Chapter MovieMaker at Taliesin

We were very pleased to host a short film showcase - and BFI Film Academy SCENE event - in Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea on Tuesday 21st February 2023. Here's the programme:

Best Student - Rebs Fisher-Jackson
Suit Yourself - Alister Malcolm
How Could This Have Happened To Me? - Red Wade and Charles Strider
Cnawd Pren - Hedydd Ioan
Stuck - Max Burton
The Girls Of Dinefwr - Rhys Cannon
SO Coffee - Jack Thomas and Art Faction
Wassail Festival - Mike Leahy and SwanTV
Sin Eater - Oliver Gabe
017 Pink Punch - Polly Manning

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2023

Everybody needs good neighbours ...

A Ray of Hope trailer - Matt Colin Evans
RoButler - James Button
Creigres (Reef) - Nigel Goldsmith
Rhannwch Y Baich - Osian Roberts
First Day - Hammy Chee
Fortune Favours - Jamie Cross
The Fulfilment of Ill-Conceived Designs trailer - Luciano Williamson and Eleanor Benson
Terminal - Nigel Goldsmith
Reality Check - Austin Charlesworth
Bad Soil - Alex Priestley 
X-ylophone - Mathew Lloyd

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2022

Let's talk about it ...

Funny Kind of Fine - James Fisher
The Maths Teacher - Nadia Barbu
Being A Cat In A Room Full of Dogs - Jamie Panton
A Little Better - Olive Alauskaite
Faultlines - Jonathan Hawkins
Some Kind Of Immortality - Geraint Dixon and A48 Theatre Company
VSCC Badlands 2022 - Andrew Zerbino

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2022

I get locked down, but I get up again ...

See Me - Brychan Probert, Jack Bartlett and Nathan Sussex
Zeynep - Özgür Uyanık
Gangland Gold - Martyn Harris
Jumping - Ray Thomas and A48 Theatre Company
Bubble - Luke Andrews and Stacey Daly
The Book - Johan B Hennius and Owain Hopkins

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2022

Enjoy your ghost stories!

Clowning Around - Robert Brown
Creulon - Kyran Davies
Altolusso - Jonathan 'Fan' Evans and Ray Bennett
The Spoiler Artist - José Pedro Fortuna
Paragon - Mac Nixon
Give It A Go - Vicky Rodway-Stallard
The Hour Of The Watery Flower - Clem Boetti, Devin Seth Thomas, Ollie Dixon, Rhodri Prysor
Toaster - Samuel Rush

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker in Newport

On Thursday 4th August 2022 we were delighted to join Ffilm Cymru Wales' Foot In The Door team at their pop-up in Friars Walk for a special Newport shorts showcase! 

Creepy Pasta Salad - Lauren Orme and Amy Morris
Coat of Radical Kindness by Naz Syed and Fez Miah
Through the Waves directed by Ben F. Roberts
Newport Rock Collecting Animated Shorts produced by Glen Biseker
Bald - Luke Bather and John Tucker

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2022

Out of office:

Park Life - Leighton Spence
Sion Trefor: Love - Mac Nixon
The Simple Things - Robert Lee Jenkins
Kind Regards - Alun Rhys Morgan

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2022

Where did they go?

Future Kult: My Brothers and Me - Mac Nixon and Broadside
Bloom - Jake Thompson and Arcadian Owls
Long Shots Episode 4 - Matthew Doman and James Plumb
Detective The - Luke Vermirovsky
There Are No Comets - Chris Reynolds
Art In A War Zone - Melvyn Williams
Mother Sky trailer - Michael Henry
Vanishing Act - Andreas Kyriakides and Arcadian Owls

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2022

This month's special screening was dedicated to the Chapter Queer Film Prize 2022. The finalists were:

Skinny Fat - Mathew David

Lord Build Me a Cabin - Hunk Williams

Jelly - Samantha O’Rourke

And the winner is ... Jelly! Samantha O'Rourke's film is now Chapter's Welsh regional nominee for this year's Iris Prize. We were also very happy to get another chance to show Jay Bedwani's My Mother, a previous winner of the prize. Thanks very much to all the submitting filmmakers and everyone who attended the event.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2022

Look here!

Pathway - Tom Gripper
Hiya, Mate - Joe Hurst
The Colston Four - Arthur Cauty
Out There - Rhys Miles Thomas

Vue D’en Haut - Arwen Harrison, Harri Dobbs and Alexander Griffiths

True Crime - Alex Priestley
Someone stole my lunch What should I do? - Johnny Maya
Protein trailer - Tony Burke
The Metaverse in 5 Years - Samuel Rush

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2022

This month we were very pleased to present Welsh Work, a special programme for Cardiff Animation Festival:

Affairs of the Art - Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Druids - Shwan Nostrapour
Pawesome, But Weird! - Nayomi Hewa
Prosperina: Boot - Zach F Evans
Tryweryn - Osian Roberts
Allowed - Zillah Bowes
Foo Fighters: 'No Son of Mine' - Emlyn Davies, Josh Hicks and Bomper Studio
Tyler Childers: 'Country Squire' - Colonel Tony Moore and Bomper Studio 
Bear Hunt - Molly Allen
Calon Rew - Efa Blosse-Mason
Kami Kuin - Jamie Ellis

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2022

Incredible journeys through space, time and our own heads ...

