Annita Nitsaidou from WOW was able to attend the Independent Cinema Office’s training course in London with help from our training bursary.

This short course from BFI FAN, provided practical steps to help festivals and exhibitors build a sponsorship strategy that can effectively build new financial partnerships. This in-person day was the third part of this course, with the previous two sessions being online.

Annita said that through the course she “learned how to clearly articulate WOW’s mission and audience impact in a way that resonates with external partners.” The course provided Annita with structure and guidance when thinking about approaching sponsorship opportunities for WOW festival’s specific rural audience. She came out more confident and strategically minded and is already implementing a new way of thinking surrounding her pitch materials.

The in-person day also provided Annita with an invaluable opportunity to network with other FAN members across the UK where she shared notes and honest ideas and feedback. Annita said “Overall, I returned to work with a sharper, values-led sponsorship approach that feels both more confident and more accountable to our communities.”

Darllenwch ragor am WOW.

Annita was able to attend this training course with the support of Film Hub Wales via our bursary scheme. If you want to attend a meeting, course or event that would benefit your organisation and develop audiences but the costs are prohibitive, you can request a bursary here.

11th March 2026

The BFI today announces the first details of the £33.5m pledged to Audiences over the next three years in the BFI National Lottery Funding Plan 2026-2029, representing a 20% increase from 2023-2026, to support the UK exhibition and distribution sectors. £10.8m is awarded to the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) enabling 10 UK-wide strategic partners to deliver audience facing work, and £3m for the Open Cinemas fund which powers ESCAPES and has successfully attracted new audiences to independent cinemas across the UK through free regular screenings. A further £19.7m is allocated to the BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund to support a broad range of activity from distributors, exhibitors and festivals working across independent film and immersive, which is currently open for applications and initial awards will be announced in the coming months. This activity, supported by ‘good cause’ National Lottery funding, sees the BFI continue to invest and grow the activity it supports UK-wide to increase cinema audiences for UK independent and international film.

ESCAPES initiative renewed for three years following successful pilot which saw over 215,000 tickets claimed across 223 independent cinemas since 2024. 

ESCAPES is the groundbreaking audience development initiative supported by BFI National Lottery funding which will receive £3m investment over the next three years. Hosting free and accessible cinema screenings at over 120 independent cinemas across the UK each month, ESCAPES engages UK distributors and exhibitors to expand audiences for independent film in cinemas.

Entertainment specialists elevenfiftyfive will continue to deliver ESCAPES which has seen over 215,000 tickets claimed for screenings in 223 locations since launching in February 2024. Audience feedback has reported that 33% of ESCAPES customers were new to the cinemas they visited, with 82% likely to return to the cinema they visited for a paid visit and 84% of those planning to return, pledging to revisit within three months. ESCAPES will continue to grow the number of participating sites and screen a broad spectrum of films – from new releases such as February’s screenings of BAFTA-nominated prison thriller Wasteman, to cult classics, such as iconic French rom-com Amelie which screens in March as part of National Lottery Open Week ahead of its 25th anniversary re-release.

EIGHT UK-wide BFI Film Audience Network Hubs receive £10.8m over three years, representing 9% increase on previous 3-year period. 

The 10 UK-wide strategic partners managing BFI FAN activity in eight Hubs across the nations and English regions have been renewed and will collectively receive £10.8m over the next three years, representing a 9% increase on the previous 3-year period from 2023-2026. Over that period, FAN has funded over 1000 audience facing projects in over 1500 locations across the UK.

Activity has included local and specialist film festivals, rural touring schemes, and a diverse range of projects delivered in communities across the UK, including the Cine North initiative which provides access to screen culture in 35 villages across Northern England, the Abertoir Horror Festival in Aberystwyth and the Rainbow Film Festival which screens films by and for the Bangladeshi communities of East London. The BFI FAN Hubs will also continue to provide a talent development offer for early career filmmaking talent in the English regions as part of BFI NETWORK, with details published in the coming months.

The 10 strategic partners renewed to manage BFI FAN activity in the nations and English regions are:

• Film London in London
• Broadway in Nottingham in partnership with Flatpack in Birmingham in the Midlands
• Showroom in Sheffield in partnership with HOME in Manchester in the North
• Queen’s Film Theatre in Belfast in Northern Ireland
• Glasgow Film Theatre in Scotland
• The Independent Cinema Office in the South East
• Watershed in Bristol in the South West
• Mae Chapter yng Nghaerdydd in Wales

SPOTLIGHT programme will invest in newly identified culturally underserved areas to improve access to screenings of independent film. 

