Project Detail

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.

Details

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

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