The film-makers of the future are putting on their own festival in Camarthen as student directors, writers, designers and producers from University College take over three venues on Bank Holiday Sunday for Myrddin Shorts.
“The idea is to mimic the London Film Festival,” said film-maker Natalie Williams, pictured. “It promises to be an entertaining day and I am sure people will appreciate the venues we have chosen and the variety of short films on show.”
The films aim to be bold and innovative, and tackle a wide variety of subjects and genres.
The programme includes psychological thriller Release by Benjamin Scarsbrook. Lauren Mortimer’s Echoes Past charts the story of a young, lost and confused boy who is convinced he was born in the wrong time. In Upgrade, by Natalie Williams, a young man, unhappy with his monotonous life, apparently discovers that he is a robot. But with a history of mental illness what are his friends to believe? Helen Jones’s Joshua’s Secrets is a comedy drama, while Jonathan Evans explores darker territory for The Taming of Charlie Langford.
Myrddin Shorts Film Festival is at Restaurant 7teen in Queen Street, then the Lyric Theatre in King Street, and finishes in Diablo’s just off Nott Square.
Timetable: Sunday, May 2
1:30pm http://Watched (directed by Lisa Heavens) is showing on laptops in the lobby of Restaurant 7teen
Restaurant 17 2:00 – 4pm: From Echoes Past (directed by Lauren Mortimer); Joshua’s Secrets (directed by Helen Jones); Wayne (directed by Tim Couch); Fifteen (directed by Victoria Smith); Brothers (directed by Owen Richards); Delivery (directed by Ash Roberts).
Lyric Theatre: 5:00pm – 7pm: Upgrade (directed by Natalie Williams); Release (directed by Benjamin Scarsbrook); Bad Blood (directed by Mark Howells); Solace (Music video for Ruby Surge). Interval. Inside the Chalk Circle (by Benjamin Scarsbrook); The Rise and Fall of the State (by Natalie Williams); Tomorrow’s Light (music video for Ruby Surge).
Diablo’s 7:30pm – 8pm The Taming of Charlie Langford (by Jonathan Evans); Down in a Hole (by David Evans).