Each BFI FAN hub will continue to deliver the SPOTLIGHT programme in newly identified areas across the UK, boosting audience choice and improving access to independent film where there is currently very limited public access to film screenings. The SPOTLIGHT areas set to receive support for 2026-2029 are:

• Film Hub London: Redbridge & Enfield (previous SPOTLIGHT area of Barking & Dagenham will also continue for a further year)
• Film Hub Midlands: Ashfield, Bolsover, Chesterfield and Mansfield, in partnership with Flatpack Festival
• Film Hub North: Hull, in partnership with Hull Independent Cinema, plus Blackburn with Darwen, Rochdale and Oldham
• Film Hub Northern Ireland: Derry/Londonderry and surrounds, in partnership with Nerve Centre
• Film Hub Scotland: Fife & Clackmannanshire, in partnership with OnFife
• Film Hub South East: Luton
• Film Hub South West: Cornwall with a focus on the East, North and Camborne, in partnership with Creative Kernow
• Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru: South West Wales, in partnership with WOW Wales on World Film Festival

This hyper-local approach to audience development was initiated in 2023 and creates new opportunities for communities to enjoy access to screen culture where previously there was little or none. The programme has facilitated the development of several new community cinemas, including Sinema Llangoed on The Isle of Anglesey/ Ynys Môn, and supported the launch of new festivals, such as the Peterborough Bengali Film Festival. The recent PictureEast and Elgin Film Festivals showcased the work of Spotlight partners in Newham, Barking & Dagenham, and Moray Firth respectively and are intended to provide a future legacy for audiences.

In addition to delivering SPOTLIGHT, FAN will continue to invest in local exhibitors and deliver professional development opportunities to its members. Over £3.3m of National Lottery funding has been ringfenced over 3 years for Hubs to support a wide range of audience facing exhibition activity across the UK and many of these opportunities are now open via individual Hub websites. FAN will also be offering courses on marketing, audience development, programming, and technical skills to support skills development across the FAN membership. The second edition of the UK-wide exhibitor conference, BFI FAN CON, will take place at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, from 7-9 September, aimed at connecting the full spectrum of film exhibitors – from small community cinemas and touring collectives to large multi-screen independent cinemas and landmark film festivals. Offering networking opportunities and panel discussions with sector experts, the conference provides an opportunity to discover fresh ideas for reaching and engaging audiences.

Ben Luxford, Director of UK Audiences at the BFI, said:

Continuing to support this UK-wide structure also responds to a consistent message heard throughout the extensive consultation with public and industry undertaken to develop the strategy: that every part of the country has a different set of needs, opportunities and challenges around screen culture, and local organisations are best placed to respond to these. Further UK-wide partners will be announced in the coming weeks, as recipients of National Lottery funding to support skills and education activity which will complement this work. Alongside BFI FAN, support of the exhibition and distribution sector is available via the BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund which is currently open for applications.

A collaboration of ten leading venues or film organisations representing the UK nations and regions, the BFI Film Audience Network supports a stronger and more connected approach to growing audiences for UK and international film on the big screen. FAN has over 1,700 members comprising cinemas, festivals, mixed-arts venues, community cinema and film archives, which can access training, funding, programming support and network opportunities.

6 Ionawr 2026

O fywyd ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog drwy lygaid Effi, i ddigwyddiad arallfydol ‘Roswelsh’ mewn tref glan-môr yng Nghymru, mae llu o straeon newydd ar y ffordd i sinemâu yn 2026. 

Ewch ar siwrnai o hunan-ddarganfyddiad eleni a chysylltwch â chymeriadau gwahanol - o dref dur Port Talbot i weithwyr gwelyau cregyn gleision Ynys Môn. Darganfyddwch ffilmiau twymgalon, ffilmiau dogfen ysgytiol, yn ogystal â thamaid o ddial, anrhefn a mwy - â’r cyfan yn gysylltiedig i Gymru - o’r lleoliadau, i’r cast a’r talentau y tu ôl i’r camera.

Bydd y flwyddyn yn dechrau gyda rhyddhau’r ddrama fywgraffiadol H is for Hawk, (23 Ionawr), ffilm a gynhyrchwyd gan John Giwa-Amu o Gaerdydd (The Man in My Basement). Mae’r ffilm yn adrodd stori wir Helen Macdonald (Claire Foy), menyw sy’n galaru am ei thad (Brendan Gleeson) sy’n dod o hyd i gysur yn ei chyfeillgarwch â gwyddwalch ystyfnig o’r enw Mabel.

Mae Joedi Langley, Pennaeth dros dro Cymru Greadigol yn edrych yn ôl ar ffilmiau Cymreig o 2025 ac ymlaen i’r gefnogaeth sydd i ddod yn 2026:

lleoli neu sy’n gysylltiedig ag Ynys Môn. Yn gyntaf mae On the Sea ffilm sy’n dilyn Jack a’i deulu wrth iddynt gribinio gwelyau cregyn gleision â llaw. Yn y gymuned wledig, anghysbell yma, ble mae bywyd yn ymwneud yn llwyr â physgota a’r Eglwys, mae Jack yn cwympo mewn cariad â’r gweithiwr teithiol, Daniel. Mae gennym hefyd Madfabulous gan gwmni cynhyrchu Gogledd Cymru, Mad as Birds - ffilm y mae edrych ymlaen yn fawr amdani. Mae'r ffilm yn dangos bywyd y 5ed Ardalydd rhyfeddol ecsentrig Henry Cyril Paget. Wedi'i ffilmio ar leoliad ar Ynys Môn, yn ogystal â Chaernarfon a Phwllheli, mae'r ffilm yn serennu'r actor o Gymru, Callum Scott Howells, ochr yn ochr â Rupert Everett a Siobhán McSweeney. Cyfarwyddwyd y ffilm gan Celyn Jones sy’n dod o Ynys Môn. Ac yn olaf, Black Church Bay, ffilm iasol a ffilmiwyd ar Ynys Môn gan y cyfarwyddwr o Gymru / Iwerddon, Rhys Marc Jones, gyda'r actor o Gymru, Tom Cullen, yn serennu. Mae bywyd athro uchel ei barch yn datod yn llwyr pan fydd y myfyriwr chweched dosbarth y mae mewn perthynas gyfrinachol ag ef, yn diflannu mewn pentref arfordirol anghysbell.

