Projects in genres: Welsh

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In the picturesque Welsh countryside, Mabli journeys to meet her boyfriend Meirion's family. However, her idyllic stay takes a chilling turn when she has a series of awkward encounters with the family, from baking cakes with Mrs. Jones, picking flowers in the garden with Gwen, and a personal tour of Mr Jones's workshop. As the day unfolds, she is increasingly subjected to intense value lessons that starkly clash with her modern beliefs, forcing her to confront a world very distant from her own. Mabli is led deeper into the farm's history, where the importance of preserving the family bloodline becomes increasingly evident. But when night falls and Meirion's absence becomes unnerving, Mabli discovers the sinister truth behind the family's customs, and the real purpose of her visit. This Suspenseful Horror sees a clash between modernity and tradition, taking 'meeting the parents' to a whole new, terrifying level.

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When small-time gangsters Lenny and Vincent kidnap Nina, the daughter of a wealthy and influential businessman, things go horribly wrong. Lenny turns against Vincent, questioning the morality of their deeds, and a violent end-game ensues. As a wounded Lenny flees with Nina on his shoulder, the nature of their relationship and reality itself is soon thrown into question. Now lost in a vast wilderness, the horrors of Lenny’s conscience begin to unravel in a fever dream he can’t escape. Can Lenny find redemption or is it too late?

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Fairbourne’s residents were told that by 2054 their village will be decommissioned and left to the sea. As scientists test coastal defences in a lab, villagers on the frontline of the climate crisis confront an uncertain future. This is a story about the people labeled the UK’s first climate refugees. Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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One man’s obsession with crisps becomes unhealthy... and it’s not because he’s eating them. Tom’s all-consuming quest for the truth takes him on a journey into the unknown in this animated comedy short about nostalgia, corporate conspiracy and bear-shaped potato snacks. Official Selection Cardiff Animation Festival 2023

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A film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory. It’s present day in industrial North Wales. Helen, in her late 30s, spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen. She lives in a small room in the house her clingy ex-husband shares with his dim-witted girlfriend and their new baby. Helen’s humdrum world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne. They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions. Encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings. As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past. Helen’s world is shattered when Gwen dies and Joanne’s painful memories cause her to flee. Separated and alone, both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance. Eventually, they find the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023

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Many queer people are alienated from the idea of undressing for a massage, entering a typical barbershop for a 'men's haircut' while being perceived as something else, or facing the repercussions of a 'controversial' tattoo. BEING SEEN follows three individuals as they each attend an appointment with queer practitioners. Official Selection Encounters International Film Festival 2023

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Early one winter morning in the rural town of Rhuthun in North Wales, three men are called upon once again to carry out a terrible assignment on the Bwlch Pen Barras mountain pass.

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Beneath the great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales, grey seals gather on the beach, whilst wild goats leap about on the cliffs above.

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A curated collection of 12 people's real tributes and thoughts about saying farewell for the last time; from unsent letters, eulogies, and sentences, it is an epitaph to those awaiting that bittersweet closure, and a chance to express sweet words left unsaid.

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In the Welsh Valleys, teenage best friends Len and Bambi are excited to meet a boy they fancy. He takes them to a party at his older friend's house and the night quickly takes a turn for the worse when Len is assaulted by the older man.

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It's been years since Stef last left her house. The loss of her brother combined with the quiet dread of the unknown conspiring to keep her inside. When her brother Liam's best friend, Evan, arrives to give her Liam's journal, sparks fly. However, when Stef and Evan start to unpack their shared trauma, they question if their relationship can ever break free from its confines? Caught between Evan's images of a world outside that they could inhabit, and a story of lost love that Stef is translating from a previous generation, Stef must choose the kind of future she wants, and whether Evan will be a part of it.

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Atomfa shares surprising stories from the final days of a rural nuclear power station. From local mythologies and the promise of the atomic age to the space age. From the past, the present & long into the future.