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NEXT DEADLINE · SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023

NEXT EVENT · NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023

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EVENT ARCHIVE

2022

MOST RECENT LINEUP

This was the International Film Festival of Wales's sixteenth year and we had an excellent line up!

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. 

SHORT FILM SCREENING

The interior of the Market Hall Cinema in Wales
Still for the animated short film "5-STARS"
Still for the music video "So it Goes" by Bright World
Still for the short film "Confession Day"
Still for the short film "Kids Games"
Still for the short film "Leonardo"

An award-winning sushi chef is out of desperation to serve the crude puffer fish. Puffer fish do not know how to appreciate food and art at all, they only know how to gobble it up. 

5-STARS

4m | James Wei

A song about forgiveness. A video about confronting and healing.

SO IT GOES - BRIGHT WORLD

5m | Alexander Vlahos

In the valley of the Black Mountains, Aled must bury his father, and help his mother find peace. An outsider in a tight mining community, Bethan reveals what really happened the night Llewelyn died. The will of a father, broken by the courage of

a son.

CONFESSION DAY

19m | Ben Hooton

Leo is just another child at school, but he can’t help that his physical appearance makes him the center of attention.

KIDS GAMES

10m | Bernabé Rico

How do you respectfully dispose of your dead pet tortoise when you have no way of burying them?

LEONARDO

8m | Anthony Hett

Still for the short film "Sidetracking"

SIDETRACKING

18m | Marco De Rosso

Going separate ways after a rough break-up, two young hitchhikers each talk to the strangers they meet on the road and reflect on whether to get back together or not.

Still for the short film "Deloping"

DELOPING

7m | Jon Olav Stokke

On July 21st 1792, Mary and Emma settled their differences the only way they knew how: a duel to the death!

Still for the short film "Frank"
Still for the short documentary"HaMiffal"
Still for the music video "The Blood of my Neighbor""
Still for the short film "The Foul"

Contained within the sterile environment of a snake anti-venom factory in West Wales, Frank is struggling to make peace with the recent death of his father. Unsatisfied with his job, he revisits memories in a hope of changing his future and putting to rest a complex father-son relationship.

FRANK

12m | Jesse Briton & Buddug Jones

During my design studies I was asked to create a video on any topic related to the city of Jerusalem. When I thought of a project that can live outside school in the real world, I immediately came up with ‘HaMiffal’ which is a cultural center in the heart of my hometown Jerusalem. HaMiffal is a home to dozens of artists and a place where anyone is invited to come and create within.

HAMIFFAL

3m | Tal Uliel

Music Video

THE BLOOD OF MY NEIGHBOR

4m | Ilan Zerrouki

THE FOUL

4m | James Button

Someone has to do something about all that dog sh*t. A corporate public information film about the importance of cleaning up after your dog.

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

AWARD WINNERS

BEST SHORT FILM

BEST DIRECTOR

BEN HOOTON | CONFESSION DAY

NATHALIE CODSI | CONFESSION DAY

SO IT GOES | BRIGHT WORLD

FRANK

BITE BACK | PERRY WYATT

ITHIR | BENJAMIN KEIR

LIMBO | PHIL HAMER

WEREWOLF PRISON BREAK | CLEMENTINE WEBB & JAMES UREN

BEST ACTRESS

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY

SIDE STEP | PHIL HAMER

FRANK THOMAS | FRANK

SCREENPLAY SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS

BEST ACTOR

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

RISING STAR AWARD

WELSH DRAGON AWARD

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