Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2018

River deep, mountain high ...

Inspiration - Alan Waldron and Broadside
Hummingbird - Purple Hat Productions
Marching Orders - Nat Pearse
For Old Time’s Sake - Jos Williams
The Climb - Carmen Medway-Stephens and Simon Huntley
Who Can You Trust? - Andrew Macfetters
Coward - Luke Walters
Parisian Drift - James Ellis
Rhys Bloodjoy: Polly Brown - John Ninnis
Hey Mal - Purple Hat Productions
Let's Trade - Natalie Martins and James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2018

It's like going back in time ...

Firmament - Mac Nixon and Andy Toovey
The YouTube Fame Game - Matt Nōmmé
Breadcrumbing Episode 1: Feline - Tom Gatley and Jamie McKee
Gone Fishing - Christopher Deakin and Benjamin Linehan
Neckface - Sian Harries and Jacqueline Wright
A Wicked Plan - Gopal Kulkarni and Devanand Shanmugam
Still Foxy - Tom Gripper
Sunshine - Patrik Krivanek
Attached - James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2018

Who goes there?

Golden Cage - Chris Lang
Beddgelert - Medeni Griffiths and Ben Jenkins
Dank Creatures - Rob Bryant
Cari - Alexander Williams
The Thinning Blue Line - Liam A. Matthews
My Shadow - Munzir Quraishy
Aljiran Aljiran (Neighbour Neighbour) - Ewa Pałka and Emmy Williams
Gray Hill - Tom Booth

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2018

Uh-oh ...

The Most Impossible Choice - Sam Ryan
Parklife - Samuel Olly
Don’t Move - Adam Scarlett
Live and Lament: The Self on Screen - James Humphreys
Mad Science Films Episode 5 - James Plumb
Pathways - Nat Pearse
Dark Secret - Andrew Macfetters
How To Save You - Sam Dennis

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2017

Watch your films on the big screen!

Walk In Dales - Patrik Krivanek
Royal - Kristian Kane and Lewis Carter
No Trespassing - Dan Bailey
Dave Datblygu: Death To Welsh Culture It's Meat and Tradition - Sion Thomas and Kieran Owen
Lives Less Ordinary: Simon’s Story - Joss Ingram
Blue - Heledd Wyn Hardy
Changed Perspective - Alun Morgan
Always Read The Label - James Button

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2017

This post-Halloween screening was unusually murdery in the second half.

Kernow - Liam Martin
Head Over Heels - Tom Gripper
The Wolf & I - Oscar Walkley-Brown and Bradley Burke
Public Service Broadcasting: Every Valley - Richard Crandon
Little Monster teaser - James Plumb
The Spectre Of Samhain - Fritz O’Skennick
Night Mære - Craig Fisher

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2017

INT. or EXT.?

Stuff, Things and Sarsaparilla - Derek Palmer and Ioan Ings
When In America - James Button and Oscar Garth
Josephine - Ayesha Pontin
No Service - Alun Morgan
Revenge - Andrew Macfetters
Ben - Mac Nixon
Inspired: Creative Therapy - Nigel Streeter and Fritz O’Skennick
Screwdriver - Hefin Rees, Neil Bebber and Sam Price

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2017

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Or stranger, in some cases.

Paint Job - Martin Hall and Ariane Parry
Jars Of Hearts - Adam Holt and Tom Gripper
I Only Ate Potatoes For Two Weeks - Matt Nōmmé
Eilean a’ Cheò / Isle of Mist - Sion Marshall-Waters
Remember Brookside? - Chris Lloyd
Tell Me About It, Sam - John Rees
First Date - Andrew Macfetters
Flowers for Kate - Simon Huntley and Carmen Medway-Stephens
Amusements Pt.2 - Martin Cannon

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2017

Let's go outside ...

Timicide - Justin Chaloner and James Ashton
Urgent Assistance Required - Matt James and Nigel Streeter
Paper Boats - Carmen Medway-Stephens and Simon Huntley
Fortress - James Grimley
Goldfish - John Rees
The Water Protector - Carmen Medway-Stephens and Simon Huntley
Fire In My Heart - Hefin Rees
Exit Ramp - Ian Smyth
Richard’s Garden - Justin Chaloner & James Ashton
Daipool - Earl Palmer & Andi Osho

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2017

These are the first releases from the Red Balloon Cinematic Universe ...

My Friend The Raptor - Josh Bennett and James Button
The Prophet - John Rees
Division - James Grimley
Laura - Tom Gatley
Where’s That Bean? - Tom Barrance
Guilty Pleasures - Dan Bailey
Virus - Andrew Macfetters (alternate version here)
Local: Three Piece Meal - Alex Priestley
Eiluned Rees - Andy Edwards
Diversion - Joe O’Hare and Andy Toovey
The Ballad of Melinoe - Richard Williams
Radio Song - Fritz O’Skennick
Bob - John Rees
My Favourite Director - Matt Nōmmé

Last night at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2017

And ... we're out of time.

