Short Films

Troubled, tough and incredibly bright Nia begins to unravel the mystery of her absent mother.

Identical triplets get in a fight at their father’s funeral.

Teenagers Len and Bambi are hungry for the freedoms of adulthood, until one night their eyes are opened to the dangerous possible consequences of hanging out with an older crowd.

On a grey day in the Welsh capital, a young barman sits dreaming of a brighter and more vibrant life.

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

With interviews from the UK polyamory community and using puppets to mask interviewees’ identities thus mollifying unconscious bias, Diomysus asks are we more open to taboo ideas?

A bilingual, non-linear documentary about resilience from Gwen Thomson, a theatre director, actor, puppeteer, musician and circus performer.

Wild animals help a woman grieving for the baby she miscarried. 

In this short film, photographer Ashrah Suudy explores the strength of sisterhood within Cardiff’s Somali community.

By day, gentle giant Big Barry is a bit of a misfit, but by night he rules the mosh pit.

Sammy has social anxiety, Ffion is deaf. The two girls find each other hiding at a high school party. Despite the difficult communication they form a connection, and their chemistry grows in a world where silence speaks louder than words.

A gay man confronts his belly fat in a shop changing room, triggering him to relive an abusive past relationship. But who can save him from his own body?

Hasan, and his older brother Lutfi, find a golden apple growing on a tree in their local park. The internet says that golden apples grant eternal happiness to anyone who eats it.

Hywel Matthews’ documentary delves to the bottom of a heated debate over the correct spelling of his village in south Wales: Cefn Cribwr or Cefn Cribbwr?

A boy reflects on the memory of his grandmother and her strange relationship to the ancient yew tree that stands behind their south Wales valleys housing estate.

An autobiographical account of a woman's journey of immigration, exploring the themes of liberation and captivity.

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

When Peter, an anxious arcade owner is prescribed a sleeping app rather than sleeping pills, he reluctantly tries it out.

The late-night adventures of a young woman who has become obsessed with curating her Instagram persona.

84-year-old cellist Ceri has lost his ability to play to a debilitating stroke. His dull life is spent in solitude, save for the interruptions of agency carers.

A mysterious and troubled loner is called upon to assist terminally ill people end their lives.

Kerry is bored. Fed up of life in her small town and increasingly weary of the state of the world. One day she follows a path to an underground escape filled with jelly, hope and the girl of her dreams. 

A fight for queer identity in the mountains of Snowdonia - Dion must navigate his sexual awakening, guided by spirits of Welsh past. 

A female Lyft driver navigates the night shift in NYC while waiting to hear life or death news from Syria.

Ireland 1778. Sally and Eleanor flout convention and scandalise society to escape the fate their families have planned for them. They elope.

On the overnight bus home to Wales, Lili tries to decipher whether or not the driver is an ex-con. Could he teach her about forgiveness?

A woman from the city has a brief but life-changing connection with a hill farmer and the landscape in remote mid-Wales.