WOW FILM FESTIVAL
'MADE IN WALES' SHORTS
2025
The 2025 WOW Film Festival 'Made in Wales' Short Films bundle is an 98-minute programme of nine short films curated from the WOW team, including World, UK, and Welsh Premieres. Innovative, artistic, and 'Made in Wales,' these short films were made by talented Welsh/Wales-based visionaries.
Mari Lwyd
Michael Szalcer, Louis Lampard, UK, 2024, 14'54''
An English Horror writer retreats to a small Welsh town to write his novel, but what he finds is right out of one of his books.
Bitter Greens, Tangled Roots
Abdallah Dannaoui, UK, 2024, 19'45''
A phone conversation between two siblings in exile unravels the bitterness of being uprooted from olive trees that stood as witness to their family’s inherited memories, in a land that never knew peace.
Some Things We Tended
Mars Saude, UK, 2024, 10'
An experimental exploration of the future of food production in a changing climate through 16mm documentation of two sites in mid Wales.
Follow the Dogs
Isabel Garrett, UK, 2024, 6'26''
A portrait of the relationship between healthcare and creativity, through the unique lens of cancer patient Warren Hastings as he recovers from treatment.
Sut ydym ni'n gysylltiedig? How are we connected?
Laura Phillips, UK, 2024, 6'47''
An experimental short connecting 5G infrastructure, socio-economic impacts, and Welsh-language activism, linking Aberystwyth’s digital divide to Wales' fight for cultural self-determination.
Decksdark
Kane Wilson, UK, 2024, 16'27''
In a dystopian realm where consciousness is encased within neural implants, Logan, a solitary Decksdark, finds himself intertwined with an ethereal entity.
Knackered
Django Pinter, UK, 2024, 7'51''
A Welsh language dark comedy about two girls trying to hide a dead body on a sheep farm.
The Paper Bag
Roshi Nasehi, Al Orange, UK, 2024, 11'37''
Welsh-Iranian artist Roshi Nasehi reflects on her only visit to Iran as a teenager, blending personal memories with original animation and a heartfelt Iranian-inspired score. A World Premiere at WOW.
1 In 5 Sheep
James Button, UK, 2024, 4'30''
A performance artists learns why sheep go "baa" by becoming a sheep.