Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2024

This is the best bit!

The Theory Of Tomorrow - Siôn Eifion
Women of Morocco - Chris Jones and Paloma Quinn Mills
The Museum of Modern Trash - Izzy Brown and Thomas Watkins
Y Wers Olaf - Ieuan Jones
My Dear Inner Child: A Life Story - Clare Robinson
Widows - Ivy Alvarez and Ant Sang

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2023

There's someone at the door ...

Collection Only - Alun Morgan
Little Brown Bird - Pete Rogers
I Made War Of The Worlds - Luke Walters
Paul Michael Hopkins: Muses Mercy - Laurie Eagle and John Rees
The Morning After - Zak Harney and Andrew David Fisher
Lazy Bones - Mahesh Madhu

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2023

What's your favourite scary movie?

Jack-O - Ellis Beynon and Thomas Watkins
Midnight - Katie Bonham
The Mari Lwyd - Chadley Jones
Sin Eater - Oliver Gabe
Unhappy Birthday - Llŷr Jones
StellarFIVR - Laurence Patrick
Hare - Jakub Kyral
Howell - Leon D. Williams

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2023

Wheels, reels and all the feels:

When I Cycle: Izzy’s Story - Chris Jones and Paloma Quinn Mills
Mourning Cloak - Joshua Davies
Ye Shall Hew - James Reynolds
Cariad Brawdol [Brotherly Love] - Rhys Prichard
Annalium 8: Sssss - Andrew Griffin, Andrew Weltch and Robert Lancey
Apologue 427 - Luke Russell
Cycle Path - Red Wade

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2023

That's a relief.

ISOL - Rhodri Carter
Pilgrim’s Progress - Claire Boot
The Pit - Rhys Cannon
Hairy - Amber Clarke-McGrath
The Swan with the Broken Lungs - Jonathan Phillips and Sean Rhys-James
Connor Jillions: Cabin Fever - Ioan Ings
Y Werin / Hiraeth - Adam Evans and Ella Spottiswood

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2023

Carry on camping!

Fright Shift - Tim Dane Reid and Neil Berrett
Taith Galed (A Hard Journey) - Will Renwick and Ryan Van Kesteren
Hêri - Lowri Palfrey
Benighted - Dan McCadden and Tom Ford
Noble Cause - Tim Dane Reid, Neil Berrett and Mo Mastafa
Have A Biscuit - Natalya Mykhaylyuk and Callum Jones

Chapter Queer Short Film Prize 2023

On Monday 26th June 2023 we were very pleased to present the finalists for this year's Chapter Queer Short Film Prize:

Captain Moonlite - Cai Barnard-Dodds
Penguin - Lily Lawson-Broadhead
The Witness - Rachel Pedley and Avant Cymru
Sally Leapt Out Of A Window Last Night - Tracy Spottiswoode
O'r Blaen - Ben F. Roberts
G Flat - Peter Darney
The Girl with the Haunted Vagina - Samantha O'Rourke and Panda Productions
Silent Pride - Kristy Philipps

And the winner is ... Sally Leapt Out Of A Window Last Night! Congrats to all the filmmakers!

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2023

Look over there!

She Sells Shellfish - Lily Tiger
Dear Heartbreak - Ffion Pritchard
The Things That Go Unnoticed - Music Theatre Wales
Adra Ni Y Môr / Our Home, The Sea - Mared Rees
Ghosts - James Morris and Maria Tilt
Final Major Project - Tasha Walton and Matt Hughes
Marmalade Is Missing - James Nutting and Amy Morris
Egg - Daniel Fox

Previously at Chapter MovieMaker: Deaf Together

On Thursday 4 May, we were very pleased to co-host this short film showcase for the Deaf Together season at Chapter, led by Jonny Cotsen.

One Letter - Brian Duffy
Hair Uncovered - Cathy Heffernan
Liberty - David Ellington
The Obstacle - Cardiff Deaf Cool Youth Club
Stalking - Bim Ajadi featuring S. Ali Khan

The Gingerbread Witch - Paul Miller
Oddo: A New Vernacular - David Sands
Night Shift - Bim Ajadi

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2023

None of these living conditions are recommended.

Inner Polar Bear - Gerald Conn
I Am The Thing - Leah Rogers and Purple Hat Productions
Stones and Dust - Daniel McGowan and Hijinx
Fruiting Bodies - David Daniel
Clownhouse - Nathan Meredith
The Forfeit - Josie Charles and Phoebe Brooks
Henry - Sean Rhys-James

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2023

What is time?

Black Mountain teaser - Ian Smyth
Glitch - Daniel McGowan and Hijinx
Nicky Taliesin - My Life Finally Makes Sense - Kate Chappell and Phil Chappell
Searching for Lily - Alexander Williams
After The Evidence - Rebecca Hardy
Finnegans Puddle - Sean Bailey
Pigeon Laughs International Short Comedy Festival announcement - José Pedro Fortuna

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.