Awen Productions

 

A little bit about them:

Awen productions is a media production social enterprise which is based in West Cornwall. The ethos at the heart of Awen productions is the creative use of digital media as a tool for positive social change.

There work is all about inspiring and empowering the communities of Cornwall by telling stories. Awen is the Kernewek ,which is the Cornish language word for inspiration. They operate with a "more-than-profit" ethos, which means all profits are routed directly back into community projects we're developing. The CIC format enables us to stay close both to the management and delivery of awen's projects.

The Team

The team that work at Awen is made up of 3 people. These people have all worked in the industry for a long time and all have a lot of experience in what they do. These people are:

Denzil Monk

Denzil is a producer, writer, educator and cultural social entrepreneur. He has produced hundreds of short films, several longer ones, Web TV and social enterprise products and services for the education market. He was born in Zennor Vicarage which is in the far west of Cornwall on 30th October 1974. Denzil has held leadership roles in many organisations including Chair of Penwith Environment Network (2001-02), Cornwall Media Resource (2002-03) Cornwall Film Festival (2006-09) and Fresh Media Collective (2008-09). He is a creative and collaborative leader who brings passion and perception his many endeavours. As an educator Denzil has designed courses in digital storytelling and filmmaking for KS4, FE and post-16 informal settings and occasionally lectures at University College Falmouth. 

 

Barbara Santi 

Barbara is a documentary film maker using digital technology for social change. She's made docs for Channel 4 and Carlton TV and has shown her films on FourDocs, Current TV, The Community Channel, art galleries, conferences, film festival platforms and rural touring film screenings.  Barbara is also a media educator with young people and community groups having worked extensively regionally and internationally.  She is interested in participatory work and empowering people through the creative use of digital technology (video and photography) so ordinary people can tell their own stories. Barbara's first professional job was at Working Title Films in London - then followed a number of freelance posts in companies such as BBC.

 

Nick Harpley

Nick is an independent designer and consultant, musician and film director. He is happy working in a variety of media and formats, with a particular interest in structuring and designing websites for communities and networks. Nick is co-founder and chair of Digital Peninsula Network, co-chair of Cornwall Media Focus, and is on the committee of Penwith Film Socety.