Project details
Project lead | Dr Neil Fox |
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Centre alignment | Centre for Pedagogy Futures |
Start date | 2010 |
End date | Ongoing |
Based at Falmouth University's School of Film and Television, the Lab is, and has been, responsible for the production and co-production of a series of narrative and documentary, short and feature films since the start of the 2010s.
It supports national and regional feature film productions following a strategy of accessing greater professional opportunities for students and graduates, increasing visibility of regional film industry and culture in Cornwall and supporting the development and potential of British independent filmmaking.
Around the middle of the 2010s the strategy and direction of the Lab crystallised and partnership and production activity increased significantly. Alongside co-producing feature films, the Lab is a funder and executive producer of micro-budget feature films. The Lab provides the majority of production funding, production resources and festival/release support for filmmakers willing to engage with its Filmmaker In Residence scheme, whereby the opportunity to make a feature film is offered in return for working with a majority student crew. These feature film productions also form the core element of the development of teaching and learning strategies within the school as well as academic research into the teaching of cinema.
The Lab also co-produces and partners on short film productions that access greater professional opportunities for graduates in particular, increase visibility of regional film industry and culture in Cornwall and support the development and potential of British independent filmmaking talent. One of the main drivers of this facet of Lab activity is in providing graduates of the School of Film & Television with career enhancing opportunities that may quicken their career trajectory, whilst simultaneously providing current students the chance to learn from professionals and graduate professionals and be able to visualise their own trajectories with greater clarity.
Project team
Below you can see the project team that works on the Sound/Image Cinema Lab.

Professor Neil Fox
Professor of Film Practice and Pedagogy
I am professor of film practice and pedagogy. I teach on BA (Hons) Film and MA Film & Televi...

Dr Laura Canning
Course Leader, BA(Hons) Film
Laura Canning is Course Leader BA(Hons) Film and currently teaches on core modules in...

Mark Jenkin
Distinguished Professor of Film Practice at Falmouth University
Distinguished Professor of Film Practice Mark Jenkin is a filmmaker based in West Cornwall. He ha...

Rosa Mulraney
Senior Lecturer
A Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University specialising in post-production, visual effects and project...

Denzil Monk
Lecturer in Film
Denzil is a lecturer in Film specialising in producing at the School of Film & Television at Fal...

Beryl Richards
Lecturer TV Drama
Beryl directs film, TV drama and comedy. In TV, as lead director, she’s helped create many popular...

Dr Kingsley Marshall
Head of Film & Television
Dr Kingsley Marshall is Head of Film & Television at the CILECT accredited School of Film &a...
Partners
For a range of feature narrative and documentary, and short films the Lab has partnered and collaborated with:
- Baracoa Pictures
- BBC Films
- BFI
- BFI Doc Society
- Bosena
- Creative England
- Early Day Films
- Elation Pictures
- Film4
- iFeatures
- o-region
- Quiddity Films
- Screen Cornwall
- Screenskills
- Unstoppable
- Western Light Pictures
Outcomes & outputs
A key cultural and economic result of all this activity for British cinema is that the production of films that would otherwise not get made, or would be made with significant limitations and compromises attached, has been possible and these productions have provided significant learning and career opportunities and experiences for Falmouth University students and staff.
Within the region, the Lab has emerged as central to the professional and cultural development of a continued and growing Cornish film economy and identity.
Feature films produced, co-produced and supported by the Lab include:
Impact & recognition
- Film4 will co-finance writer/director Mark Jenkin's next film, Enys Men, which is due for release in 2021. Further development and production support will come from Sound/Image Cinema Lab. You can read more about the production here.
- The Sound/Image Cinema Lab won the Innovative Pedagogy Award at the 2020 University Industry Innovation Network conference.
Project media
The Lab has provided a number of opportunities for Falmouth University students and graduates to work on professional filmmaking sets.
Project news

Photo credit: Jake Cunliffe, Television BA(Hons) graduate
Filming wraps on Falmouth lecturer’s new folk horror film, crewed by students and staff
17 August 2023
Images above by Jake Cunliffe, Television BA(Hons) graduate Falmouth University’s emerging film...

Falmouth graduates leading the production of new LGBTQ+ short film
22 March 2023
Two Falmouth graduates are heading up the production team behind 'King Henry'.

Middle Watch narrowly misses the win at 2023 BAFTAs
21 February 2023
The Falmouth community was rooting for the team behind short animation Middle Watch during Sunday’...

Mark Jenkin’s ENYS MEN in cinemas 13 January
05 January 2023
ENYS MEN, Mark Jenkin's highly anticipated follow-up to the BAFTA-winning BAIT, will be hitting UK c...

Sound/Image Cinema Lab wins bronze at Reimagine Education Awards 2022
08 December 2022
Falmouth University film teaching and research project Sound/Image Cinema Lab has been awarded bronz...

Enys Men to be released in the UK by the BFI
05 October 2022
Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

Lecturer's film Long Way Back to be released in cinemas
25 August 2022
Long Way Back, the third feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University Associate Le...

Enys Men premieres in Cannes
20 May 2022
Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

Sound/Image Cinema Lab film makes its way to SXSW in new Folk Horror documentary
22 March 2022
The award-winning short film Backwoods, which was developed by Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema lab, ...

Film and Television students & staff collaborate on short film Mab Hudel
21 January 2022
The Sound/Image Cinema Lab has added a new film to its portfolio. Students and staff have collaborat...