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Five short films by queer directors commissioned by Fio

Fio co-creates projects with people in response to social, cultural, and political issues, needs, and desires. These films are one result

AM by AM
14-07-2024 19:44
in Arts & Culture
Reading Time: 5 mins read
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Fio is a theatre and arts company that exists to create positive change within the sector in Wales. Check out the JUNCTION/CYFFORDD project: a programme run by Fio.

JUNCTION/CYFFORDD is a digital filmmaking project established to platform Welsh, LGBT+, and Global Majority people and their stories.

Project participants

The participants of the JUNCTION/CYFFORDD project of 2024 and their films are:

  • Emmy Stonelake – Brenin
  • Thomas Rhys Neil Leonard – Lugworm
  • Juliette Manon – Dee & Mal
  • Nadia Nur – Galbeed
  • Rahim El Habachi – Touch

Learn more about the project, each creative, and their finished work on AM’s homepage now.

Five short films

Fio commissioned five Welsh and Wales-based creatives to embark on an exciting journey of self-expression through digital filmmaking. This project is a platform for both early and mid-career directors in Wales to develop and hone their skills, build their portfolios, and contribute to diversifying the stories being represented through film in Wales.

These short films explore the intersections of Welsh, LGBT+ and Global Majority identities.



Pum ffilm fer gan gyfarwyddwyr cwiar a gomisiynwyd gan Fio

Mae Fio yn gwmni theatr a chelfyddydau sydd yn bodoli i greu newidadau positif o fewn y sector yng Nghymru. Ewch i weld prosiect JUNCTION/CYFFORDD – rhaglen sy’n cael ei rhedeg gan Fio.

Mae JUNCTION/CYFFORDD yn brosiect gwneud ffilmiau digidol a sefydlwyd i roi llwyfan i straeon pobl o Gymru, pobl LHDT+, a phobl Mwyafrif Byd-eang.

Cyfranogwyr y prosiect

Y rhai sydd wedi cymryd rhan ym mhrosiect JUNCTION/CYFFORDD 2024 yw:

  • Emmy Stonelake – Brenin
  • Thomas Rhys Neil Leonard – Lugworm
  • Juliette Manon – Dee & Mal
  • Nadia Nur – Galbeed
  • Rahim El Habachi – Touch

Dysgwch fwy am y prosiect, yr artistiaid a’u gwaith gorffenedig ar dudalen flaen AM nawr.

Pum ffilm fer

Comisiynodd Fio bump o bobl greadigol Cymraeg ac o Gymru i gychwyn ar daith gyffrous o hunanfynegiant trwy greu ffilmiau digidol. Mae’r prosiect hwn yn llwyfan i gyfarwyddwyr ar ddechrau a chanol eu gyrfa yng Nghymru i ddatblygu a hogi eu sgiliau, adeiladu eu portffolios, a chyfrannu at amrywio’r straeon sy’n cael eu cynrychioli trwy ffilm yng Nghymru.

Bydd y ffilmiau byr yn archwilio croestoriadau hunaniaeth Gymreig, LHDT+, a Mwyafrif Byd-eang.



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