Mae’r actor a’r cyfarwyddwr Celyn Jones, a fu’n rhan o’r tri chynhyrchiad, yn dathlu’r foment yma i Ynys Môn ar y sgrin fawr: 

Wrth deithio draw i Flaenau Ffestiniog, rydym yn cyfarfod Effi o Blaenau. Gyda Leisa Gwenllian yn serennu a Marc Evans (Mr Burton) yn cyfarwyddo, mae hwn yn addasiad ar gyfer y sgrin fawr o glasur modern Gary Owen - y ddrama Gymreig Iphigenia in Splott. Yn ymdopi â’i bywyd beunyddiol o ddiweithdra, clybiau nos a dioddef gyda phen mawr, mae Effi yn cwrdd ar hap â’r milwr Lee sydd wedi’i anafu, a hynny mewn clwb nos yn Llandudno, gan agor y drws i rywbeth gwell. Am eiliad mae Effi’n cael cipolwg ar fywyd nad oedd hi erioed wedi’i ddychmygu. Mae’r realiti sy’n dilyn yn llawer anoddach.

I'r rheiny sy’n hoff o ffilmiau arswyd amgylcheddol, mae ffilm hir ddisgwyliedig y cyfarwyddwr o Gymru Craig Roberts The Scurry. Wedi’i ffilmio yn Stiwdio’r Ddraig, Pen-y-bont, ac yn serennu Rhys Ifans ac Ella Purnell, dyma stori am ddau reolwr plâu sy'n dod ar draws llu o wiwerod gwallgof sy’n dial ar y staff a'r ymwelwyr mewn parc eco-wledig. I'r rheiny sy'n hoffi eu ffilmiau brawychus yn fwy melodig, mae Stuffed, sioe gerdd-arswyd-rhamant newydd wreiddiol a ffilmiwyd yn Ne Cymru gyda Jodie Comer yn serennu fel tacsidermydd synfyfyriol sydd a’i phryd ar stwffio sbesimen dynol. Ac o safbwynt arswyd llên gwerin Cymreig fwy chwedlonol, mae Rabbit Trap, ar y gorwel (dyddiad rhyddhau 30 Ionawr). Wedi'i gosod yn y 1970au, mae'n dilyn cwpl priod (Dev Patel a Rose McEwen) sy'n symud i gaban ynysig yng Nghymru lle maent yn tarfu ar gylch tylwyth teg yn ddamweiniol. Daw plentyn dirgel i’w gweld, ac mae’n dod yn amlwg nad oes ganddo fwriad da.

Ar gyfer taith sinema i’r teulu cyfan, mae Out There yn argoeli’n ffilm comedi wyddonias dwymgalon. Mae’r gofodwr amatur, Maz, yn gweld UFO yn yr awyr uwchben ei thref glan môr tawel. Gan lusgo ei ffrind gorau amheus, Cari, yn ogystal ag iwffolegydd gwallgof, Michael Sheen, mae Maz yn datgelu gwirionedd nad yw'n barod i'w wynebu. Mae Learning to Breathe Underwater yn ddrama gomedi newydd, a gyd-gynhyrchwyd gan One Wave Films o Gaerdydd (Still Pushing Pineapples), am Leo, breuddwydiwr wyth oed, sy'n byw gyda'i dad ecsentrig. Mae bywyd Leo yn cael ei newid yn sydyn dros nos, gan ddyfodiad Anya, ‘au pair’ fywiog o Fwlgaria.

I'r rhai sy'n hoff o ffilmiau dogfen, mae 2026 yn addo straeon ffeithiol hynod ddiddorol gan ddau gynhyrchydd blaenllaw o Gymru. Mae Smoking Shores, gan Dewi Gregory o Truth Department a'r cynhyrchydd gweithredol Michael Sheen, yn cyflwyno cymuned syrffio Port Talbot. Ac mae'r cynhyrchydd o Gymru Rob Alexander yn dilyn yr actor/ysgrifennwr anabl David Proud yn y ffilm Proud. Mae David yn dyheu am deulu, ond mae'r technegau ffrwythlondeb sydd eu hangen arno wedi'u cynllunio i greu "plant iach" a sgrinio a gwrthod pobl anabl fel ef. Beth mae hyn yn ei olygu i bobl fel David, sydd o bosibl yn wynebu eu 'difodiant' eu hunain?

Gyda hyd yn oed mwy o ffilmiau i ddod, megis archwiliad pync o'r seice yn y ffilm wefreiddiol Mission, i frwydr un fam yn erbyn drygioni yn Unspeakable, mae digon o ddewis ar y gorwel.

