Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2026

These are the ingredients for success.

Marie: A Warrior's Journey - Layla Gunter, Charlotte Barrell and EatSleep Media
Bitter Gourd: Our Legacy - Jeya Palanivel
No Scrumping - Tracy Harris, Nelly Weston and Dylan Guard
Crown - Pierre Simon
You're Toast - Osian Coleman & Talu Studios

Chapter Queer Short Film Prize 2026

On Thursday 11th June 2026 we were proud to present the finalists for this year's Chapter Queer Short Film Prize:

Over the Rainbow - Andrew Creak and Lights, Camera, Cymru!

Feeling Pretty - Amy Williams, Elias Bridgeman and Talu Studios

Bampi's Soup - Ben Rees, Tom O’Shea and Bulldozer Films

No Scrumping - Tracy Harris, Nelly Weston and Dylan Guard.

Black Bag - Joan Jones (Truly Kaput)

Island Of Strangers - Claire Donnelly, Ros Wynne Jones, John Domokos and Maryam Qaiser

Please Mistress - Alia Ramna and Sophie Francis

And the winner is ... Please Mistress! Plus special commendations went to Over the Rainbow and Island of Strangers. Congrats all!

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2026

It's bananas!

Foxgloves - Dylan Mears
Feeling Pretty - Amy Williams and Talu Studios
2 LIVES - Silas Andrzejczak
Different Faces - Greg Randolph Jr
Enough Is Enough - Red Mountain Films
Lotto Cops - Zak Harney and Andrew David Fisher

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2026

That's an odd way to shoot.

Bullets & Budgets - Austin Charlesworth and Diminished Responsibility
Inhuman. We. Hope. - Silas Andrzejczak
Freedom of Art - Silas Andrzejczak
Eclisse - Saul Sulway and Talu Studios
Over the Rainbow - Andrew Creak and Lights, Camera, Cymru!
Blondi - Jack Salvadori
The Golden Squacco Heron - Edward Smyth

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2026

Reality Bites?

Mari And The Mermaid - Anastazia Eden Bea
Limerence - Anastazia Eden Bea
As The World Caves In - Dan Smith and Reuben Stowe-Masters
Tickets, Please - Dann Weber
Go To Sleep - Tirion Liddell
String Theory - Tirion Liddell
Pinch of Fantasy - Saul Sulway and Talu Studios
Another Night To Remember - Harry Baker, Beverly Williams and Owain Hopkins
Streets Of Ely - Thomas and Muse
You Can’t Put That There Mate! - Neil Harris

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2026

A river runs through it.

Something Pointless - Asa Bailey and David Cormican

Pokedbots: Delta City - Jonathan Ball and Jonathan James
Salvaging Hope - Stephen Hanks
Esblygiad - Hedydd Ioan
Abounding With Fish? A youth-led mapping of the River Usk - Ben F. Roberts and Rhys Jones
The Buff Club clip - Michael Gilhooly and Tom Gordon
How They Threw Rocks - Rhys Thomas and Alex Buono

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2026

It was right before your eyes.

La Vie En Gris - Carson Kelley and Erin Richards

Scarlett Noire and the Peculiar Case of the Forgotten - Declan Young
Final Round: The Spirit of Competitive Gaming - Dan Read
Pip And The Philosophers - Neil Harris
The Five O’Clock Bird - Neil Harris
Two Fingers - Anastazia Eden Bea
Change For Change - The Rising Filmmakers of Newport
Alive - The Rising Filmmakers of Newport
Panto - Lucas Lewis-Smith

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2026

You animals!

Y Mari Lwyd - Charlie Grayson
Love In The Rear View - Duke Pearce
My Cat Is A Pony - Neil Harris
The Red Path - Neil Harris
RULE OF SIX - Dylan Mears
The Rabbit - Andrew Vidgen and Tree Top Films
Apocalypse Admin - Paul Mackay

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: the 2025 New Shorts Showcase

On Monday 1st December we presented a special selection of new work from emerging filmmakers in Wales, from creatives supported by BFI Film Academy, BFI NETWORK Wales' Beacons scheme, Welsh alumni of the BFI Future Film Festival and more:

How We Live - Megan John
She Said - Lauren Fry
I Made A Promise - Declan Young
Farmed & Dangerous - Broadside Filmmaking Summer Camp
Ghosted - Bulldozer Films BFI Film Academy Short Course in Cardiff
The Fighter - Kieran Mavar
White Walls - Lucas James and Callum O’Keefe
She/Hero - Jodie Roberts + GISDA Creadigol
Unsent Letter - Taiye Omokore
Good News - Nathan Howe
Chwarae Cuddio - Ruby Smith-Brown
Liminal Roots - Aliyah Harfoot
Tulips - Rhys Prichard
Gwagle - Lleucu Non
Holm - Nico Dafydd, Lleucu Non and Winding Snake

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2025

What is going on here?

Marmalade Is Missing teaser - James Nutting and Winding Snake
Crybaby - Eleri Edwards
Dead End - Nialle Bayliss
Heir to the Flame - Luke Blight
Crossed Wires - Jacobo Aguilera and Hannah Joyce Dante
Please Mistress - Alia Ramna and Sophie Francis

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2025

The horror, the horror ...

