CONTACT (KESTAV)

Director: Christopher Morris, Producer: Susan Lay, Cornwall, Language: Cornish, 2022, 15′, Rights: World excl. UK

A Cornish-speaking alien returns to earth with the mortal remains of a 10th Century pilgrim. The alien comes with a warning, a gift and a proposition.

Pulled without warning by the authorities from her day job as a receptionist, 65-year-old Jenna Gwennap finds herself in a secure earth space facility surrounded by government scientists. She has been chosen by an alien and KESTAV, which means CONTACT in Cornish, captures the first recorded encounter between a member of an alien species and humanity. An encounter conducted in the Cornish language. Gwennap is more special than she knows but to understand why, she must confront her past.

Cast:

Jenna Gwennap Sharon Morgan
The Visitor Saran Morgan
Chief Scientist Sheenu Das