Mae Hana Lewis, Pennaeth Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yn esbonio pam fod prosiect Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yn cefnogi ymgyrchoedd megis y rhain:

Mae prosiect Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru (GYNg) Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yn dathlu ffilmiau sydd â chysylltiadau Cymreig. Mae’n cynnig gweithgareddau ar hyd y flwyddyn mewn partneriaeth ag arddangoswyr yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys catalog ffilmiau, sy’n gartref i dros 1000 o ffilmiau hir a byr a phodlediad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru. Gall cynulleidfaoedd dderbyn y newyddion diweddaraf ynglŷn â ffilmiau Cymreig newydd a’r cyfweliadau diweddaraf drwy ddilyn Gwnaethpwyd Yng Nghymru ar Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, the podlediad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru, YouTube a Letterboxd.

Mae GYNg yn bosib drwy gyllid Cymru Greadigol a Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilm (RhCFf) y BFI. Mae RhCFf y BFI yn cynnig cefnogaeth i arddangoswyr ledled y DU, er mwyn hybu rhaglennu diwylliannol ac ymgysylltu â chynulleidfaoedd amrywiol. Yng Nghymru, arweinir y gweithgarwch gan Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru, dan reolaeth Chapter.

Darllenwch y datganiad i’r wasg llawn yma

- DIWEDD -

27th August 2025

The BFI announces TOO MUCH – Melodrama on Film – a new season celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama, inviting film audiences to follow their emotions. United by their emotion driven plots, vivid visual language and self-conscious audience manipulation, these films are designed to make you break down in tears, cause a scene, fall in love, feel something. Presented by the BFI at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX and by the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) using funds from the National Lottery at cinemas and venues across the UK, TOO MUCH will take place from October- December 2025 via programmes of special events, talks and screenings. TOO MUCH will also be available UK-wide online via a curated collection of films available to stream on demand on BFI Player.

The season will explore the world of melodrama through the ages, with films ranging from cult classics to lesser-known international gems. Melodrama is steeped in contradiction. Swooningly romantic, people fall in love at first sight, sacrifice their lives in acts of devotion, find one another across space and time. Simultaneously they are grounded in the trappings of reality: rigid class boundaries, threat of punishment, and fear of scandal loom at every corner. The characters in these films are culturally diverse, from different generations and social backgrounds, but endlessly human and relatable. Their stories shed light on injustice and oppression.

Whilst expansive in its reach and impact across all genres of cinema, melodrama has long been associated with its rare embrace of women’s inner lives and concerns. This expansive drama is employed to express longing, rage and desire in characters facing motherhood, infidelity, exploitation and scandal. The legacy of early ‘women’s pictures’, created for female audiences with their favourite female stars, echoes across generations and around the world. As in life, these women do not always triumph. Imperfectly feminist yet endlessly empathetic, their sensationalist struggles carry searing social commentary beneath the glossy veneer of attention-grabbing colours, lurid plotlines and sentiment.

Accessible but ripe for dissection and reappraisal, while melodrama may lack the recognition of a genre like horror or action, TOO MUCH aims to illuminate melodrama as a key cinematic form, banish the stigma attached to the term, and spotlight how it has created masterpieces of world cinema.

From the early days of cinema and the evolution of the ‘women’s pictures’ of the 1930s and female film stars such as Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Claudette Colbert, cult classics and underseen gems, through to work from some of contemporary cinema’s biggest names such as Todd Haynes FAR FROM HEAVEN (2002), Pedro Almodóvar VOLVER (2006), Lars von Trier BREAKING THE WAVES (1996) as well as masterpieces of world cinema. The season will feature screenings of 7 TH HEAVEN (1927, Frank Borzage), IMITATION OF LIFE (1934, John M. Stahl), STELLA DALLAS (1937, King Vidor), NOW VOYAGER (1942, Irving Rapper) BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945, David Lean), THE LIFE OF OHARU (1952, Kenji Mizoguchi) ÉL (1953, Luis Buñuel), JOHNNY GUITAR (1954, Nicholas Ray), LOLA MONTES (1955, Max Ophüls), STELLA (1955, Michael Cacoyannis) THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR (1960, Ritwik Ghatak) THE ARCH (1968, T’ang Tsu Shuen), THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (1972, Rainer Werner Fassbinder), THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE (1994, Moufida Tatli) and many more.

A centrepiece of TOO MUCH will be Douglas Sirk’s colourful, high-octane love story ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) which will return to cinemas UK-wide on 24 October, courtesy of Park Circus. Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson entrance as the star-crossed lovers at the centre of Sirk’s transgressive, saturated portrait of 1950s Eisenhower-era Americana, class friction and moral values.

Ruby McGuigan, BFI Programme Development Manager and TOO MUCH BFI Southbank season curator, said:

The season will be programmed around key themes, Love featuring star-crossed lovers, sacrificial acts of devotion, connections across space and time and melodrama as romance incarnate, Obsession brimming with tales of unrequited love, impossible desires and toxic jealousy, Duty stories of maternal sacrifice, marital constraints and dreams denied simmering beneath the serene surface of family life. Defiance showcasing rebellion in all its forms, both righteous and frivolous, regardless of the consequences, Scandal featuring tales of melodrama’s tragic heroines, who fall victim to its judgmental gaze. Melodrama’s most expressionistic, sumptuous films will also screen at BFI IMAX.

