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NEXT DEADLINE · MARCH 15th, 2024

NEXT EVENT · OCTOBER, 2025
THE ODEON, WREXHAM

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2024

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This is the International Film Festival of Wales's eighteenth year and we're back in Wrexham to celebrate some incredible independent film!

This festival aims to promote and support independent filmmaking, providing opportunities for independent filmmakers to have their films screened at great red carpet-style venues to a passionate audience of film professionals, film students, journalists and the general public. 

SCREENING 1 - SHORT FILMS

The Odeon in Wrexham
Still from the short film "Benighted"
Still from the short film "Future Of..."

When Simon knocks on a couples door, he brings news that will turn their world upside down.

SIMON

5m | Ed Willey

A Music video for Kitty Smith - Cornwall based singer-songrwiter - provocative, satirical and cheeky!

DADDY ISSUES

5m | Matthew Graham

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Four girls return home to a ghost town but find themselves being followed. By someone who knows what they did? Or just their guilty conscience?

WRITER / DIRECTOR

Aled Owen

PRODUCERS

Tom Rawding & Aled Owen

KEY CAST

Catrin Jones, Emma Stacey, Ellen Jane-Thomas, Bethany Williams-Potter, Steffan Cennydd, Ioan Hefin,

Kevin McCurdy & Rhodri Miles

SCOPOPHOBIA

1h 40m

SCREENING 1 - FEATURE FILM

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Chester’s suicide plan collides with a young boy scout’s plea for help, sparking an unexpected journey.

A WILD LIFE

20m | Marie-Andrée Lemaire

During the final moments before the world’s end, we find a woman who is residing in an isolated cabin. She receives a radio call from a stranger, with whom she shares the last few minutes before time runs out.

ALL THINGS END

9m | Tara McCarthy

On the shortest day of the year, an overworked farmer must care for her father, who is living with dementia, as he becomes increasingly convinced something is hunting them.

LITTLE BROWN BIRD

18m | Peter Rogers

A non-exploitative and honest insight into a town considered to be the most deprived area in Wales. Two creatives explore how the people and landscapes of Merthyr Tydfil have impacted their lives and art.

Y WERIN / HIRAETH

15m | Ella Spottiswood & 

Adam Evans

A wounded warrior returns to their village but is hunted by a pack of dogs. After a desperate pursuit, they confront their past to find peace in their future.

THE HOUNDS OF ANNWN

8m | Beth B Hughes & Bryony Evans

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COEDEN MEINIR

9m | Josie Harris

As per tradition, the young bride Meinir hides on her wedding morning, and her groom, Rhys, runs to find her. Concealed behind their favourite tree, Meinir waits for her lover to find her so they may be married at last. But nightfall is drawing near, and her forest is intent on keeping her...

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GREY MARE

23m | Jack Fielder

Maeve Craddock returns home to the south of Wales amidst the Mari Lwyd folk tradition with the intention of revealing her pregnancy and rebuilding her relationship with her estranged family. Accompanying her into the desolate countryside is Liam, her boyfriend and the father of her unborn child. As the two try to settle in amongst the simmering tension, Maeve is gradually reminded of her family's dysfunction and begins to break down as her beacons of safety begin to vanish.

SCREENING 2

The International Film Festival of Wales Dragon List is for screenplays of outstanding quality. These projects are up for the title of Best Unproduced Screenplay.

THE DRAGON LIST

THE NOMINEES - WINNERS COMING SOON!

BEST FEATURE FILM

SCOPOPHOBIA

BEST SHORT FILM

A WILD LIFE

ALL THINGS END

COEDEN MEINIR

DADDY ISSUES

GREY MARE

LITTLE BROWN BIRD

SIMON

THE HOUNDS OF ANNWN

Y WERIN / HIRAETH

BEST DIRECTOR

PETER ROGERS  |  LITTLE BROWN BIRD

MARIE-ANDREE LEMAIRE  |  A WILD LIFE

JACK FIELDER  |  GREY MARE

ALED OWEN  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

THE DOUG MILSOME AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

A WILD LIFE

GREY MARE

 

LITTLE BROWN BIRD

 

SCOPOPHOBIA

BEST ACTOR

SAM GARIOCH  |  SIMON

PETER STONE  |  GREY MARE

RAPHAEL BISHOP  |  A WILD LIFE

ROBERT GOODMAN  |  A WILD LIFE

BEST ACTRESS

CATRIN JONES  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

ELIZA BUTTERWORTH  |  LITTLE BROWN BIRD

MEG LEWIS  |  GREY MARE

REBECCA TODD  |  SIMON

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ALED OWEN  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

ILJA KONDRATJUKS  |  LITTLE BROWN BIRD

KENTON MORGAN  |  GREY MARE

STEFFAN CENNYDD  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BETHANY WILLIAMS-POTTER  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

ELLEN JANE-THOMAS  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

EMMA STACEY  |  SCOPOPHOBIA

HELEN STIRLING-LANE  |  GREY MARE

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Y WERIN / HIRAETH

BEST STUDENT FILM

ALL THINGS END

COEDEN MEINIR

THE WELSH DRAGON AWARD

COEDEN MEINIR

THE RISING STAR AWARD

RAPHAEL BISHOP  |  A WILD LIFE

THE AUDIENCE AWARD

Y WERIN / HIRAETH

THE LEGEND OF CINEMA AWARD

JOHN RHYS-DAVIES

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY WINNER

HAPPY ACCIDENTS  |  LAURA POWERS

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY COMMENDATIONS

101 WAYS TO DROWN A MONKEY  |  RHYS LLOYD-JONES

 

GOING T*Ts UP!  |  JAY WHEDDON

 

LET THE BOY SING  |  GUNNAR GARRETT

 

STELLAR FIVR  |  LAURENCE PATRICK

WINNERS ARE NOTED WITH AN UNDERLINE

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