Made in Wales: Celebrating Films with Welsh Connections

Yn y podlediad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru diweddaraf, mae'r Cyfarwyddwr Marc Evans a'r actor Leisa Gwenllïan yn trafod rhyddhau Effi o Blaenau gyda'r awdur a'r darlledwr Lowri Haf Cooke.   Wedi'i osod ar lechweddau diwydiannol Blaenau Ffestiniog, peidiwch â cholli'r portread cyfoes beiddgar yma o Gymru ar sgrin. Yng ngeiriau Marc Evans, dyma ffilm sy'n "siarad,...

In the latest Made in Wales podcast for Film Hub Wales Welsh Director Marc Evans and actor Leisa Gwenllian discuss new release Effi o Blaenau with author and broadcaster Lowri Haf Cooke.  Set in the industrial slate mountains of Blaenau Ffestiniog, don't miss this searing modern portrayal of Wales on screen. In the words of Marc Evans a film "that speaks and dreams and sings and loves an...

'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 c...

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 pro...

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 nove...

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. Ma...

Director Gareth Evans (The Raid) spoke with filmmaker and interviewer Tom Betts at Chapter in April 2025, about his latest release HAVOC, where Evans talks about the making of the film, how those incredible stunt sequences were achieved, and building an international city in Wales. Released on Netflix on 25 April 2025, the film follows a drug deal gone wrong, when a bruised detective must fight hi...

Writer and presenter Danielle Fahiya chaired a discussion with Severn Screen producers Hannah Thomas and Ed Talfan, and director Marc Evans. This audio podcast explores Mr Burton’s Welsh connections, how the filmmakers maintained authenticity to the true story of Richard and Phillip Burton, working with Kate Burton, Richard’s daughter, and how the film spotlights Welsh storytelling and history. Re...

Director Joshua Trigg spoke with filmmaker and interviewer Ash Kriengsak about Satu - Year of the Rabbit, discussing the challenges of making a film outside your own language, the beautiful landscape and cultural of Laos, geeking out on 16mm, and working with non-actors, as well as the reception from industry in Wales. Released on 21 March 2025, the film follows ‘Satu’ an orphan child laborer on a...

In this discussion, documentary filmmaker  Liana Stewart, and programmer/curator Yvonne Connikie, discuss Black Welsh film talent, including established and emerging talent to watch out for, the challenges and barriers created by structural inequality, and their impressions of BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni’s second feature film, ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.’ Released on 6 December, 'On...

' 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 second part of a two-part episode, director of the film Gordon Main, Wales' first black female councillor and powerful advocate for ethnic minority women in Wales, Gaynor Legal, and award-winning docu...

' 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 first part of a two-part episode, director of the film Gordon Main, Wales' first black female councillor and powerful advocate for ethnic minority women in Wales, Gaynor Legal, and award-winning docum...

' 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 Transgende...

' 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...

' 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 &apos...

' 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...

' 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...

' 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' wi...