Posts by Oliver
Long Way Back online release
We are thrilled to announce that following its hugely successful run across UK cinemas and film festivals in 2022, our latest feature film Long Way Back is now available to watch online or to buy as a digital download from all the main streaming providers, including Youtube, Google and Amazon. It’s really exciting for us…
Read MoreFup at the Minack
Fup is o-region’s award-winning show about a cantankerous duck is returning in Autumn 2023 for a new production at Cornwall’s iconic Minack Theatre. This wildly irreverent adaptation of Jim Dodge’s cult classic novel was a joyous smash hit when it was co-produced by Kneehigh in 2016, and is now back with a brand new production…
Read MoreFrom The Horse’s Mouth
From the Horse’s Mouth is a Scene project which is linked to the development of our new theatre show, White Horse, based on The White Horse of Zennor by Michael Morpurgo. The project was facilitated by o-region’s artistic director, Simon Harvey and lead writer Anna Maria Murphy. In early 2022, we gathered audio testimony and…
Read MoreBrown Willy
Michael and Pete have been best mates for over 35 years. Michael is about to get married. He doesn’t want a traditional ‘stag do’ and instead opts for a quiet weekend camping on the wilds of Bodmin Moor – with the aim of conquering Brown Willy, Cornwall’s highest hill. Pete, however, has other ideas. After…
Read MoreFup
Start with a cantankerous, ninety-nine-year-old with a taste for gambling and homebrew; add in an obsessive adopted grandson and finish with an oversized fowl with an iron will and a fondness for romantic movies. What do you get? You get FUP. A hilarious and heart-warming tale of a Grandaddy, his Grandson and an ass-kicking duck…
Read MoreHireth
1914. West Cornwall. Harry Elton is starting a new life below the ground mining for tin. Across the channel, a great war rages. When the British Army arrive with an unexpected offer, Harry and his friends swap the dirty, dark and dangerous tunnels of Geevor for the deadly underground warzone beneath the Western Front… Hireth…
Read MoreFilm Challenges
Alongside producing our own films, o-region is also dedicated to encouraging the creativity and innovation of others. Since the early 2000s we have hosted a series of annual film making challenges that are open to all. We choose a theme and encourage aspiring filmmakers of all ages and abilities to create their own response in…
Read MoreWeekend Retreat
Weekend Retreat was our second low-budget feature film, written and directed by Brett Harvey and produced by Simon Harvey, the same creative team behind our third film, Brown Willy. Weekend Retreat premiered at the 2011 Cornwall Film Festival, where it won The Golden Chough Award, and went on to screen at the London Comedy Film…
Read MoreOther theatre projects
o-region has been producing small and medium-scale theatre shows since the company’s inception in 2002, working with some of Cornwall’s leading writers, actors and performers. o-region’s artistic director, Simon Harvey, has overseen the company’s theatre output, including two productions with acclaimed writer Carl Grose.
Read MoreThe Midnight Drives
The Midnight Drives was o-region’s first feature film. Funded by Cornwall Film in conjunction with Southwest Screen, the film was directed by Mark Jenkin (BAFTA-winning director of Bait and Enys Men) and produced by Simon Harvey, o-region’s artistic director. A moving drama about a father coming to Cornwall to share an out of season holiday…
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