Opportunities >>>>>>>>>>> 

100ft of Deep Time: opportunity for filmmakers
Deadline 6th May 2018

As part of Mayes Cretive's Deep Space project, we are inviting expressions of interest from 16/8 mm filmmakers to make a short film about Deep Time.

Our film call panel (Ben Cook of LUX, Kayla Parker of Plymouth University, Jacqui Knight of Cinestar and Joanna Mayes of Mayes Creative) will choose 9 artists to make their short film; we provide 100ft of film (black and white or colour) and high quality telecine.
FIlms will be shared in traditional screening environments, but also as part of Mayes Creative;s sculptural film pod, where film screenings will be controlled by cosmic ray data! The pod will travel around festivals in Cornwall.

Timescales are tight - this is a chance to take a more spontaneous approach to filmmaking, with only one week for making and one for digital editing.

We hope you enjoy the challenge! Click here for more details
Funded by Arts Council England, Feast & Cornwall Industrial Trust with support from LUX, Cinestar and Plymouth University
Special handmade emulsion session, Saturday 5th May, Cornwall

Available as part of our Film Weekender, or book in for day/afternoon on Saturday 5th May (£60/£40). See below.
The day begins with an off-site filming session, returning in the afternoon for a technical session at Lands End YHA (or join the hand processing session outlined below).

In the afternoon, Robert will be sharing his experience and leading a session of experimentation with handmade emulsion techniques (Robert has been part of a European team working to develop a workable handmade emulsion). Images emerge from a handmade background, providing a tactile blurring between subject and surface.
Click here for more information and to book...

Current projects >>>>>>>>>>> 

How to make a film about the stars?

Cinestar are partnering with Mayes Creative as part of the Dark Skies: Bright Stars project, inspired by he Dark Skies bid for Bodmin Moor, working with young filmmakers at Liskeard school. The students are thinking about and experimenting with ways of making films about the history of astronomy....how do you show time, stars, our relationships to planets without telescopes? Students saw examples of films from artists Derek Jarman and SemiConductor to help them find creative inspiration... Students filmed glitter in water and food dye in the air to represent the stars, alongside filming light in unusual ways to help think about our relationship to time, waves and particles. Next week they are off to The Hurlers to try some outdoor filming to add to their experiments. 

Recent events >>>>>>>>>>> 

Call for interest in Cinestar Film Lab

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​We're putting out a call for people who are interested in supporting our Cinestar artist film lab in Cornwall. We currently have a Steenbeck (generously donated by David Wilkinson at GenevaStopFilms) and are currently working out what to do with it/where to house it etc. If you would like to make use of this facility and help us get it ready to use, please get in touch and we will make a Cinestar sub-list so that we can take this collective resource further. We will start with a meeting in the lab space to work out what we need to do to get things going. Once the space is working, we are keen to offer opportunities for everyone to make the most of it.

Please send an email to us at [email protected] to join our lab list.
BAINS ARGENTIQUES – International Film Labs Meeting / Rencontre Internationale des labos cinématographiques
Nantes, France
04.07.16 - 09.07.2016
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Cinestar contributed to the delivery of workshops at the International film labs meeting in Nantes, France in July.  With Jo leading a successful research session in eco-reversal processing. This event brought together almost 50 artists film labs, from five continents, for a week of exchange and discussions about the state of the art of film.

We were overwhelmed by seven incredible screenings curated by international programmers from the network, an evening of project presentations and an open barbecue, a « Bac à sable afternoon with public workshops. With two evenings of performances and concerts on the banks of the Loire river in collaboration with Cable#, and a party.

Details of the Bains Argentiques workshops, screening events and photos here
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Bains Argentique Artists Film Lab Meeting July 2016