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!

Last year, we started ‘WOW Around Wales’ to bring more independent cinema to our partner venues throughout the year. 🎬It...
07/10/2026

Last year, we started ‘WOW Around Wales’ to bring more independent cinema to our partner venues throughout the year. 🎬

It showed us just how much people value having great films on their doorstep, but it also got us thinking about communities where people don’t always have easy access to cinema.

So, we’ve been quietly working on something…

With the support of Film Hub Wales and the BFI Film Audience Network, we’re now leading SPOTLIGHT in South West Wales, bringing more opportunities to enjoy great cinema to communities across the region.

And we’re starting in Hermon!

🎥 Our first screening: POWER STATION
📍 Y Stiwdio Hermon, Hermon
🤝 In collaboration with the amazing people at Cwm A***n

Come along, bring a friend, and help us get YOUR community cinema started. 🍿🎬

🎟️ Full details and tickets via the link in our bio.

More venues and screenings coming soon! 👀

CY
Y llynedd, fe wnaethon ni ddechrau ‘WOW Around Wales’ i ddod â mwy o sinema annibynnol i’n lleoliadau partner drwy gydol y flwyddyn.

Fe ddangosodd i ni gymaint mae pobl yn gwerthfawrogi cael ffilmiau gwych ar garreg eu drws, ond fe wnaeth hefyd ein hannog i feddwl am gymunedau lle nad yw hi bob amser yn hawdd cael mynediad at sinema.

Felly, rydyn ni wedi bod yn gweithio’n dawel ar rywbeth…

Gyda chefnogaeth Film Hub Wales a Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfaoedd Ffilm y BFI, rydyn ni bellach yn arwain SPOTLIGHT yn Ne Orllewin Cymru, gan ddod â mwy o gyfleoedd i fwynhau sinema wych i gymunedau ledled y rhanbarth.

Ac rydyn ni’n dechrau yn Hermon! ❤️

🎥 Ein dangosiad cyntaf:
POWER STATION
📍 Y Stiwdio Hermon, Hermon
🤝 Mewn cydweithrediad â’r bobl wych yn Cwm A***n

Dewch draw, dewch â ffrind, a helpwch ni i gychwyn sinema EICH cymuned. 🍿🎬

🎟️ Manylion llawn a thocynnau drwy’r ddolen yn ein bio.

Mwy o leoliadau a dangosiadau i ddod yn fuan! 👀

Last year, we started 'WOW Around Wales' to bring more independent cinema to our partner venues throughout the year.It s...
07/10/2026

Last year, we started 'WOW Around Wales' to bring more independent cinema to our partner venues throughout the year.

It showed us just how much people value having great films on their doorstep, but it also got us thinking about communities where people don’t always have easy access to cinema.

So, we’ve been quietly working on something…

With the support of Film Hub Wales and the BFI Film Audience Network, we’re now leading SPOTLIGHT in South West Wales, helping bring more opportunities to enjoy great cinema in communities across the region.

The idea is simple: bring great films into more communities, work with local venues and local people, and create regular opportunities to watch, discover, chat, laugh and maybe see something completely unexpected.

We’ve got more venues and screenings in the works which we’ll be sharing soon but, for now, we’re thrilled to announce the start of our first film club at Y Stiwdio in Hermon, in collaboration with the amazing people at Cwm A***n!

🎥 Join us for our first screening: POWER STATION
👉 https://www.facebook.com/events/2299105697578558

Come along, bring a friend, and help us get YOUR community cinema started. 🍿🎬

CY
Y llynedd, fe wnaethon ni ddechrau ‘WOW Around Wales’ i ddod â mwy o sinema annibynnol i’n lleoliadau partner drwy gydol y flwyddyn.

Fe ddangosodd i ni gymaint mae pobl yn gwerthfawrogi cael ffilmiau gwych ar garreg eu drws, ond fe wnaeth hefyd ein hannog i feddwl am gymunedau lle nad yw hi bob amser yn hawdd cael mynediad at sinema.

Felly, rydyn ni wedi bod yn gweithio’n dawel ar rywbeth…

Gyda chefnogaeth Film Hub Wales a Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfaoedd Ffilm y BFI, rydyn ni bellach yn arwain SPOTLIGHT yn Ne Orllewin Cymru, gan helpu i ddod â mwy o gyfleoedd i fwynhau sinema wych i gymunedau ledled y rhanbarth.

Mae’r syniad yn syml: dod â ffilmiau gwych i fwy o gymunedau, gweithio gyda lleoliadau a phobl leol, a chreu cyfleoedd rheolaidd i wylio, darganfod, sgwrsio, chwerthin ac efallai gweld rhywbeth hollol annisgwyl.

Mae gennym fwy o leoliadau a dangosiadau ar y gweill, a byddwn ni’n rhannu mwy yn fuan. Ond am y tro, rydyn ni’n falch iawn o gyhoeddi dechrau ein clwb ffilm cyntaf yn Y Stiwdio, Hermon, mewn cydweithrediad â phobl wych Cwm A***n!

🎥 Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer ein dangosiad cyntaf: POWER STATION
👉 https://www.facebook.com/events/2299105697578558

Dewch draw, dewch â ffrind, a helpwch ni i gychwyn sinema EICH cymuned. 🍿🎬

🎬 The regular deadline is approaching!Submit your film for consideration at to be part of our 26th edition this coming...
04/10/2026

🎬 The regular deadline is approaching!

Submit your film for consideration at to be part of our 26th edition this coming March.

Regular deadlines:

Features: 6 November
Shorts: 26 November

Submit via FilmFreeway: filmfreeway.com/WOWFilmFestival

CY:
🎬 Mae'r dyddiad cau arferol yn agosáu!

Cyflwynwch eich ffilm i'w hystyried yn i fod yn rhan o'n 26ain rhifyn y mis Mawrth nesaf.

Dyddiadau cau arferol:

Nodweddion: 6 Tachwedd
Ffilmiau Byr: 26 Tachwedd

Cyflwynwch drwy FilmFreeway: filmfreeway.com/WOWFilmFestival

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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CY

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

CY
🎬 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.

CY
🎬 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

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