Roseland Festival 2025 – Roseland On Film – Celebrating Local Projects – With Tim Lowe

Roseland Festival 2025

Roseland On Film – Celebrating Local Projects – With Tim Lowe

Three short films will be shown, with a short intermission, to give a behind-the-scenes view of the characters and activities involved in three very different projects and activities that all residents may be aware of, but may know little about.

Lamorran – a church closed by bats

The little church of St. Moran at Lamorran, with its thousand-year history, was closed in 2014 because of the mess left by bats.  As a result of a little luck and a lot of hard work driven by Nick Jeans, an innovative project was set up to answer the question, “Can we find a way for bats and humans to share a building?”  This was only the start of a 2-year effort to put the building back into good condition.  The restoration work was filmed live, including a highly specialist removal, restoration and replacement of a 17th Century half-ton slate memorial (Running Time:  45 mins)

Fitness, Friendship and Gigs

The Roseland Gig Club’s campaign at the 25th World Cornish Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly is followed in this 2013 film ‘Fitness, Friendship and Gigs”.  The film recalls the central role of St. Mawes in how Cornish Pilot Gigs came to be as they are.  The spectacle of over 100 gigs competing on the ocean around the beautiful St. Mary’s Harbour provides unmissable sights that are nearly as good as being there.  You may recognise the decade-younger version of a number of our residents! (Running Time:  30 Mins)

Du Hag Owr – The Roseland Shantymen

This popular local group has been performing for more than a decade, including for the world leaders at the G7 meeting in 2018 at Carbis Bay, and (nearly) at the Queen’s 2013 Diamond Jubilee Parade on the Thames.  Follow them as they prepare for the season and perform in different locations.  Drink in the atmosphere of the 2024 Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival.  As well as Sea Shanties, the film celebrates the beauty of the Roseland in unforgettable images as well as song.  (Running Time:  15 Mins)

Tickets

Standard – £8

• Online – www.visittruro.org.uk
• Phone – 01872 274555
• In Person – Truro Visitor Centre – 30 Boscawen Street, Truro, TR1 2QQ – Monday – Saturday 9.15am – 4.30pm

Time

7.30pm (doors open at 7pm)

Venue

Gerrans Parish Memorial Hall, Gerran Hill, Portscatho, TR2 5EE

• On Site Parking Available
• Good disabled access with disabled toilet available – flat terrain throughout

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Tickets are non-refundable.