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Festival tickets go on sale on Wednesday, 21 October, at the Phoenix Cinema, Falmouth

Tickets for the 2009 Cornwall Film Festival will be sold exclusively through the box office of the Phoenix Cinema, Falmouth.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, October 21st and may be ordered by phone or by visiting the box office.

For the best deal, Weekend and Day tickets are available. Or you can order single-event tickets for any of the screenings, workshops or lectures.

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The newly refurbished Phoenix Cinema will host most of our screenings this year and its box office will handle ticket sales and reservations for all events. Tickets may be ordered by phone or by calling at the box office and may be posted or collected at any time prior to an event.

The following ticket options are available:

Ticket Type	Price	Conc.
Weekend Pass	£35	£28
Student Weekend Pass	£25	-
Day Pass (Sat/Sun only)	£15	£12
Single-Event Ticket	£6	£5
Board Shorts	£6	£5

The Concession price applies to Students, Seniors and Unwaged

The Phoenix Cinema
11 Berkeley Vale, Falmouth
Cornwall TR11 3PL
(01326) 313072
Map

Weekend Pass and Day Pass holders will need to obtain reservations for the screenings and events they wish to see. These reservations may be made at the time of Pass purchase or at any time prior to the event or screening.

Festival finds new home for 2009

An exciting new venue will give Cornish filmmakers a fantastic opportunity to see their films on the ‘big screen’, in front of a packed cinema audience, as part of the Cornwall Film Festival 2009, which takes place 13th - 15th November.

The Cornwall Film Festival is a vibrant celebration of Cornish and International filmmaking, offering local and national premieres that are open to everyone, from the enthusiast to the professional. A variety of seminar programmes, professional development workshops, master classes and parties provide the opportunity to network with local filmmakers as well as with the UK’s leading industry professionals.

The Festival is an annual event and has grown year on year to include an expanding range of exciting screenings and events. In previous years the main Festival events have been spread across several venues in Falmouth, including the Princess Pavilions and The National Maritime Museum. With the audience numbers increasing by more than five times since its inception in 2002 and the number of film submissions rising yearly it has been necessary to find a new venue able to accommodate the growing festival.

Falmouth’s new cinema, The Phoenix, is a state of the art five-screen cinema, including two traditional-style auditoriums where the Cornwall Film Festival 2009 will hold the main festival screenings. Three "luxurious" screens with leather armchairs and sofas will host an assortment of networking events, discussions and lectures, professional development workshops and special screenings.

The move to a new venue with specialised facilities will centralise the Cornwall Film Festival and enable it to build on the success of previous years. It is an exciting prospect for the festival to be held in a real cinema and is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the wealth of talent in the local film industry on the big screen. The festival expects to attract even larger audiences this year for what is set to be the best Cornwall Film Festival yet.

'Another Country' Touring Programme

£1,000 cash prize for best international short film to be showcased in rural locations across Cornwall.

‘Another Country’, the Cornwall Film Festival’s international short film competition, returns for a second year in 2009, showcasing outstanding films from around the World. Cornish audiences will be among the first in the country to see a selection of the best films from up-and-coming international filmmakers.

Filmmakers of all nationalities have been invited to submit short films of any genre that give an insight into, or that have been made in, the towns, villages or rural communities of their country. This is not only a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers from the international community to reach a wider audience, but is also a chance for people across Cornwall to broaden their horizons and enjoy a diverse and exciting selection of films.

Films have been submitted from as far afield as Australia, Canada and the United States, as well as from Asian and European countries. Throughout September and October, the Cornwall Film Festival will present a selection of the best films in venues in Cornwall’s most remote areas, to ensure that everybody has the chance to enjoy this fantastic international screening.

Audiences will be asked to vote for their favourite films at each screening and the winner will be announced after the final screening at the Cornwall Film Festival, which takes place 13-15 November in Falmouth’s new cinema, The Phoenix. A cash prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the maker of the best film, courtesy of sponsor University College Falmouth.

The screenings will take place across Cornwall. For more information on individual screenings, please contact the venue :

10th Sep: Wooda Farm, North Cornwall, EX23 0LF: 01840 230140

11th Sep: Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance, TR18 4BU: 01736 363545

12th Sep: The Hall for Gwinear, Hayle, TR27 5JL: 01736 850781

18th Sep: Miss Peapod's, Penryn, TR10 8FG: 01326 374424

26th Sep: The Melting Pot, Krowji, Redruth, TR15 3AJ: 07915 252 757

3rd Oct: Blisland Village Hall, Nr Bodmin, PL30 4JS :01208 850338

10th Oct: Tremayne Hall, Mylor Bridge, TR11 5NA: 01326 259863:

17th Oct: Ashtorre Rock Community Centre, Saltash, PL12 4GT: 01752 844255

24th Oct: Altarnun Village Hall, Launceston, PL15 7R: 01566 86100

6th Nov: The Liskerrett Film Society, Liskeard, PL14 4AP: 01579 340307

Another Country is sponsored by FEAST and University College Falmouth