WOW Wales One World Film Festival

WOW Wales One World Film Festival 📽The longest-running film festival in Wales
26th edition: March 2027

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📽Showcasing thought-provoking, eye-opening films from places you rarely get to see on screen. Online & in local cinemas across Wales - Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Mold - and beyond!

There was something very special about seeing WOW × DIFF Shorts continue in Durban.🇿🇦Created as a Wales-South Africa exc...
08/08/2026

There was something very special about seeing WOW × DIFF Shorts continue in Durban.🇿🇦

Created as a Wales-South Africa exchange between WOW and the Durban International Film Festival, the programme brought together short films by emerging Welsh and South African filmmakers, creating space for young voices from both countries to be seen, heard and placed in conversation.

After first sharing South African shorts with audiences in Wales earlier this year, it was a real privilege to see the exchange continue at DIFF, with Welsh shorts reaching audiences in Durban and with the programme opening up warm, thoughtful conversations with South African filmmakers and audiences.

Thank you to DIFF, Helene Naicker, the filmmakers, audiences and the British Council Festivals Connect Fund for helping make this collaboration possible.

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Roedd rhywbeth arbennig iawn am weld WOW × DIFF Shorts yn parhau yn Durban.🇿🇦

Wedi’i greu fel cyfnewidfa Cymru-De Affrica rhwng Gŵyl Ffilm WOW a Gŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Durban, daeth y rhaglen â ffilmiau byrion gan wneuthurwyr ffilm ifanc ac emerging o Gymru a De Affrica at ei gilydd, gan greu lle i leisiau newydd o’r ddwy wlad gael eu gweld, eu clywed a’u rhoi mewn sgwrs â’i gilydd.

Ar ôl rhannu’r ffilmiau byrion o Dde Affrica gyda chynulleidfaoedd yng Nghymru yn gynharach eleni, roedd yn fraint gweld y gyfnewidfa’n parhau yn DIFF, gyda ffilmiau byrion Cymreig yn cyrraedd cynulleidfaoedd yn Durban a’r rhaglen yn agor sgyrsiau cynnes a meddylgar gyda gwneuthurwyr ffilm a chynulleidfaoedd yn Ne Affrica.

Diolch i DIFF, Helene Naicker, y gwneuthurwyr ffilm, y cynulleidfaoedd a Chronfa Festivals Connect y Cyngor Prydeinig am helpu i wneud y cydweithrediad hwn yn bosibl.

We’re incredibly proud to see Lily Tiger Tonkin Wells giving a talk at this year’s Eisteddfod !During her talk, Lily int...
02/08/2026

We’re incredibly proud to see Lily Tiger Tonkin Wells giving a talk at this year’s Eisteddfod !

During her talk, Lily introduced 'She Sells Shellfish', her first work as a professional artist that was commissioned by WOW in 2022-23 through our Bangladesh-Cymru Climate Stories collaboration with Dhaka DocLab.

It's been wonderful to watch Lily's work continue to develop and to find recognition and new audiences across Wales and beyond.

Congratulations, Lily! 🙌

Watch 'She Sells Shellfish':
youtube.com/watch?v=KM4flKGwBIE

We’re incredibly proud to see Lily Tiger Tonkin Wells giving a talk at this year’s Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru!During ...
02/08/2026

We’re incredibly proud to see Lily Tiger Tonkin Wells giving a talk at this year’s Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru!

During her talk, Lily introduced 'She Sells Shellfish', her first work as a professional artist that was commissioned by WOW in 2022-23 through our Bangladesh-Cymru Climate Stories collaboration with Dhaka DocLab.

It's been wonderful to watch Lily's work continue to develop and to find recognition and new audiences across Wales and beyond.

Congratulations, Lily! 🙌

Watch 'She Sells Shellfish':
youtube.com/watch?v=KM4flKGwBIE

🎬 Calling filmmakers!Submissions are open for WOW 2027, and our Earlybird deadlines are coming up.We’re looking for feat...
02/07/2026

🎬 Calling filmmakers!

Submissions are open for WOW 2027, and our Earlybird deadlines are coming up.

We’re looking for features, documentaries, environmental films and international shorts for our 26th festival edition next March.

Whether your film is political, personal, playful, poetic or impossible to neatly categorise, we’d love to see it.

Earlybird Features: 4 September
Earlybird Shorts: 26 September

Submit via FilmFreeway: filmfreeway.com/WOWFilmFestival

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🎬 Galw ar wneuthurwyr ffilmiau!

Mae ceisiadau ar agor ar gyfer WOW 2027, ac mae ein dyddiadau cau Earlybird yn nesáu.

Rydyn ni’n chwilio am ffilmiau nodwedd, rhaglenni dogfen, ffilmiau amgylcheddol a ffilmiau byr rhyngwladol ar gyfer ein 26ain rhifyn fis Mawrth nesaf.

