Strand: Short, Shorter, Shortest

city of light
director: m. p. carpenter
a film about urban life that is rich in empathy and hope, echoing vertov jennings and the 1930's documentary movement. focusing on a different perspective and filmed throughout the year, it emphasises the community, their work and the inspiration of their being. it's poetic, optimistic and will make sing!

deffro / wake
director: gareth bryn
cast: geraint todd, nora gombos
jade lives in harry's building, and he can't take his eyes off her. she's the girl of his dreams - but he's never said a word to her.

four stories high
director: andrew wickett
cast: nathan sussex, lisa spencer-cook, kevin mccurdy, rhys ap trevor, phil murphy, scott bailey
presented in many layers, four stories high examines the complecity of human nature through an array of rich characters and situations...

gwener / friday
director: eryl huw phillips
cast: elin phillips, nia scourfield, bethan lewis
the bell is about to ring on friday afternoon, and everyone’s looking forward to the weekend. everyone except amy. she’s grounded, but gwen and jess won’t take no for an answer.

love you, joseff hughes
director: dan hartley
cast: sioned eleri jones, steffan donnelly, angharad llwyd
on a remote welsh island, an innocent game of catch leads anna and joseff into an ancient graveyard. venturing deeper onto the island, their play evolves into an exploration of life, love and loss.

marw stripio / death and the teenage stripper
director: gareth bryn
cast: mabli jones, gareth pierce
rhi is a hot-tempered teenager, but since mamgu fell ill she has death on her mind. to fight it, she strips from her window for the passing mourners one day. but the strange dance isn't enough to save mamgu.

mummy's boy
director: nicholas davies / oskari korenius
cast: gerran howell, eliza thomas, phil howe
when twelve-year-old mark discovers a drowned sheep he experiences a traumatic reminder of his brother's death. driven by anger at his grief-stricken mother's inability to recognise his suffering, he destroys the shrine-like sanctuary she has created in her deceased son's room.

pocket money
director: craig osborne
cast: matthew evans, roy jones
a hard-cutting dramatic monologue through which the protagonist (johnny) tells of his exploits as a car thief. the first of a trilogy of short films set and shot in port talbot

scratching
director: matt brown
cast: meic povey, steve mayo, craig roberts
14 year old mike believes that everything has the right to live. after contracting headlice he faces a moral dilema, although his family see this as a minor concern, in mikes' world things are never so black and white.

teddy bear shrine
director: ian staples
cast: reuben barsky, john borras, alex mccord, rebecca heard
robbie is a fifteen- year old foster kid looking for a family and a home. he thinks he's found one at phil and jane's, but he soon discovers that behind closed doors, nothing is what it seems at first.

*All films are also detailed individually here