Made in Wales: Celebrating Films with Welsh Connections – Détails, épisodes et analyse

'The Future of Welsh Film..' What does this mean to you?

In this special edition of the Made in Wales podcast for Film Hub Wales, to mark 130 years of cinema in Wales, Dion Hughes (Pontio Bangor), Nia Edwards Behi (Screen and Sound Archive of the National Library of Wales) and Dr Kate Woodward (Aberystwyth University) discuss what Welsh film means to them. From identity and history, to culture and language, to commercial and contemporary – they discuss the ‘rare an embracing’ feeling of watching Welsh culture on a big screen and their hopes for the future of filmmaking and Wales’ screen industries.  
 
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#ThisisWelshFilm #130YearsOfCinemainWales #WelshFilm #Cinema #Wales  

‘Made in Wales' is a @filmhubwales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from @cymrugreadigol and @thenationallottery funding via the @britishfilminstitute. 

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‘Dyfodol Ffilmiau Cymru..’ Beth mae hyn yn ei olygu i chi? 

Yn y rhifyn arbennig hwn o bodlediad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru ar gyfer Canolfan Ffilm Cymru, i nodi 130 mlynedd o sinema yng Nghymru, mae Dion Hughes, Nia Edwards Behi a Dr Kate Woodward yn trafod beth mae ffilm Gymreig yn ei olygu iddyn nhw. O hunaniaeth a hanes, i ddiwylliant ac iaith, i fasnachol a chyfoes – maen nhw'n trafod y teimlad 'prin a chofleidiol' o wylio diwylliant Cymru ar sgrin fawr a'u gobeithion ar gyfer dyfodol gwneud ffilmiau a diwydiannau sgrin Cymru.  
  
Gwrandewch ar / gwyliwch y sgwrs lawn nawr. 

#DymaFfilmiauCymreig #130MlyneddOSinemaCymreig #FfilmGymreig #Sinema #Cymru 

Mae ‘Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru' yn brosiect @filmhubwales, sy’n dathlu ffilmiau sydd â chysylltiadau Cymreig.Fe’i cefnogir gyda chyllid gan @cymrugreadigol a @thenationallotterydrwy’r @britishfilminstitute.   

Welsh producers Alice Lusher and Catryn Ramasut from ieie Productions spoke with Wales-Somaliland Link community leader Ali Abdi and host Zaynab Ahmed about their new co-production Brides. 

They discussed how they brought Nadia Fall's feature debut to Wales, the importance of Wales' Somaliland community being seen on screen, and how unique it was to be part of Brides' all-female production team. 

Coming to cinemas on 26 September 2025, Brides is a coming-of-age story about two teenage girls in search of freedom, friendship and belonging, who run away from their lives in the UK with a dangerous plan to travel to Syria. It was partly filmed on location in Cardiff, Barry, Ogmore, Southerndown and Porthcawl. 

Brides was supported by the BFI and Ffilm Cymru Wales, both awarding National Lottery funding, and Welsh Government via Creative Wales.  

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

In this episode, artist and writer Aiman Rahim spoke with the director of India’s 1st Best Trans Model Agency, Ila Mehrotra, recorded on 21 October 2024. 

Releasing on 13 November 2024, at the start of Transgender Awareness Week, Ila's documentary is a nuanced exploration into the experiences of the transgender Hijra population in India, filmed over the course of seven years. Whilst traditional Hindu society recognises the ancient Hijra identity as a legal ‘third sex’ — a community of holy hermaphrodites — this does not mean acceptance. 

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

We sat down to talk about Welsh westerns with screen writer Matt Redd and Director Ryan Andrew Hooper. Their darkly-comic thriller – The Toll, about a lone toll-booth operator with a past that is fast catching up with him, will be released in the UK on August 27th.

They’re joined by Lewis Carter and Kristian Kane who co-directed Showdown (written by Carter) which screened alongside The Toll in select cinemas. Showdown is a short film about a young autistic boy with a passion for western films who is faced with a showdown for the soul of his village, in the local corner shop.

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

In this episode, from the team at Cardiff animation studio, Bumpybox we're joined by Welsh Senior Concept Artist/Art Director, Michael Shorten and Lead Compositor Neil Martin to talk about their work on 'Kensuke's Kingdom' a gripping hand-drawn animated tale with its message of working together to protect nature, which has never felt more relevant.
 
'Kensuke's Kingdom' will be released in UK cinemas on the 2nd August 2024.

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

In this episode, director Janis Pugh discusses her new film 'Chuck Chuck Baby,' a film of love, loss, music, and female friendship, set in and around the falling feathers of a chicken processing plant in industrial north Wales.

'Chuck Chuck Baby' will be released in UK cinemas on the 19th July 2024.

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

In this episode, directors Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd discuss their new film 'Unicorns,' a “visually daring and heartfelt portrayal of modern masculinity” following a queer South Asian club performer living a double life who meets a straight, single-father mechanic, in a chance encounter.

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'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

In this episode, director and star Celyn Jones discussing his new film 'The Almond and the Seahorse,' including casting Rebel Wilson in her first dramatic role.

'The Almond and the Seahorse' will be released in UK cinemas on the 10th May 2024.

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Welsh producer and director John Giwa-Amu spoke with actor/writer Kieron Self about his latest production role on The Man in My Basement, as well as his career journey from professional fruit machine player, to falling in love with film on his first Welsh language film set and winning talent awards.

Coming to cinemas on 12 September 2025, The man in My Basement is an thriller adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley. It was filmed on location in Carmarthenshire.

Make sure to subscribe for more conversations! You'll also find audio podcasts about other films: Celebrating Films with Welsh Connections' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or directly on Buzzsprout.

'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.

Mathew Pritchard spoke with Rob Corcoran about his life growing up in Wales, the Dirty Sanchez years, the making of The Road of Excess, and his mental health, addiction, fame and what happens when it’s gone. 

Coming to cinemas on World Mental Health Day, 10th October, The Road of Excess is a film that talks about toxic masculinity, mental health, addiction, fame and what happens when it’s gone.

Make sure to subscribe for more conversations! You'll also find audio podcasts about other films: Celebrating Films with Welsh Connections' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or directly on Buzzsprout.

'Made in Wales' is a Film Hub Wales project, celebrating films with Welsh connections. It is supported by funding from Creative Wales and National Lottery funding via the BFI.