Boed eich ffilm yn wleidyddol, yn bersonol, yn chwareus, yn farddonol neu’n amhosib ei rhoi mewn categori taclus, byddem wrth ein bodd yn ei gweld.

Earlybird Ffilmiau Nodwedd: 4 Medi
Earlybird Ffilmiau Byr: 26 Medi

🎬 Wales × South Africa Shorts: streaming online soonOur WOW × DIFF shorts programme brings together bold new work from W...
21/06/2026

🎬 Wales × South Africa Shorts: streaming online soon

Our WOW × DIFF shorts programme brings together bold new work from Welsh and South African filmmakers, first presented in Aberystwyth as part of WOW Film Festival 2026.

From 25 June to 5 July, the full programme will be available to stream free across Europe, giving more audiences the chance to discover this special cross-cultural collection.

Created in partnership with Durban International Film Festival, and made possible by the British Council Festivals Connect Fund.

📅 25 June–5 July
🌍 Online + free to watch
🔗 https://watch.eventive.org/wowfilmfestival

🎬 Following their screening in Aberystwyth as part of WOW Film Festival this March, we're delighted to bring our Wales ×...
11/06/2026

🎬 Following their screening in Aberystwyth as part of WOW Film Festival this March, we're delighted to bring our Wales × South Africa Shorts programme online.

From 25 June to 5 July, audiences across Europe can stream this special collection of short films from Wales and South Africa free of charge.

Created in partnership with Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), the programme showcases emerging filmmakers and underrepresented voices, bringing together a rich mix of stories, styles and perspectives from both countries.

📅 25 June–5 July
🌍 Online + free to watch
🔗 https://watch.eventive.org/wowfilmfestival

Created by WOW Film Festival in partnership with Durban International Film Festival, with support from the British Council Festival Connects Fund.

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🎬 Yn dilyn eu dangosiad yn Aberystwyth fel rhan o Ŵyl Ffilm WOW ym mis Mawrth, rydym yn falch iawn o ddod â'n rhaglen Ffilmiau Byr Cymru × De Affrica ar-lein.

Rhwng 25 Mehefin a 5 Gorffennaf, bydd cynulleidfaoedd ledled Ewrop yn gallu ffrydio'r casgliad arbennig hwn o ffilmiau byrion o Gymru a De Affrica yn rhad ac am ddim.

Wedi'i chreu mewn partneriaeth â Gŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Durban (DIFF), mae'r rhaglen yn arddangos gwneuthurwyr ffilmiau sy'n datblygu a lleisiau sydd wedi'u tangynrychioli, gan ddod â chymysgedd cyfoethog o straeon, arddulliau a safbwyntiau ynghyd o'r ddwy wlad.

Gwyliwch ar-lein o 25 Mehefin: watch.eventive.org/wowfilmfestival

We’re hiring: SPOTLIGHT Project Producer / CoordinatorWe’re looking for a Producer/Coordinator to support the delivery o...
15/04/2026

We’re hiring: SPOTLIGHT Project Producer / Coordinator

We’re looking for a Producer/Coordinator to support the delivery of WOW’s SPOTLIGHT work in South West Wales.

📍 Remote + travel across the region
🗓 Deadline: Wed 6 May, 11:00am (BST)

Full details + how to apply: wowfilmfestival.com/post/we-re-hiring-spotlight-producer-coordinator-1

And the WOW 2026 Audience Award winners are…🏆 Best Feature Fiction - All That’s Left of You by Cherien Dabis🏆 Best Featu...
30/03/2026

And the WOW 2026 Audience Award winners are…

🏆 Best Feature Fiction - All That’s Left of You by Cherien Dabis
🏆 Best Feature Documentary - Super Nature by Ed Sayers
🏆 Best Made in Wales Short - Moving Sound by Sadia Pineda Hameed

Thank you to everyone who voted, and congratulations as well to all the filmmakers who were part of this year’s programme.

The results were incredibly close across all three categories, which says so much about how warmly these films were received by everyone. 💛

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A dyma enillwyr Gwobr y Gynulleidfa WOW 2026…

🏆 Ffilm Ffuglen Orau – All That’s Left of You gan Cherien Dabis
🏆 Dogfen Orau – Super Nature gan Ed Sayers
🏆 Ffilm Fer Orau Made in Wales – Moving Sound gan Sadia Pineda Hameed

Diolch i bawb a bleidleisiodd, a llongyfarchiadau hefyd i’r holl wneuthurwyr ffilm a oedd yn rhan o raglen eleni.

Roedd y canlyniadau’n hynod o agos ym mhob un o’r tri chategori, sy’n dweud cymaint am ba mor gynnes y cafodd y ffilmiau hyn eu croesawu gan bawb. 💛

And just like that, it’s a wrap.Now that WOW 2026 has wrapped, all of us here at WOW want to send the biggest thank you ...
29/03/2026

And just like that, it’s a wrap.

