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Ffilm Cymru at Green Man: Welsh Shorts + Meet the Filmmakers

Join Ffilm Cymru Wales at Green Man Festival 2023 on 20th August for a celebration of Welsh short filmmaking talent.

From folkloric tales to insightful documentary portraits and animated mini-odysseys, discover a selection of inspiring short films from across Wales.

Following the screening you can also hear from some of the directors, who will share their experience of making the films.

A must for anyone looking to get inspired to make their own start in filmmaking.

a person dancing on a flat green coastline

Daughters Of The Sea 

Ballet dancer Krystal S. Lowe reimagines this haunting Welsh folk tale through modern dance at locations around Wales. With music from Eädyth.

Writer-Director: Krystal S. Lowe
Producer: Victoria Wheel
Cast: Ffion Campbell-Davies, Holly Vallis and Amber Howells

Produced through Ffilm Cymru's Ffolio scheme with BBC Arts, BBC Cymru Wales and Arts Council of Wales.

two men elderly men sitting in a farmhouse kitchen. one is holding a sheep on his lap.

Forest Coal Pit

An intimate and poetic super 8mm portrait of two elderly brothers who live together on a small farm in the Black Mountains, South Wales.

Director: Siôn Marshall-Waters
Producers: Jessica Wheeler and ie ie productions 

Produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI NETWORK's Beacons scheme in association with BBC Cymru Wales.

w person wearing a red coat standing in an old slate quarry and looking up at a cliff

Echdoe

This bilingual, non-linear documentary follows classical musician Cheryl Law as she returns to the place of her accident and makes peace with her trauma.

Writer-Director: Gwen Thomson
Producer: Sara Allen

Produced through Ffilm Cymru's Ffolio scheme with BBC Arts, BBC Cymru Wales and Arts Council of Wales.

still from animated short film, featuring two people sitting on a dock and watching the sun set over the sea

Cwch Deilen (Leaf Boat)

A Welsh-language animation telling the story of Heledd and Celyn, who navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship.

Writer / Director: Efa Blosse Mason
Producer: Amy Morris, Winding Snake

Produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI NETWORK's Beacons scheme in association with BBC Cymru Wales.
 

two people wearing orange and yellow diracs, standing on a jetty with a river, trees and buildings in the background.

In A Room Full Of Sisters

Photographer Ashrah Suudy explores the strength of sisterhood within Cardiff’s Somali community. 

Writer-Director: Ashrah Suudy
Cast: Asma Elmi, Hibo Elmi, Maha Elmi, Hoda Hassan, Hakima Hersi, Phadumo Omar, Fahima Omer

Produced through Ffilm Cymru's Ffolio scheme with BBC Arts, BBC Cymru Wales and Arts Council of Wales.

still from stop-motion animation, featuring a druid in a brown robe and a chicken standing at a round wooden table and looking upwards. There is a scroll on the table.

Druids

In this delightful stop-motion comedy of megalithic proportions, travel through the mysterious mists of time and join three druids on a quest to restore the balance of their world after an inexplicable catastrophe.

Writer-Director: Shwan Nosratpour
Producer: Ed Talfan, Severn Screen

Produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI NETWORK's Beacons scheme in association with Western Edge Pictures.