Cynon Valley Film Festival
‘If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed’ – Stanley Kubrick
October 2022 saw the first international film festival take place in Cynon Valley, South Wales. Taking place at St Elvan's and directed by Festival Director Nigel Evans, Cynon Valley Film Festival is a festival run by a filmmaker and record company, where the emphasis is on great visuals, great soundtracks and great storytelling
Cynon Valley Film Festival 2022 ran from October 14-16. Submissions were open for short & feature length films, documentaries and music videos. There were also awards for Best Director, Best Soundtrack and an Audience Choice Award, among others
The goal of CVFF is to promote the work of independent film makers and embrace cutting edge digital techniques. Traditional film making is most welcome, but equally so alongside films made entirely on smartphones
Information on the 2022 festival can be found below. Information on CVFF 2023 will be published in due course
Cynon Valley Film Festival 2022 ran from October 14-16. Submissions were open for short & feature length films, documentaries and music videos. There were also awards for Best Director, Best Soundtrack and an Audience Choice Award, among others
The goal of CVFF is to promote the work of independent film makers and embrace cutting edge digital techniques. Traditional film making is most welcome, but equally so alongside films made entirely on smartphones
Information on the 2022 festival can be found below. Information on CVFF 2023 will be published in due course
CVFF 2022 Award Recipients
Best Welsh Film – Frank (dir. Jesse Briton & Buddug Jones) Wales
Best Cynon Valley Film – Dad: When A Man Loves A Woman (dir. Geraint Benney) Wales
Best International Narrative Short – Heavy Petting (dir. Brendan Prost) Canada
Best Experimental Film – Transmission (dir. Paul Williams) Wales
Best Director – Luke Walters (Wheels) Wales
Best Soundtrack – The Lights Of Dawn (dir. Sadie Duarte, composer Daniel Angelus) Spain
Best Documentary – Don’t Fence Me In (dir. Mary Elaine Evans) USA
Best Student Film – Midas (dir. Ben Meyer, Mav Vitale, Lisa Qingyi Liu) USA
Best Narrative Feature – What’s The Craic? (dir Lauren Hakulinen) France
Best Screenplay – Mersey Boys: A Letter From Al Moran (Dir. Paddy Murphy & Steven Gerard Farrell) Ireland
Festival Director’s Award – thoughtpolice 4891 (dir. Glenn Ibbitson & Melanie Davies) Wales
Best Music Video – Elusive Dreams (dir. Rhys Davies, Furball Films) Wales
2022 Judges
Keith Williams - Director, writer, conceptualist
Madoc Roberts - Director, producer, editor at Barkingmad TV
Richard Jones - Chairperson Cynon Valley Museum
Mike Kennedy - Welsh Connections, SWND Records
Nicola Bickerton - Wise Monkey Photography & Design
Candice Black - Candy Black Art
Colm Fitzpatrick - Fitzaudio
Phil Jones - Long Way Home Productions
Karin Mear - The Welsh Hat
Hywel Evans - Twf Media
Rules
Cynon Valley Film Festival 2022 considers short films 45 minutes or less and feature films of 46 minutes or longer
Works in progress are accepted
One entry per submission fee
There is no premiere requirement, though it will be taken into consideration
Films cannot be publicly available prior to the festival dates
Entries must be in English or subtitled / dubbed in English
It is the responsibility of the filmmaker to clear all rights before your film screens at the festival, to indemnify and hold harmless Cynon Valley Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to solicitor's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered
By submitting you agree to grant the festival the right to use film images promotional purposes
Fees: Submission fees are not refundable. The festival does not pay screening fees
