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The Beginning – Organised Kaos Vlog

As part of the Llais y Lle fund for community organisations, each organisation has vlogged their journey throughout this process. Check out the beginning of Organised Kaos’ journey.    

Lovely as a Tree

This is a film about Mary, who was 104 years old at the time of making the film. I met this extraordinary woman when I worked on the Age Cymru cARTrefu project. I was so taken by Mary’s vibrancy and when she spontaneously started reciting a poem by Tennyson, I wanted to capture Mary’s unique […]

Nelken Line Llan Ffestiniog

Nelken Line is a piece of set choreography by the German choreographer Pina Bausch, who taught me the original movements in the 1980s, when I was a student in Germany. When Pina died there was a worldwide movement by the company to create site-specific Nelken Lines with different groups around the world. Our film has […]

Pennod 89 – Gwilym Hiraethog

If one had to choose only one writer while discussing all of the Welsh-language literature from the nineteenth century, Jerry Hunter says he’d choose Gwilym Hiraethog (1802-1883). William Rees was born into a family of comparatively poor farmers in the partish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. He had very little formal education, yet this amazing man would […]

Glasbren

Bringing together new film Glasbren with excerpts from Emyr Ankst’s Saunders Lewis vs Andy Warhol, this exploration of youth-led creativity in Wales traces a lineage from the 1990s Welsh-language indie movement to a new wave of grassroots creativity emerging today. Grounded in voices from the contemporary Sîn Roc Gymraeg, we’ll be celebrating raw, self-made cultures […]

Ify Iwobi & Linda Hamweemba – Gŵyl Tawe Sessions 2026

Ify Iwobi and Linda Hamweemba live at the All Saints’ Church, Mumbles. The special version of ‘Ngonyama’ features lyrics in Welsh, English, and Zulu/Xhosa. Ify and Linda will be leading the Gŵyl Tawe Community Choir on the 6th of June at 12:45 on the Creative Wales stage. Director and Editing – Daniela MoralesSound – Graham […]

Ein Milltir Sgwâr – Llais y Lle

How does language shape our connection to landscape? We are pleased to share a second video celebrating another Llais y Lle project, Joseph Conran’s Ein Milltir Sgwâr. Inspired by Welsh idioms and the poetry of T H Parry-Williams, the project explores the relationship between Cymraeg, creativity and the landscape of Wales through words, materials and […]

Sgrech Flêr – Llais y Lle

How can creativity help people connect with Cymraeg in new ways? We’re excited to share a new film celebrating Sgrech Flêr, a Llais y Lle project by Trishna Singh and TeiFi. Over the past year, the team has hosted bilingual writing workshops, music events and creative collaboration opportunities across Cardiff, Newport, Bridgend and Caerphilly. Through […]

Pennod 88 – ‘Chwaeth bresennol y Bobl’: Ceiriog

‘The Present Taste of the People’: Ceiriog In this episode we discuss John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887). Ceiriog was possibly the most popular Welsh poet of the second half of the nineteenth century.   While examining the way in which he strove to create and present ‘acceptable’ images of Wales and the Welsh, we note that […]

Gorwel Owen – Glas

A track from the forthcoming album ‘Yn iach eto teimlo tant’ based on zither recordings on Bandcamp and streaming services via Pyst (Recordiau OFN, June 19, 2026). The words ‘Yn iach eto teimlo tant’ – which I’ve interpreted loosely as ‘healthy to feel a string again’ – are from a C15-C16 elegy to Gruffudd Llwyd […]

Llais y Lle – Ffiniau

boundaries (n) A line that separates two or more areas or areas, also figuratively; border, limit, edge (n) A creative intervention exploring the impact of shifting boundaries in the Aman/Tawe valleys, using circus and music to examine identity, language and post-industrial change.

Pennod 87 – ‘Pur fel y Dur’: Y Llyfrau Gleision a Llên Benywod

‘As Pure as Steel’: The Blue Books and Women’s Literature We continue to discuss the effect of the ‘Blue Books’ on Welsh literature, concentrating this time on the Welsh woman’s literary voice This episode’s title pays tribute to Jane Aaron’s excellent study Pur fel y Dur[:] Y Gymraes yn Llên Menywod y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar […]

Making Betgwn

The Betgwn Cymraeg project has begun… After years of tweaking patterns, toiles and mock-ups Carys Hedd has created a pattern with a team to bring this project into the community. We are excited to share this sewing collaboration with the community, prioritizing Welsh language and creativity. Each Betgwn reflects the individual who made them… and […]

NYTW Member Elle Stokes interviews Jen Lunn

At NYTW, professional knowledge-sharing is at the heart of everything we do. Don’t miss Elle’s interview with director and writer Jen Lunn, showcasing the generosity of the freelancers we work with and the creative appetite of Wales’s next generation of theatre-makers.

