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List Of Welsh Films
This is a chronological list of films produced in Wales. It is divided among those that are in the English language, Welsh language, and no language (silent films). Silent films 1890s *1898: ''Conway Castle'' *1898: ''Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion'', is the world's oldest extant soccer film, by Arthur Cheetham. 1900s *1907: ''Wales, England: Land of Castles and Waterfalls'' 1910s *1913: ''The Foreman's Treachery'', by Charles Brabin. *1915: ''A Welsh Singer'' was adapted from a novel by Allen Raine and starred Florence Turner. *1918: ''The Life Story of David Lloyd George'' Welsh-language films 1930s *1935: ''Y Chwarelwr'' (''The Quarryman''), was the first Welsh language sound film, directed by Ifan ab Owen Edwards. 1940s *1949: ''Yr Etifeddiaeth'' (''The Heritage'') is a documentary by journalist John Robert Williams (journalist), John Robert Williams. 1970s *1975: ''Gwaed ar y Ser'' (''Blood on the Stars''), is a horror film, Directed by Wil Aaron 1980s *1981: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robert Williams (journalist)
John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist. John, Johnnie, or Johnny Williams may also refer to: People Businessmen * John Williams (football executive) (born 1939 or 1940), English football executive * John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953), American winemaker * John C. Williams (economist) (born 1962), president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York * John H. Williams (businessperson), American businessperson * John Henry Williams (baseball) (1968–2004), son of baseball player Ted Williams * John Osborn Williams (1886–1963), Canadian businessperson * John P. Williams Jr. (1941–2019), president of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce * John Stanton Williams (1814–1876), American shipowner and businessperson Clergymen * John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest * John Williams (archbishop of York) (1582–1650), British Anglican a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedd Wyn (film)
''Hedd Wyn'' is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic, written by Alan Llwyd and directed by Paul Turner. ''Hedd Wyn'' won the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Single Drama and BAFTA Cymru Awards in several categories; and was the first Welsh language film nominated for an Academy Award. Background Based on the life of Ellis Humphrey Evans ( Huw Garmon), killed in the First World War, the cinematography starkly contrasts the lyrical beauty of the poet's native Meirionnydd with the bombed-out horrors of Passchendaele. The protagonist is depicted as a tragic hero with an intense dislike of the pro-war jingoism which surrounds him. The film's title is Ellis Evans's bardic name (, "blessed peace"), under which he was posthumously awarded the Bardic Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Plot As a farmer's son in the village of Trawsfynydd, Ellis Humphrey Evans composes poetry for local eisteddfodau under the bardic name ''Hedd Wyn'' ("Blessed Peace"), dreaming of bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endaf Emlyn
Endaf Emlyn (born 31 July 1944) is a Welsh musician and film and television director. Early life Emlyn was born in Bangor, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was brought up in Pwllheli and played violin in the National Youth Orchestra of Wales alongside Karl Jenkins and John Cale. Career Emlyn trained initially as a teacher but shortly afterwards decided to pursue a career in the media instead. Upon the founding of Harlech Television in May 1968, he became one of the franchise's first four announcers as host of the quiz show ''Up to Date''. He also worked as a script-writer, but had a simultaneous career as a musician. Music Emlyn has been producing music since the early 1960s. He is signed to Tony Hatch's publishing company, M&M Music. In 1971, he released his first single "Paper Chains / Madryn" on the Parlophone label. Recorded at EMI Studios, the A-side was named Record of the Week upon release by Tony Blackburn on BBC Radio 1. Two further singles for Parlophone followed: "Goodb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Nos Ola Leuad
''Un Nos Ola Leuad'' (''One Moonlit Night'') is a novel written by Welsh writer Caradog Prichard. It was first published in 1961. It has been translated into English by Philip Mitchell. Plot The novel is an account of childhood, and depicts a mother-son relationship, seen from the viewpoint of the son. It is set in Bethesda, Wales around the years 1915–1920, in the midst of the North Wales quarrying areas. Bethesda is only referred to as "the Village", but neighbouring places are given their real names. The novel has autobiographical echoes. Prichard wrote the novel in middle age and it was completed after his mother's death in 1954. Response and analysis Prichard's biographer, Menna Baines, has remarked upon the difference in what is made of the community as it is looked at in Prichard's work, with how it appears in the work of Kate Roberts, and T. Rowland Hughes, also writers of the Caernarfonshire quarrying district. "This community traditionally portrayed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Bayly
Stephen Bayly (born July 7, 1942) is an American born British film producer and director. His film '' Coming Up Roses'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Bayly was director of the National Film and Television School between 1998 and 2003. Selected filmography * '' Coming Up Roses'' (1986) * '' Just Ask for Diamond'' (1986) * ''Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...'' (1995) References External links * 1942 births Living people Film producers from Maryland Artists from Baltimore Film directors from Maryland {{US-film-director-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Up Roses
''Coming Up Roses'' () is a 1986 Welsh language comedy film. It was directed by Stephen Bayly and starred Dafydd Hywel, Gillian Elisa and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The film centres on the closure of the last small town cinema in South Wales and the community's efforts to pull together to save the cinema. Cast * Dafydd Hywel as Trevor * Iola Gregory Eirian Iola Gregory (15 September 1946 – 21 November 2017) was a British actress. She was best known for her role as Jean McGurk in the long-running S4C soap series '' Pobol y Cwm''. Early life Gregory's mother, Millicent "Millie" Gregory, wa ... as Mona * Gillian Elisa as Sian * Mari Emlyn as June * Ifan Huw Dafydd as Dave * Rowan Griffiths as Pete * Olive Michael as Gwen * Bill Paterson as Mr. Valentine * W. J. Phillips as Eli Davies * Clyde Pollitt as Councillor * Mike Lewis as Trevor's Son References External links * 1986 films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Francis
Karl Francis (born 1 April 1942) is a Welsh film and television director, producer and screenwriter, associated with left-wing political causes. His work has included output in both English and Welsh. Biography Francis was born in Bedwas in South Wales. He won a scholarship which allowed him to study at Manchester University where he gained his BA in 1964. He then attended Hornsey College of Art to study for a post-graduate diploma on Film in Education. He began his media career in television in 1971, first as an independent investigator, before taking a production post with ITV, working on '' Weekend World'' for London Weekend Television. In 1973 he switched to the BBC and produced programmes such as ''2nd House''. In 1977 he wrote, produced and directed the docu-drama '' Above us the Earth''. The film, shot in the spring and summer of 1975, records the closure of the Ogilvie colliery in the Rhymney Valley and the effect on the miners and the larger community. The film use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyn Thomas (novelist)
Gwyn Thomas (6 July 1913 – 13 April 1981) was a Welsh writer, dramatist, '' Punch''-columnist, radio broadcaster and raconteur, who has been called "the true voice of the English-speaking valleys". Early life Gwyn Thomas was born in Cymmer, Porth in the Rhondda Valley, the youngest of 12 children, to coalminer Walter Morgan Thomas and his wife. His mother died when he was aged six, and he was consequently brought up by his sister, often with handouts from the local soup kitchen. After winning a scholarship, Thomas studied Spanish at the University of Oxford. Plagued by mysterious health problems, terribly poor and depressed, it was only after spending a summer and a term at the end of his second year at Complutense University of Madrid, thanks to a miners' scholarship, that he decided to complete his studies. Thomas was diagnosed at the age of 23 with a previously undetected thyroid malfunction that had been poisoning him for years, which was operated on to prevent his dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