Last Night - Graham Neale
Rounds - Sion Marshall-Waters
Bound - Lindsay Walker
Speculate to Accumulate - Hefin Rees
Reggie - Munzir Quraishy
Penny From Heaven - Marlek al-Habib
Shelly on a loop / James on a loop - James Ellis
Les Trois Perles De Sagesse - Andy Toovey

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2017

This month's programme was filled with shorts from the Cardiff Independent Film Festival:

Amstardam trailer - Wayne & Lee Lennox
Drawn Together - Victoria Howell
No matter what happens I love you - Justyna Mytnik
Gozo trailer - Miranda Bowen
The Good Son - Tomasin Adepeju
The Great Unwashed trailer - Louis Fonseca
King Grandpa - Martin Grau
The Wonderful Flight - Ian Allardyce & Bat-Amgalan Lkhagvajav
Only Child - Andy Toovey
Transmission - Varun Raman & Tom Hancock

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2017

Last night we teamed up with Carys Lewis and Lisa Davies of SHIFFT for a Female Filmmakers special. Here's what we showed:

Leonard’s Neighbours - Jodie Ashdown and Mac Nixon
The Wedding Video - Suzanne Phillips
Don't Cry - Gabriella Lewis
Ernest - Carys Lewis
Love Struck - Leyla Pope
Dispossessed Webisode 2.4 - Rebecca Hardy
Juodupe - Rhian Norman and Julie Rastenyte
Love In Action: Steve's Story - Jordan Sheehy
When Black Mothers Don’t Say I Love You - Trey Anthony
Crimson Daydream - Anne-Sophie Ouvrier

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2017

Tonight's take-away was that sometimes simple stories are the best ones.

Keep Talking - Alex Banks
Bamboo House - John Rees
10 Minutes Ago - Tom Roderick
Growing - Charlotte Lomax
How Not To Be Single - Episode 2: Party - James Musgrove and John Rees
Bev’s Shed - Adam Davies (extended version here)
Water Poets: Spaceships - Andy Edwards
No Cuts - Paddy Faulkner
Ludo - Jamie McKee and Richard Pask
Footsteps - Andy Wain

Chapter MovieMaker at Cinema & Co

On Thursday 23rd February 2017 we held our first screening in Swansea.

Massive thanks to Cinema & Co for being such delightful hosts and to Ffilm Cymru Wales for their support via the Connector Fund.

Here's what we watched:

Congaaargh! - Christian Bradshaw, Alastair Jenkins and James Iles
Far Away Man teaser - Dhean Morris, Tom Gripper, Ceri Evans, Sam Ryan, Aled Pennock and Adam Holt
Fur Coat And No Knickers - Caroline Lane
Footsteps - Andy Wain
Campfire Story - Lewis Carter
At Home - Paul Crossland
Omphalos Stone - Kerry Challis Thomas and Khaya Marie Rees
Pelican - Martin Cannon
Reality Check - Mark James and Scott Christie
Stones - Christopher Lang

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2017

Out now on LP and cassette.

Divided - Patrik Krivanek
Geraint Rhys: The Lost Generation - Simon Bartlett
Video Shop - Kyran Davies
The Listener - Michael Gilhooly
Mark Llewelyn Evans: Tell My Father - Seimon Pugh Jones and Andy Edwards
Quentin Tarantino Is MY Boyfriend! - Michelle Ho
Dark Tourism pilot - Chris Lloyd
That’s Not Funny - Richard Williams
The 12 Labours of Gryff - Andy Toovey

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2017

The past and the future are not so far apart ...

Sheltered Life film preview - Jake Goddard
Dying Light - Luke Andrews
Tomos - Daniel Champney-Smith and Jonathan Newsham
ScriptDawg: Who You Know - James Humphreys
Franklin’s Brain - Scott Quinn
Far Away Man teaser - Dhean Morris, Tom Gripper, Ceri Evans, Sam Ryan, Aled Pennock and Adam Holt

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2016

Inspirations and dedications.

The Art Of Villainy | Fiat Panda Edition - Alun Morgan
Slow Goings - James Button
The Turning - Luke Andrews
Off-Trac - Carys Lewis
The Soldier - Luke Walters
The Letter - Shehroze Khan
Angelystor - Craig Fisher
Vexations at Made In Roath - James Ellis
Charles H Price - Patrik Krivanek
Jimmy Bizzle in The Nap Bap Rap - James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2016

I can't believe they did that.

501 Days teaser trailer - Laurence Patrick
Dying Light trailer - Luke Andrews
Protege - Christopher Lang
The Lodge - Owain Hopkins
Two Feet One Feat - Matt Callanan
No Hidden Extras - Ian Smyth
The Realm Beyond - Luke Walters
Game Trail - Ewan Wilson
Vexations - James Ellis
Stages - Ellen Waddell
Cynic: Top Trumps - Ted Shiress and Geraint Nott
Denzil - Andy Wain and Alexandros Mattei
Amusements - Martin Cannon

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2016

This is what happens when you're left unsupervised ...

£1.50 Primark Haul From 6 Months Ago - Ceri Evans
RED FEVER Kathmandu Version - Paddy Faulkner
Action! Parts 1 and 2 - Oscar Garth and James Button
Palomino Party: Run Palomino - Alex Priestley
Long Shots - Matt James and Matt Doman
My Big Week Indoors - Marc Thomas
How Are You - Munzir Quraishy
Bloom 5 - Graham Neale
Vader - Alex Banks
Uspud trailer - James Ellis
Far Away Man sizzle reel - Tom Gripper, Adam Holt, Ceri Evans and Dhean Morris
Any Time / Any Place - Martin Hall and Ariane Parry
A Date with Time: St Illtyd - William Rees-Crockford and Chris Dickson
The Stapler - Oscar Garth