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This is the International Film Festival of Wales's eighteenth year and we were 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
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
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
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
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...
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
AWARD WINNERS
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
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