“Leader”- Film Festival Entry

Award winning filming in Cornwall! And we were totally involved. We provided all location services. And even in water filming.

Last summer we had the opportunity of working with an amazing crew from London based Slick Films. They were producing a very different film festival entry. They are an Academy Award winning independent film company. Not only was the film itself very different. The film festival itself was pretty unique too.

The Xiaomi Film Festival

We provided total location services for the production – as detailed in a previous blog.

At short notice

And our underwater filming skills were also called upon.  Albeit in rather murky Cornish waters! Fionn’s over and underwater shots were the ones selected by the festival for their home page.

Xiaomi Festival web shot – underwater filming by Fionn

Top film making talent

We also got to work with some top film making talent and some great characters.

Chris Overton is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his film, The Silent Child for which he received critical acclaim. And won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Overton is the husband of Rachel Shenton, who wrote and starred in The Silent Child.

And a top crew

In fact the whole team were a delight to work with. Jojo my dog became a favourite on set. And at the end of the shoot a delightful surprise. Duncan Hammond, the incredibly talented art department props builder, gave me a picture of Jojo he had drawn during the shoot. Even framed in Cornish driftwood. Plus we also managed to introduce the camera crew to a very special Cornish beer – Spingo!

Award winning filming in Cornwall. In the summer. And with an amazing crew! What a great way to spend a week in August…