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The Constrant Gardener

The film stars two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite. It was produced by Cornwall based Simon Channing-Williams from the novel by John le Carré, also based here in Cornwall.

This tale of sex, murder and political intrigue is a masterwork of suspense. It sweeps the audience along one man's emotional and global journey to uncover the truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide conspiracy.

The Constant Gardener, Screening & Q&A, will be shown at the Cornwall Film Festival 2005. Falmouth Arts Centre on Saturday 19 November at 8pm, on the big screen.

The film will be followed by a Q&A session with screen writer Jeffrey Caine. His other credits include:Ìý Rory O-Shea Was Here, GoldenEye and TV series Dempsey and Makepeace and Bergerac.

Lard

Also showing on Saturday is the film Lard (6 mins.) A Cornish short film which will precede the main feature.Ìý Selected for seven international Film Festival's and Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Copenhagen Film Festival 2005.

Jake longs to play football with the bigger boys in the street, but friendship can come at a cost. Producer/Director: Ornette Spenceley. Writer: Kate Spenceley

Workshops and screenings

12-1.30 pm

Screenwriting with Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring). UCF Masterclass. "‘The Art and Business of Adaptation" – Why and how to go about adapting from other sources with reference to Girl With a Pearl Earring and other scripts/films.

2-3.00 pm

Art documentary
A Picture of the South West/Kurt Jackson. Screening with Q&A.

The story of one of artist Kurt Jackson’s huge seascapes painted at Cape Cornwall. A passionate supporter of environmental causes, Kurt searches for dolphin-killing pair trawlers with Greenpeace off the Cornish coast, paints underwater off the Scillies, and sketches on stage at the Glastonbury Festival. Producer/Director: Mick Catmull

Followed by Q&A with Kurt Jackson and director Mick Catmull.

For more information on the film festival screenings, events and workshops click on the link below to the officail website.