The full UK-wide line-up of screenings, events and touring programmes will be announced soon via bfi.org.uk/too-much

BFI Southbank will play host to a major season from 20 October – 30 December, focusing on the strong cross cultural appeal of melodrama, including titles from Greece, Egypt, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Tunisia, Italy, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Argentina, Russia curated under the five thematic pillars of Love, Obsession, Duty, Defiance and Scandal. BFI IMAX, the UK’s biggest screen, will play host to some of melodrama’s most expressive films, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (1993 Chen Kaige), DEVDAS (2002, Sanjay Leela Bhansali) and WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956, Douglas Sirk). Special events celebrating the expansive melodrama genre will include a keynote introduction with leading academic and author Laura Mulvey and a special day of playful panels and presentations – Melo-dramarama, an immersive day delving into the labyrinth of themes, tropes and quirks of melodrama beyond women on screen, from its embrace by queer audiences to male weepies and soap operas.

Audiences will also be able to stream films from the season at home on BFI Player, with a selection of 20+ curated titles set to include, BODY AND SOUL (1925, Oscar Micheaux), CRAIG’S WIFE (1936, Dorothy Arzner), THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949, Max Ophüls), VICTIMS OF SIN (1951, Emilio Fernández), CAIRO STATION (1958, Youssef Chahine), RED ANGEL (1966, Yasuzo Masumura), MORGIANA (1972, Juraj Herz), BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005, Ang Lee), PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019, Céline Sciamma) and THE DAMNED DON’T CRY (2022, Fyzal Boulifa).

Darllenwch y datganiad i’r wasg llawn

Awst 2025

A fyddech chi wrth eich bodd yn cael sinema ar eich stepen drws? Wel efallai eich bod chi'n agosach at un nag yr ydych chi'n meddwl! Mae Cymru yn llawn dop â dros 120 o sgriniau cymunedol a sinemâu dros dro.  

I lawer o bobl sy'n hoff o ffilmiau, mae gyrru dros hanner awr i'w sinema agosaf yn gwbl arferol, ac rydyn ni'n gwneud hynny gan mai ar y sgrin fawr mae ffilmiau i fod i gael eu gwylio, ynte? I rai cynulleidfaoedd, nid yw hyn yn bosibl am lawer o resymau ac mae'r wefr o gael eu sgrin gymunedol leol eu hunain yn golygu eu bod yn gallu cael mynediad at ffilmiau yn fwy rheolaidd. Mae hefyd yn rhoi cyfle iddynt ddysgu'r sgil o ddewis ffilmiau, trefnu eu digwyddiadau eu hunain, neu adeiladu clwb ffilm rheolaidd.

Os wnaethoch chi golli ein blogiau blaenorol ar wyliau aa sinemâu yng Nghymru, yna efallai nad ydych chi'n gyfarwydd â phwy ydym ni Canolfan Ffilm Cymru. Felly cyn i ni drafod sinemâu cymunedol Cymru – dyma’ch atgoffa chi mai ein gwaith ni yw cefnogi 'arddangoswyr' Cymreig o bob siâp a maint i ddod â ffilmiau rhyngwladol ac annibynnol gorau’r DU i gymunedau Cymru drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Rydym yn ariannu, hyfforddi a chynghori, gan gynnig cymorth iddynt lle bo angen.

Felly, beth yn union mae sinemâu cymunedol yn ei gynnig? Wel, rydyn ni'n falch eich bod wedi gofyn! Y peth gwych amdanyn nhw yw mai gwirfoddolwyr sy'n caru ffilm sy’n eu harwain fel arfer. Felly, os ydych chi hefyd yn caru ffilm, yna rydych chi'n mynd i gwrdd â llawer o bobl o'r un anian a gobeithio y cewch gyfle i wneud ambell i ffrind yno. Yn aml mae ganddynt gyfleusterau gwych, o'r sgrin i'r sain, i wneud eich profiad y gorau y gall fod.Cymerwch Sinema Gymunedol Dinas Powys yn Murchfield er enghraifft. Maent yn sgrinio ar ail ddydd Sadwrn bob mis ac maent wedi buddsoddi'n rheolaidd yn eu cyfleusterau o sgrin sefydlog y gellir ei dynnu'n ôl i daflunydd wedi'i osod ar y nenfwd, blwch rheoli newydd gyda dau chwaraewr Blu-ray / DVD, paneli nenfwd acwstig i ddileu'r adleisio, bleindiau ‘blackout’, a system seinyddion gwell! Ydi hyn yn eich plesio gymaint â ni?

Os ydych chi'n chwilio am y ffilmiau annibynnol gorau o bob cwr o'r byd, Cymdeithas Ffilm y Fenni yw'r ŵyl i chi. Clywsom si mai dyma'r gymdeithas ffilm fwyaf hirhoedlog yng Nghymru. Mynnwch eich aelodaeth yn gyflym – maen nhw bob amser yn gwerthu pob tocyn! Clwb arall sy'n adnabyddus am ei ddetholiadau gwych o ffilmiau yw Cymdeithas Ffilm Abergwaun, lle mae'r panel ffilmiau cymunedol yn helpu i ddewis ffilmiau yn yr hyfryd Theatr Gwaun yn Sir Benfro..