The Data Is Wrong - Austin Charlesworth and Diminished Responsibility
Bluebell Woods - James Fisher
Be The Murderer - George Robinson
Teething Problems - Jake Thompson and Alexander Griffiths
The Fury of Silence - Hardey Speight and Black Lab Films
Holy Rollers - Jake Goddard

Gagged - Nicko Vaughan and Guy Pearson

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2025

Missed calls and found callings:

A Bespoke Welsh Woollen Coat - Francesca Jones & Liam Martin
Bluman - Rainyday Rainbow
Love Me, Hold Me, Always - Hardey Speight and Black Lab Films
The Hanging Sword - Tom Roderick
Mention My Name - John Jenner and Mark Jury
Can Y Glowr - Mari Northall
Butty - Liz Cartwright

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2025

It's a kind of magic.

Please Think of the Narwhals - Richard Price
Catte teaser - Ross Ward
Better with Company - Alishya Ciftci
January 19th - Jake Pezzack
Of Noble Blood - Samantha Peacock
Water Spirit - Ka Long Tung
The State Of Cinemas - Sean Whelan
A Wonderful Neighbour - Alun Rhys Morgan

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2025

Sounds great!

An Empty Look - Laurence Hall and Sarah Williams
Old Hog, New Tricks - Lorcan Smith
Wilderness - Amelie Leroy and Jonas Babics
This Will Feel Lovely - Dylan Mears
Birthday Cake - Bam Lang
Bleddyn: The Wedding - Mark Nova and John Jenner

Chapter Queer Short Film Prize 2025

On Tuesday 3rd June 2025 we were proud to present the finalists for this year's Chapter Queer Short Film Prize:

Gal Pal - Sophie Hardcastle, Katy Mendo & Jordan Wallace
Smwtch - Jona Milone
The Closet - Thomas Walters + Charlotte Cousins
Pink - Yassa Khan
Rosemary - Temilorun Enemuwe + Megan Stanley
Please Think of the Narwhals - Richard Price
Clecs/Gossip - Jane Campbell and Harri Shanahan
Trailblazers - Sobia Bushra
We Are The Pulse - Eugenia Taylor

And the winner is ... Trailblazers! Plus a special commendation goes to Pink. Huge congrats to all the filmmakers and thanks to everyone who came!

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2025

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Angelina’s Colourful Life - Inga Burrows

Liminal - Macey Hopkins, Kyle Williams and Jack Phillips

The Gardener - Efa Blosse-Mason

Make A Wish - Jake Thompson and Alexander Griffiths

Pluen Wen: Babies Born Asleep - Matt Colin Evans

The Detectorists - Sarah-Jane Walsh and Natalie Clements

They’re Just Thoughts - Ethan Mack

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2025

Forget-me-nots.

Tidy House - Doug Dezzani
Cast Me Down + Little Fears - Ben F. Roberts
A Glass House - Charles Strider and Red Wade
Sol - Maya Valdes Santos and Nathan Raikes
Big Deal - Bella Thompson

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2025

Connecting services:

Lost and Found - Daniel McGowan and Hijinx
Cursedbound - Samantha Peacock
Human Resources - Tilly Shakesheff
Together Apart - Damilare Williams
Pierre’s Tale - Mariclare Carey-Jones
Benched - Ryan Leston

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2025

Duck!

Pigeon Laughs Festival 2025 teaser - José Fortuna
Bare Shelves - Brennig Hayden
The Great Caerphilly Cheese Heist - Andrew Creak
A Chat About Ducks - Natasha Walton and Alexander Nikolatos
Madam - Andrew Vidgen, Cheryl White and Owain Hopkins
Knackered - Django Pinter and Glyn Owen
The Quackening - James Button

BFI Future Film Festival 2025

On Saturday 22/02/2025 Chapter presented this two-part shorts showcase for the BFI Future Film Festival:

BFI Future Film Festival 2025 Highlights 

A Few More Minutes, Please - Dylan Scott and Betsy Finlay Sheil
ESC - Pamela Simoes Gomez and Olivia Timms
Road to 75 - Niya Taylor
Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak - Heath Virgoe
next stop is... - Stephen Han
Heavy - Eve Grant
Their Accounts - Hannah Kate Cameron Hunter
We're Not in Essex Anymore - Grace Talbot
Last Night In Irl - Ola Adediji
Singularity - Conor Mullin
TFH! - Fraser Scott and Alexander Halford
How The World Is Going To End - Vladislav Motorichev
The Dogs - George Moore Chadwick
REBIRTH - Joel Claudio and Joel Maisanda

New Welsh Voices In Film

Sun Worshippers - Molly Allen

Searching For Sunday - Georgia Day

Sports Resort - Participants of the BFI Film Academy Short Course in Cardiff by Bulldozer Films

Respect Changes Everything - Magmatic Stories, Urban Stamp and Urban Circle Newport

The Closet - Tom Walters and Charlotte Cousins

Milodfa - Amelia Lloyd and Christopher Harris

Fisitor - Llyr Titus and Panad Productions

Satu - Year Of The Rabbit trailer - Josh Trigg