{"id":138414,"date":"2025-09-15T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/138414\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:49:17","slug":"film-on-underground-mine-explorers-in-cornwall-at-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/138414\/","title":{"rendered":"Film on underground mine explorers in Cornwall at festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay, directed by Dan Simpkins, follows the lives of underground mine explorers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=cornwall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cornwall<\/a> and the impact of their shared passion on men\u2019s mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The film has been selected for the Kendal Mountain Festival and has been submitted to more than 20 festivals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Simpkins said: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=cornwall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cornwall<\/a> is where I\u2019ve always felt most creatively connected.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This documentary is about more than a hobby\u2014it\u2019s about the complexities of masculinity, the search for purpose, and the importance of community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Focusing on the extraordinary lives of everyday people.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>(Image: The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The documentary follows the Carbis Bay Crew, a group of working-class men who find camaraderie and a rare space for reflection in the depths of abandoned mines.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Far from being thrill-seekers, the men use mine exploration as a form of escape and emotional support.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Pat, a member of the group, said: &#8220;I\u2019d like people to take away that the reasons for these strange pastimes might be far more complex than you originally might imagine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The documentary is now like a time capsule; we\u2019ll all be able to look back on a snapshot in time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;None of us are getting any younger and we\u2019ll have this beautiful record.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>(Image: The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The film was inspired by Mr Simpkins\u2019 own experiences with mental health struggles and was produced in partnership with MANUP?, an organisation that encourages men to speak openly about mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dan Somers, CEO and founder of MANUP?, said: &#8220;The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay captures what we see at MANUP?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;That real connection doesn\u2019t always happen in a therapy room.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It happens in the quiet, the risk, the humour between men who feel unseen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Projects like this don\u2019t just raise awareness, they show men they\u2019re not broken\u2014they just haven\u2019t been heard yet.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The documentary was shot over two years, with Mr Simpkins spending weekends travelling from London to Cornwall and eventually relocating for three months to film the crew.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will screen at the Kendal Mountain Festival on Friday, November 21, during The Underground Session at Kendal Town Hall Assembly Room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay, directed by Dan Simpkins, follows the lives of underground mine explorers in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-138414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}