Rydyn ni, Canolfan Ffilm Cymru, wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Cherdd a Ffilm Cymunedol TAPE dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf i helpu i sefydlu sgriniau cymunedol newydd ledled y Gogledd fel rhan o'n prosiect Spotlight. Mae un o'r safleoedd, Sinema Llangoed (Neuadd Bentref Llangoed), wedi trawsnewid yn sinema o'r radd flaenaf gyda thaflunydd laser 4K Epson, system sain newydd, a sgrin sinema fformat mawr – yn ogystal â’r ffilmiau Cymraeg, annibynnol a rhyngwladol gorau!  

Os ydych yng Ngogledd Ddwyrain Cymru, un na ddylid ei cholli yw Sinema Gymunedol Mynydd Helygain, gyda'i chefndir mynyddig hardd yn Sir y Fflint. Wedi'i sefydlu yn 2015, maent yn dangos ffilm bob dau fis yn Neuadd / Llyfrgell Plwyf Helygain gyda diodydd poeth, popcorn a bisgedi. Neu os ydych chi yn Sir Gaerfyrddin,, mae Sinema Sadwrn yn Llansadwrn yn dangos ffilmiau'n rheolaidd ar ddydd Gwener olaf pob mis. O glasuron i gomedi, dramâu i ffilmiau mewn ieithoedd tramor, animeiddiadau a ffilmiau dogfen, mae digon o ddewis. Maen nhw'n disgrifio’u digwyddiadau fel achlysuron cyfeillgar gyda’r dafarn drws nesaf yn lle am ddiod a sgwrs cyn / ar ôl ffilm.

Rydym hefyd yn ffodus i gael cefnogaeth nid un ond dau ddarparwr teithiol. Flicks in the Sticks a Moviola. Mae Flicks, sy'n trawsnewid neuaddau pentref a mannau cymunedol yn sinemâu dros dro, yn cael ei redeg gan Arts Alive yn ardaloedd Swydd Amwythig, Swydd Henffordd, y ffin a chanolbarth Cymru. Mae Moviola yn cynnig gwasanaeth rhaglennu ac archebu ffilmiau ar gyfer lleoliadau cymunedol yn ogystal â chynlluniau teithiol ledled y DU, gyda ffocws ar Dde-ddwyrain Cymru. Mae'r ddau sefydliad yn gweithio gyda phob math o weithredwyr yn y rhanbarthau hyn.

Gyda dros 120 o ddarparwyr cymunedol i ddewis ohonynt, mae cymaint o argymhellion y gallem eu rhoi i chi. Gyda hynny mewn golwg, rydym wedi llunio rhestr lawn a map i helpu i ddod o hyd i'ch clwb neu ddigwyddiad lleol. Byddwn yn tynnu sylw atynt yn ar ein sianeli cyfryngau cymdeithasolyn ogystal â lle gallwch ddod o hyd i'ch gŵyl agosaf a sinema llawn amser. Nodwch – nid ydym yn gysylltiedig â'r holl wefannau a restrir ac nid ydym yn gyfrifol am eu gweithgarwch. Edrychwch ar eu gwefannau lleol am fwy o wybodaeth am eu dangosiadau cyfredol. Mae llawer o sinemâu cymunedol yn cymryd seibiant dros yr haf ac yn dod yn ôl gyda rhaglen yr hydref o fis Medi ymlaen.  

Os ydych chi'n rhedeg sgrin gymunedol a heb eich rhestru isod, efallai bod hyn oherwydd eich bod wedi'ch rhestru fel sinema neu ofod celfyddydau cymysg. Os hoffech gael eich ychwanegu (neu os hoffech gael eich tynnu o'r rhestr hon), cysylltwch â niByddem wrth ein boddau’n clywed gennych.

Gall arddangoswyr o Gymru hefyd ymaelodi â Chanolfan Ffilm Cymru am ddim a gwneud cais am gyllid datblygu cynulleidfaoedd yn ogystal â chael mynediad at hyfforddiant, rhwydweithio a chyngor.

Edrychwch ar wefannau'r sinema wefans for the am y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf..  

*Organisations may be based outside of Wales and deliver across various Welsh locations.

Hub Members attend 2024’s SXSW and Sydney Film Festival with help from training bursary

SXSW festival celebrates the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture, helping creative people achieve their goals, and takes place in Austin, Texas every March. Hub member Robert Corcoran from 73 Degree Films attended 2024’s SXSW Festival to build on his relationships in the industry and attend the premier of Welsh film Timestalker. Akulah Agbami from Sheba Soul Ensemble wanted to attend the 2025 Sydney Film Festival to explore films and open new dialogues and awarenesses with indigenous Australian and Maori women film-makers whose films aren’t very accessible outside of Australia.

Working on behalf of FOCUS Festival, Rob felt his time at SXSW was extremely valuable to grow his network as well as speaking to filmmakers to “convince them of the benefits of submitting their work to a Welsh festival.” Attending the premier of Timestalker also gave Rob an insight into the appetite for Welsh film overseas, providing ideas on how to connect with international audiences. Rob feels his attendance at SXSW resulted in a marked increase in US submissions to FOCUS Wales 2025. “Additionally I managed to meet with key people at the festival to kickstart conversations around how to continue the work and increase ties further.”

