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Adlais

A man stood on a chair wipes water vapour with his hand off the glass cover of a memorial board in a stone brick chapel.

Synopsis

Adlais (Echo) weaves Welsh language folklore and histories through their shared subjects of poetry and drowning – and asks whether we’re listening to the past as it surfaces today.
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Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 min
Format
Documentary
Director
Alex Darby, George Leith, Sophie Mei Birkin
Producer
Sian Adler, Alex Darby, George Leith
Co-Producer
And Still The Bells Productions / Trigger Happy Creative / Doc Society
Executive Producer
Sanne Jehoul
Editor
Jamie Kataky
Director of Photography
Lewys Mann
Sound
Joe Farley
Composer
Joe Farley, Louis Borlase

Genre

Climate / Environment Experimental History Welsh Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

George Leith

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