Now that WOW 2026 has wrapped, all of us here at WOW want to send the biggest thank you to all of you who joined us and helped make this 25th edition so special.

From our small team here, smiling very brightly because of you, thank you for being part of this year’s festival. It was such a special journey across Bangor, Swansea, Fishguard and Aberystwyth, and we’re so grateful to everyone who came to screenings, stayed for conversations, supported the festival, and helped make this year feel so warm, generous and alive.

Thank you for putting these smiles on our faces. We really couldn’t be more thankful.

If you joined us this year, we’d really appreciate you taking a moment to fill in our audience survey. It includes a few important questions that help us reflect on this year’s festival, plan our next steps, and make WOW even better for everyone. The QR code is on the second slide.

Link: forms.gle/MUWKVF5zQMLNJJZN9

Thank you for being part of WOW ❤️ See you all again very soon!

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A dyna ni – mae WOW 2026 drosodd.

Nawr bod WOW 2026 wedi dod i ben, mae pob un ohonom yma yn WOW eisiau anfon y diolch mwyaf at bob un ohonoch a ymunodd â ni ac a helpodd i wneud y 25ain ŵyl hon mor arbennig.

Gan ein tîm bach ni yma, yn gwenu’n eang iawn diolch i chi, diolch am fod yn rhan o ŵyl eleni. Roedd hi’n daith arbennig iawn ar draws Bangor, Abertawe, Abergwaun ac Aberystwyth, ac rydyn ni mor ddiolchgar i bawb a ddaeth i’r dangosiadau, a arhosodd am y sgyrsiau, a gefnogodd yr ŵyl, ac a helpodd i wneud eleni deimlo mor gynnes, hael a bywiog.

Diolch i chi am roi’r gwên hyn ar ein hwynebau. Allwn ni ddim bod yn fwy diolchgar.

Os ymunoch chi â ni eleni, bydden ni’n gwerthfawrogi’n fawr pe baech yn cymryd eiliad i lenwi ein harolwg cynulleidfa. Mae’n cynnwys ychydig o gwestiynau pwysig sy’n ein helpu i fyfyrio ar ŵyl eleni, cynllunio ein camau nesaf, a gwneud WOW hyd yn oed yn well i bawb. Mae’r cod QR ar yr ail sleid.

Dolen: forms.gle/MUWKVF5zQMLNJJZN9

Diolch am fod yn rhan o WOW ❤️ Welwn ni chi gyd eto yn fuan iawn!

28/03/2026

MARI LWYD: today at 🎬🐴✨

Charlie Grayson’s haunting, playful hybrid documentary that reimagines an ancient Welsh tradition from a fresh angle: told from the perspective of the very beings who arrive with the Mari Lwyd each winter solstice.

Blending interviews (in character) with animation, the film leans into Charlie’s love of horror and folklore, aiming for something timeless - less “about a folk club”, more about the tradition itself, as if it’s speaking directly to us across time.

Catch it today as part of WOW × DIFF Shorts (Wales ↔ South Africa). FREE event, followed by a conversation after the screening with the Durban International Film Festival's co-curator of this project Helene Naicker.

🎬 WOW × DIFF Shorts
📍 AradGoch, Aberystwyth
🗓️ Saturday 28 March
🕡 6pm
🎟️ FREE (booking recommended): wowfilmfestival.com/walessouthafricashorts

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MARI LWYD: heddiw yn 🎬🐴✨

Dogfen hybrid swynol a chwareus gan Charlie Grayson sy’n ail-ddychmygu traddodiad hynafol Cymreig o ongl ffres: wedi’i adrodd o safbwynt yr union fodau sy’n cyrraedd gyda’r Mari Lwyd bob heuldro’r gaeaf.

Gan gyfuno cyfweliadau (mewn cymeriad) ag animeiddio, mae’r ffilm yn cofleidio cariad Charlie at arswyd a llên gwerin, gan anelu at rywbeth amserol - llai “am glwb gwerin”, mwy am y traddodiad ei hun, fel petai’n siarad yn uniongyrchol â ni ar draws amser.

Daliwch hi heddiw fel rhan o WOW × DIFF Shorts (Cymru ↔ De Affrica). Digwyddiad AM DDIM, a sgwrs ar ôl y dangosiad gyda chyd-guradur y prosiect hwn o Durban International Film Festival, Helene Naicker.

🎬 WOW × DIFF Shorts
📍 AradGoch, Aberystwyth
🗓️ Sadwrn 28 Mawrth
🕡 6pm
🎟️ AM DDIM (argymhellir archebu): wowfilmfestival.com/walessouthafricashorts

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