Akulah, who is the Director at Sheba Soul Ensemble, who have hosted intimate and inclusive events to celebrate Black women’s film history on screen, wanted to find out how to source films from indigenous Australian and Maori women film-makers.  Akulah noted that no First Nations people attended any of the screenings and found the event still has some work to do to represent this community. With this in mind, she still came away incredibly inspired, and delighted to access several brilliant films by Black women directors, managing to watch 11 films and one short with one animation that she hopes to bring to Wales that will appeal to 16-25s and an older queer audience.

Rob and Akulah were able to attend these Film Festival’s with the support of Film Hub Wales via our Bursary scheme. If you want to attend a meeting, course or event that would benefit your organisation and develop audiences, but the costs are prohibitive, you can submit an application for support yma. 

Mae ein Dyddiau Rhagolwg yn cynnwys dangosiadau o ffilmiau a grëwyd yng Nghymru, ffilmiau Cymraeg eu hiaith a ffilmiau archif Cymreig sydd ar y gorwel, sydd wedi'u cynllunio i gefnogi rhaglennu'n ehangach a chyrhaeddiad ffilmiau sydd â chysylltiadau Cymreig.

Mae'r digwyddiadau yn arbennig i aelodau Canolfan Ffilm Cymru ac aelodau o Ganolfannau Ffilm ledled y DU. Rydym yn darparu pecynnau gwybodaeth i bawb sy'n mynychu, ac yn cynnig cyfleoedd i rwydweithio mewn gwanhaol ganolfannau ledled y wlad. Gall Canolfan Ffilm Cymru hefyd gynnig cyllid tuag at warantu lleiafswm, marchnata a / neu gyfrannu tuag at gostau digwyddiad lle fo talent ar gael.

Dim digwyddiadau.

Mehefin 2025

Efallai y byddwch chi'n synnu clywed bod gennym ni lu o sinemâu sefydledig yng Nghymru – 80 ohonynt a dweud y gwir. Daw'r rhain mewn gwahanol siapiau a meintiau. Mae rhai yn ganolfannau celfyddydau cymysg sy'n cynnig rhaglenni amlddisgyblaethol, mae eraill yn sinemâu annibynnol neu fasnachol llawn amser sy'n arbenigo mewn ffilm ac mae gan rai rhaglenni achlysurol.

Dydyn ni ddim hyd yn oed wedi cyrraedd y sgriniau cymunedol eto; Mae yna lawer mwy o'r rhain i'w crybwyll (a byddwn yn dod yn ôl at hynny yn ein blog nesaf) ond heddiw rydyn ni'n siarad yn benodol am safleoedd theatraidd.

Felly, ble dylem ni ddechrau? Gadewch i ni ddechrau drwy egluro mai ein gwaith ni fel Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yw cefnogi sinemâu Cymru i ddod â'r ffilmiau annibynnol a rhyngwladol gorau yn y DU i gymunedau Cymru drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Rydym yn ariannu, hyfforddi a chynghori arddangoswyr ffilmiau, gan gynnig cefnogaeth lle bo angen. Fe wyddom ni na fydd ffilm yn cael ei gweld dim ond oherwydd ei bod yn ffilm dda, a dyna le mae sinemâu o bwys. Eu gwaith nhw yw ystyried y gynulleidfa. Pwy fyddai'n mwynhau'r ffilm hon, sut gellir cyrraedd y gynulleidfa honno a pha effaith y gallai'r ffilm ei chael ar bobl leol.

Cymerwch Sinema Magic Lantern yn Nhywyn, Canolbarth Cymru, er enghraifft. Ar ôl dangos rîl newyddion mud gyntaf ym 1900 fel Ystafell Gynulliad y dref, mae'r adeilad wedi esblygu i fod yn sinema llawn amser poblogaidd ac unigryw gyda band, gardd gyfrinachol, a bar coctel. Nid yn unig hynny – maen nhw hefyd yn arwain digwyddiadau yn y gymuned gefn gwlad, fel agor yr adeilad ar ddiwrnod Nadolig i bobl leol sy'n byw ar eu pennau eu hunain a chreu cyfleoedd cyflogaeth i bobl ifanc yn y dref (yn ôl bob sôn mae eu tîm mor hapus yno, yn aml dydyn nhw ddim eisiau gadael!).

Ymlaen i ogledd-orllewin Cymru, os ydych chi'n cael eich hun ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog, mae'n rhaid i chi ymweld â CellB. Wedi'i leoli mewn gorsaf heddlu wedi'i haddasu, gyda dwy sgrin a chefndir syfrdanol o fynyddoedd llechi, mae'r lle yma’n llawn carisma. Dan arweiniad Gwallgofiaid, menter gymdeithasol nid-er-elw sy'n darparu hyfforddiant creadigol i bobl ifanc, mae gan y safle hostel, gigs rheolaidd a ffwrn pizza wedi'i thanio â choed.

Draw yng ngogledd-ddwyrain Cymru, mae'n rhaid i ni sôn am y gwaith adnewyddu trawiadol yn Theatr Clwyd, sy'n cael ei adnabod fel y darparwr theatr deithiol mwyaf yng Nghymru. Byddwch eisiau treulio amser yno a mwynhau golygfeydd panoramig y dref o'u hadeilad gwydr newydd, ymweld â'u bwyty sy'n cael ei redeg gan y cogydd adnabyddus Bryn Williams ac wrth gwrs, gwylio ffilm yn eu sinema bwrpasol sy'n agor o fis Gorffennaf 2025.

