Sinema Cymru, a collaboration between S4C, Ffilm Cymru Wales and the Welsh Government via Creative Wales, has announced the recipients of its second round of funding, a scheme aimed at developing several Welsh-language feature film concepts with a view to progressing at least one into production funding.
Six projects have been successful for feature development in this second round:
- Mogi - by writer/director Mared Swain, produced by Jessica Gardner at Divergence Pictures
- Awen - by writer Teleri Hughes
- Llyfr Glas Nebo - by writer Manon Steffan Ros, produced by Hannah Thomas at Severn Screen
- Cwlwm - by writer/director Tom Chetwode-Barton, produced by Adam Knopf at Riot Time Pictures
- Whale Fall - by writer Hannah Daniel, director Marc Evans, produced by Ffion Williams and Adam Partridge at Fiction Factory (a co-production with Samson Films, Ireland
- Daffodil - by writer/director Yassa Khan, produced by Nora Ostler Spiteri at Triongl
Sinema Cymru aims to put Welsh language film on the map by fast-tracking independent, bold and unconventional films which have the potential to gain international cinema release. The programme provides not just funding, but also career development support for creative teams, offering bespoke development plans alongside project funding.
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