda Bulter

Matilda is a filmmaker from The Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. She specialised in writing and directing during her final year at Falmouth University studying BA (Hons) Film and directed her first short Blue Cocoon shot on on 16mm. Soon after graduating she was awarded funding from the Screen Cornwall Graduate Short Scheme to direct her short film Voyager. Since then she has worked for the social enterprise FotoNow CIC in Plymouth as a filmmaker, as well as delivering workshops with them. Commencing in September she will be enrolled at Goldsmiths University to begin her MA in Artists Film and Moving Image.

Producer - Jake Waters 

Jake has been working as a freelance producer based in Cornwall since graduating from Falmouth University in BA(Hons) Film. He has previously worked with Screen Cornwall on projects such as “Pillow Talk”, “Bleujyowa” and “King Henry”, and is passionate about creating critical stories to tackle current social issues.

Writer - Sravya Raju 

Sravya is a writer based in Cornwall who currently works for Creative Kernow and Stranger Collective. Along with writing magazine features and research papers, Sravya works on other creative projects. In 2020, she made a radio drama for BBC New Creatives, participated in the G7 project 'Behind the Postcard' in 2021 and directed a three-minute short 'CV', which was based on a poem by Jackie Taylor and produced by Bosena.