Annual Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is a big hit




The annual Carmarthen Bay Film Festival just keeps growing and growing.
This year's event attracted more than 200 entries.
"There was a fantastic response from film-makers around the world," said festival CEO and founder Kelvin Guy.
"It is astonishing how the festival has grown in popularity from very small beginnings.
"They say great things grow from little acorns, and that is very true of the film festival."
"We are now eagerly looking ahead to 'Year Five' of the festival, another event which helps puts Llanelli, Carmarthenshire and Wales on the worldwide film map."
The event, based at the Stradey Park Hotel, saw new partnerships building with the film festival by Sony, Pinnacle, Final Draft, the Royal Television Society (Wales) and S4C.
There was added glitz and status to the festival as the event is now on the approved list for BAFTA Cymru Wales.
Mr Guy added: "The BAFTA abbreviation is pretty special in the world of film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is recognised as a hugely prestigious organisation worldwide.
"To get this recognition from BAFTA Cymru Wales is a huge honour and is a great achievement when you consider what the festival has achieved since it launched in 2011."
The diverse festival covered a multitude of genres including animation, sci-fi, drama, comedy and documentaries with question and answer sessions from industry professionals.
Among the films to be screened were Kevin Allen's film Dan y Wenallt, in association with S4C and RTS Wales, as well as the documentary My Grandfather Dylan.
Among the highlights were a question and answer session with Phil George, producer of My Grandfather Dylan, and another Q and A with Bollywood and UK film star Samira Mohamed Ali.
The full list of winners is below.






Winners of Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2015

Short Films Made In Wales
Turn On

Foreign Short
Pour l’amour de Sarah

Asian Short
Pan ruo yun ni (Cloud and Mud)

Gwobr John Hefin Welsh Language Short
Dad

Short Documentary
Snow Wars

Animation
The Present

Short Comedy
Comedienne

Feature Film
The Doo Dah Man

Short Drama
Fallen

Music Video
Hijos de un mismo dios (Children of the same God)

South American Short
Becerras

South American Feature
El mal trato

Best of Festival
The Doo Dah Man

Photos from top :
TV presenter Chris Jones and the short drama winner Fallen.
The John Hefin winners with Kelvin Guy and Sioned Wyn Roberts, Content Commissioner, Children's, Learning and Digital at S4C.
Kelvin Guy with USA film producer and director Jamie Lee Smith.
The gala awards dinner at the Stradey Park Hotel.
Kelvin Guy with Samira Mohamed Ali.
Kelvin Guy with Robert Lloyd (who chaired the Q and A sessions at the festival), My Grandfather Dylan producer Phil George and Tim Hartley of RTS Wales.

Website -
http://www.carmarthenbayfilmfestival.co.uk/

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