Panedeni – Atamanaa (single)

‘Atamanaa’ by North Wales cross-cultural ensemble Panedeni – out on Sionci Records.Supported by PYST Video Fund x S4C Music Video Fund.   Credyd fideo: Rob Corcoran, 73 Degree Films

Cerys Hafana – Sesiynau Gŵyl Tawe 2026

Gwyl Tawe 2026 Sessions with Cerys Hafana live from Dylan Thomas Birthplace, Swansea.   Directors – Tobias Lagos + Lewis SharpeVideography and editing – Tobias LagosSound – Graham Morse / Eleven Sound Hire

Crybaby

Crybaby is a powerful 2D animated short by autistic Welsh director Eleri Edwards, produced through Ffilm Cymru Wales’ Beacons scheme with Biggerhouse Film. The story follows Carys, a 24-year-old woman packing up her childhood home, only to be drawn into an otherworldly space overwhelmed by boxes and haunted memories. Her internal critic, visualised as an angry […]

Di-Cysgodion – Pole Climbing

Huw V Williams – Bass/composing Mike De Souza – Guitar Billy Marrows – Guitar Jay Davis – Drums Recording/mixing – Michael Collins Mastering – Kliph Scurlock Directing/filming – Griff Lynch   Funded by PYST x S4C’s music video fund.

Pennod 85 – Rhannu ‘Trysorau Gwerthfawr’: Dechreuadau gwasg gyfnodol Gymraeg America

Sharing ‘Valuable Treasures’: The Beginnings of the Welsh-language American Periodical Press This is the second episode recorded in front of a live audience during the NAASWCH conference in Rio Grande, Ohio. We discuss the early history of the United States’ Welsh-language periodical press (and while noting the religious affiliations of some of these periodicals, Richard […]

Cai Tomos: Things that move

Cai shares an intimate short performance, bringing the theme of loss gently and poignantly to the surface through dance.   Cai’s work is influenced by his preoccupation with the psychological and psychosocial aspects related to dance and dancing. This intimate short performance encapsulates his practice perfectly and its power lies in its simplicity resulting in […]

Elin a Carys – Hela’r Dryw

Hela’r Dryw – Traditional, arranged by Elin a CarysBodhrán – Freddie WilletsCello – Awen BlandfordFiddle – Gwilym Bowen RhysVideo production – James Dougan & Elin Gittins With thanks to Pyst and Sain Records

The Lining

It’s a lovely moment when you get to try on the garment. This is just the lining of the Betgwn, isn’t it wonderful how unique they all are?

Ellie’s Betgwn

Ellie chose black Cashmere for the exterior and check flannel and orange silk for the lining – a great combination!

Making Betgwn 2

Karen made her Betgwn from a wool blanket. We encourage sustainability through up cycling. We want to bring the Welsh wool industry back to life…so much is currently wasted.

Grief Encounters

Cai Tomos – Grief Encounters – Galeri, Caernarfon June 8th   This event will be running from 5pm to 8pm, with the option for the audience to come and go as they please. Come when you want, stay as long as you like and leave when you want Pay what you feel – tickets This […]

The Literature-loving Old Vicars, Ieuan Glan Geirionydd and Alun

As we continue to consider Welsh-language poetry from the nineteenth century, we note first that the opinion of later scholars is generally very negative about it. We thus ask: is most of the period’s poetry sentimental rubbish and dry, overly religious work? We go on to discuss ‘the literature-loving old vicars’, Anglicans who promoted Welsh […]

Pennod 83 – Awdl Eisteddfodol a Phroto-Nofel: Cawrdaf

An Eisteddfodic Awdl and a Proto-Nofel: Cawrdaf In this episode we discuss William Ellis Jones (1795-1848). A native of Abererch in Eifionydd, he took the name of the saint to whom the local church is dedicated – Cawrdaf – as his bardic name. He worked as a printer and an illustrator, but we of course […]

c a i n

CAIN is a movement and dance group for Elders facilitated by Cai Tomos   Film: by Ellie Orrell