THE FIRST FORTEAN FILM FESTIVAL
Tim Whittard and Matt Everett put together three little words: fortean, film and festival. Just four months later, over 90 filmmakers from across the globe had submitted their work and the event had taken place. The venue was the Sherborne Cinema in Gloucester, where a panel of judges made up of scientists, fortean researchers and bloggers watched the best films over the weekend of 26-27 August.
Friday night was given over to that perennial fortean mystery, out of place big cats, with three films on the subject being shown.
, written and directed by Matt Everett, was a spectacular start to the festival. This professional-looking feature-length documentary is beautifully shot and assesses a wide range of evidence. Dr Andrew Hemmings, a biologist from the is a triumph of cryptozoological film-making.
