Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer is a producer, director, writer and performer, and wrote and co-directed The Lark. Paul is a member of the Gorseth Kernow, with the bardic name Skrifer an Tyller (�writer of the place�). Previous film work includes Schooner Trinovante, The Twelve-Inch Pianist, New Reed and Cargoes. He was the producer of Hwerow Hweg, the first feature film made in the Kernewek language, premiered in the House of Commons. Much of his current film work can be found at www.farmerfilm.com.

Steve Tanner
Steve is a freelance photographer and filmmaker who has directed and shot several short dramas and documentaries, including Kneehigh in China; Flight, with director Bill Mitchell and writer Anna Maria Murphy; and Church of the Lost Cause by Emma Rice. He was Director of Photography on Mark Jenkin's award winning The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light. Steve has had exhibitions nationally with his personal photography taken in Northern Ireland, Berlin, Eygpt, Russia, America and Japan. He is presently constructing his web site www.stevetanner.co.uk.

Hana Backland
Hana Backland is a North Cornish filmmaker & artist. After graduating with a film and television degree from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, she worked for many commercial employers including the BBC, ITV and feature film production companies. Recently she has concentrated her work on low-budget niche independent dramas. She is the Project Manager for the young people�s film festival for Cornwall, Screen Actions, and currently in pre-production for her children�s television series pilot 'Nettlecatfish'. She loves drawing, traditional special effects and being in the sea.

Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin is a filmmaker from North Cornwall who has written and directed two no-budget feature films (Golden Burn, 2001 & The Rabbit, 2004) as well as numerous short films. He has also directed and edited documentaries and promos for television. He won the Frank Copplestone First Time Director Award at The Celtic Film & Television Festival 2002 for his debut film Golden Burn, and has recently premiered the feature drama The Midnight Drives. Mark is developing The Holiday Park with Sally Hibbin at Parallax East. He is also co-creative director of The Ark.

John Crooks
John Crooks (aka Crooksey) is a Lighting/Cameraman based in Cornwall. He has shot many shorts and directed documentaries and corporate videos. John set up his own production company Stanz Productions in 2002 and is an associate artist of o-region and on the steering group of the War-rag collective. He is a talented goalkeeper and once had a trial with Plymouth Argyle FC, but is currently developing new skills with his latest professional toy - Jimmy Jib, the wonderful jib arm, which is available for hire from .

Brett Harvey
Brett studied film at Truro College. Since graduating in 2002, he has written and directed many short films. His awards include Best Amateur Film at the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films in 2003, the Audience Award at the Fresh Five Festival in Bristol in 2004, and the Panel Award at the One Take Wonders Film Challenge in 2006. He recently premiered An Jowl Yn Agas Kegin, winner of the Govynn Kernewek Award at the 2006 Cornwall Film Festival. Brett is currently developing the script for the low-budget horror feature film Wolf Moor set in the wilds of Bodmin Moor.

Morgan Lowndes
Morgan is a freelance cameraman and steadicam operator based in Cornwall. He has shot numerous short and feature length films, music videos and documentaries with a wide range of clients from independent local production companies to the BBC. Over the last 5 years he has worked in Africa, America, Asia and throughout Europe. Most recently he worked as camera operator on the low-budget feature film The Midnight Drives, and is currently developing a number of other film projects. Check out some of his work at www.morganlowndes.com.

Laura Hardman
Laura is a freelance producer/director. She is the director of Cornwall Film Festival, a filmmaker and a facilitator for young people�s film projects. Laura has worked in media for more than ten years, from multi camera shoots to digital shorts and across the world. She produced Cornish feature film Dressing Granite and is in pre-production (with Mark Jenkin) on The Holiday Park, a feature film for Parallax Productions. She has completed a pilot episode of Konin ha Pryv, a Cornish language puppet/ animation film for pre-school children and juggles all this with bringing up her son Max and newcomer to the world Jasper.

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