British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Black Church Bay

Black Church Bay

Synopsis

In a remote Welsh coastal village, the disappearance of an openly-gay sixth form student disrupts the delicate balance of local life for one deputy head teacher, exposing long-buried secrets and threatening to tear the community apart.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Director
Rhys Marc Jones 1st Feature
Producer
Alex Polunin, Tristan Goligher
Screenwriter
Rhys Marc Jones
Principal cast
Tom Cullen, Joe Locke, Marli Siu, Rakie Ayola

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

An Ossian International (UK), The Bureau (UK) production in association with Manzini Films (US)

Ossian International Limited

Alex Polunin

Sales Company

The Bureau Sales

Page updates

This page was last updated on 24th February 2026. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

Pale Saint Pale Saint

Director: Rhys Marc Jones

Year: 2019

Seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant Kat struggles to adjust to her new life in the UK.

Welsh Drama
Father of the Bride Father of the Bride

Director: Rhys Marc Jones

Year: 2020

18-year-old Christian, best man and the groom’s brother, rehearses his speech in the hotel's gents bathroom when he is interrupted by the bride’s middle-aged father Martin, who makes a predatory advance.

Drama
Fly Little Bird Fly Little Bird

Director: Johannes Boesiger

Year: 2026

Judith, an American singer-songwriter struggling with addiction, flees her Jewish relatives' West Bank settlement and finds refuge in Ramallah with Leena, a British-Indian journalist, and Rafiq, a Palestinian photographer. Judith falls in love with Rafiq and reconnects with music through local DJ Amira, but when her grandfather threatens military intervention, Leena escorts Judith to London. Rafiq doesn't follow. Although Judith performs again, her freedom and artistic expression prove fragile.

Drama