AFTER A successful move to the sparkling new Lighthouse Cinema in Newquay last year, the Cornwall Film Festival (CFF) has confirmed that it will be returning there in 2012.

The festival dates, November 8 to 11, will include a fourth day of programming, announced director Donna Anton.

To celebrate its 11th year, the CFF is launching a new, more inclusive version of its long-running Cornish-language short-film competition.

In partnership with Cornwall-based production company o-region and sponsored by MAGA Cornish Language Partnership, the "Govyn Kernewek 90-Second Challenge" will combine elements of the ever-popular Big Pitcher event with the promotion of Cornish in film-making.

The challenge involves making a 90-second film, of any genre, that uses the Cornish language in a significant way. The top 25 entries will be screened in a juried competition at the CFF in November. Cash prizes will be awarded for first (£1,000), second (£500) and third (£250) place, along with an audience award (£250), to be voted on at the event.

The entry fee will be £5 per film. Film-makers can submit an unlimited number of films. Competition rules are posted on the Cornwall Film Festival website as well as on the online application form.

The longer festival weekend is the result of the event's growing audience of film lovers from within Cornwall as well as the attention being paid by an increasing number of film-makers from across the UK and abroad.

For more details, visit www.cornwallfilmfestival.com