The Tower - Alexander Griffiths and Joe Prescott
Bald - Luke Bather
What Comes Next - John Crerar
Quest Episode 1: The Star Lady - Dylan Thompson, Reece Beckford & George-Ann Dobb

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2022

We're all in this together ...

Left To Our Own Devices - James Plumb and AJ
Birjina gaztettobat zegoen - Léa Sautin
Me And You - Johnny Maya and Lorenzo Fedon
Cysuro - Peter Darney
Whatever Happened To The Bean Genie? - Austin Charlesworth and A. Jason Dinsdale
Pig Face - Dylan Thompson

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2021

What's past is prologue?

Think Globally, Grow Locally - Amanda Wood
Between The Headphones - Matt Colin Evans
Mark’s Time Traveling Machine - Johnny Maya and Curt Dennis
Jangle - Andrew Creak and Simone Greenwood

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2021

So close, and yet so far away ...

Surrender - Carmen Medway-Stephens and Simon Huntley
Music Theatre Wales: Somehow - Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Krystal S. Lowe
The doGs illusion - Mashroor Parvez
Cysylltiad (Connection) - Mared Rees
1914 - Rhys Horler
Disconnected Episode 3: Rhymes With Oven - Mad Science Films

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2021

Now in theatres ...

Music Theatre Wales: The House of Jollof Opera - Tumi Williams, Sita Thomas and Asha Jane
Jackdaw - Mac Nixon, Ed Casey and Dan Bailey
Music Theatre Wales: Pride (A Lion’s Roar) - Renell Shaw, Rachael Young and Kyle Legall
Abandoned - Justin Chaloner and Purple Hat Productions
Disconnected Episode 1: Don’t F*** With Science - Mad Science Films
Stay Alert - Leah Rogers and Purple Hat Productions
The Foul - James Button

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2021

We're back! Our first screening live in Cinema 2 since March 2020 was fully booked and featured the following films:

Through The Waves - Ben F. Roberts
The Space Between Us - Rick Allden and Alun D. Pughe
The House of Jollof trailer - Music Theatre Wales
Last Step - Andrew Evans and Purple Hat Productions
My Sister’s Keeper - Shay Revolver
The Resurrection Bone - John Jenner and Jay Powrie
Bert - Michael O. Lewis

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2021

This month we were happy to host another new online programme of shorts and Q&As on the Chapter Player. Thanks again to Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI NETWORK Wales for the support through their Connector Fund.

Tweaks - Jasper Warry
The Welshman - Lindsay Walker
Strange Days - Alex Priestley
Some Sunny Day - Carmen Medway-Stephens
Paradise Inquest + Elastic Seed Cycle - Onismo Muhlanga
Cardiff 1919: Riots Redrawn - Kyle Legall
Tinge Krishnan Q&A, hosted by Carys Lewis and Tom Betts

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: The Bridge

On Friday 12th February 2021 Cables & Cameras in Bristol and Chapter MovieMaker in Cardiff presented THE BRIDGE, an online event and cross-collaboration between creatives and POC filmmakers from Wales, Bristol and Birmingham. 

Thanks to the support of Ffilm Cymru Wales / BFI NETWORK Wales' Connector Fund, plus Film Hub South West and BFI NETWORK South West, here's the programme:

Corrupt - Michael Ellis
Black In A Box - Ryan Francis
Paradise Inquest - Onismo Muhlanga
Cardiff 1919: Riots Redrawn - Kyle Legall
What Are Your Plans? - Josephine Gyasi & Pierre Niyongira
Uprising 2020 - CARGO
The West - BLACKFONT vs. George Kurts
Pro Dance - Sadie Pro Dance
A Viable Candidate - Orson Nava
Us Vs Them Teaser - Tee Visuals
25 Years Of Full Cycle Records - Gary Thompson
Elastic Seed Cycle - Onismo Muhlanga
Q&A: Adam Murray speaks with Josephine Gyasi, Onismo Muhlanga and Tee Visuals

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2020

For our final (online) screening of 2020, we had a great selection of shorts, including the Plethu / Weave series from National Dance Company Wales and Literature Wales ...

Housebreaker - Alun Rhys Morgan and Tomos Gwynfryn Evans
The Beekeeper - William McGregor
The Last Goodbye - Nat Pearse and John Rees
McPherson’s Toys - Austin Charlesworth
The Bean Genie - Austin Charlesworth
When The Planes Stopped - Carmen Medway-Stephens

Ust - Ifor Ap Glyn and Faye Tan

Ble Mae Bilaadi? - Aisha Naamani & Hanan Issa
The Branches of Me - Connor Allen and Jodi Ann Nicholson
O'r Lludw - Aneirin Karadog and Joe Powell-Main
Cyswllt | Datgyswllt - Elan Grug Muse & Shakeera Ahmun
Swyn-gân/Summoning - clare e. potter and Jo Shapland
Hirddydd - Mererid Hopwood and Tim Volleman
Triptych Part 1 - Marvin Thompson and Ed Myhill
Triptych Part 2 - Marvin Thompson