Gallwn gario ’mlaen gyda hyn drwy'r dydd... Os ydych chi yn ne Cymru, mae Theatr y Savoy yn Nhrefynwy yn sinema gwerth ei gweld.

Y safle theatr hynaf yng Nghymru, mae'r adeilad rhestredig hardd gradd 2 hwn yn edrych fel y sinema berffaith. Neu os ydych chi yng Nghaerdydd, dewch i Ganolfan Gelfyddydau Chapter, sydd â rhaglen enfawr drwy gydol y flwyddyn o ffilmiau annibynnol yn ogystal â pherfformiadau arbrofol, arddangosfeydd a chaffi-bar.

Draw yng ngorllewin Cymru, mae Theatr Gwaun yn Abergwaun. Mae'n theatr gymunedol annibynnol, wedi’i chefnogi gan dîm angerddol o wirfoddolwyr. Yno mae sinema, bar a chaffi gyda dewis helaeth o ddigwyddiadau, ac mae arfordir hardd Sir Benfro megis tafliad carreg ohoni.

Yn y bôn, fe allech lunio taith o amgylch Cymru, gyda sinema ym mhob stop. Swnio'n dda? I helpu gyda hyn, rydym wedi llunio rhestr lawn a map i'ch helpu chi i weld ble mae pob sinema. Byddwn yn tynnu sylw atynt ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol, yn ogystal â ble gallwch ddod o hyd i'ch gŵyl, clwb ffilm neu sgrin gymunedol agosaf.

Os ydych chi'n rhedeg sinema a heb eich rhestru isod, efallai bod hyn oherwydd eich bod wedi'ch rhestru fel sgrin gymunedol. Os hoffech gael eich ychwanegu (neu os hoffech gael eich tynnu o'r rhestr hon), cysylltwch â ni. Byddem wrth ein boddau’n clywed gennych. Gall sinemâu Cymru hefyd ymaelodi â Chanolfan Ffilm Cymru am ddim a gwneud cais am gyllid datblygu cynulleidfaoedd yn ogystal â chael mynediad at hyfforddiant, rhwydweithio a chyngor.

After 10 hugely successful years, the final curtain will soon fall on much loved community cinema Monico Movies.

In 2015, a group of local movie enthusiasts were invited by filmmakers Viv and Harley Jones to discuss the idea of opening a community cinema, screening a variety of films. Rhiwbina Community Cinema – a not for profit, volunteer led cinema – was born. It was named Monico Movies as a tribute to the much missed local cinema ‘The Monico’ which opened in Rhiwbina in 1936 and closed in 2003.

Monico Movies started from scratch with no equipment. However, screening films was initially made possible through the loan of equipment from Film Hub Wales and, after the first year as a community cinema group, funding was secured from the Big Lottery to buy a projector and screen.

Monico Movies hosted its first screening, The Grand Budapest Hotel, in October 2015 at Canolfan Beulah. Since then, shows have been held on the 2nd Saturday of each month for ten years. More than 200 films have been screened, attracting a loyal audience, with up to 80 people attending
each month. Five local shops – Serenade, Victoria Fearn Gallery, Ginger Whites, Deri Stores and the Honey Pot – have also supported Monico Movies, by selling tickets. This continued support by the audience and ticket outlets has ensured the community cinema’s ongoing success.

In volunteering to plan and host an annual film programme, the dedicated crew have contributed time and skills, including web and poster design, social media publicity, film research, administration and projection. The volunteer group curated a varied programme across a range of different film genres. These included world cinema, independent films, old favourites, forgotten classics and new releases. One memorable highlight was screening Buster Keaton’s silent movie, The General, with live piano accompaniment. Monico Movies has also been proud to showcase local film makers.

Monico Movies revived the tradition of a regular, local cinema experience for the community in Rhiwbina. Having achieved the milestone of 10 years, the group members have decided the time is right to retire – to hang up the film reels, put away the usherette’s tray and dim the lights one last time.

The final Monico Movies show will take place at 7.30pm on Saturday 12th July 2025, when the Welsh made film ‘Mr Burton’, about the early life of actor Richard Burton, will be screened and the audience of Monico Movies will celebrate their love of cinema one last time.

Contact: Harley Jones

Mai 2025

Oeddech chi'n gwybod bod Cymru'n gartref i 40 o wyliau o bob siâp a maint? Mae llawer o'r rhain yn ymroddedig i ffilm, neu mae ganddynt gynigion ffilm rheolaidd. P'un a ydych chi'n wneuthurwr ffilmiau newydd sy'n chwilio am le i lansio'ch ffilm fer nesaf, neu os ydych chi'n mynychwr brwd o’r sinema sy'n chwilio am y ffilmiau newydd gorau, mae ein gwyliau Cymreig are ich cyfer.

Yng Nghanolfan Ffilm Cymru, rydym yn gweithio gyda gwyliau ffilm, gan eu helpu i ddod â'r ffilmiau annibynnol a rhyngwladol gorau yn y DU i gymunedau Cymru drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Mae gwyliau yn chwarae rhan hanfodol yn y gadwyn ffilm. Maent yn arddangos talent newydd, yn aml yn eu helpu i sicrhau asiantau gwerthu a bargeinion dosbarthu - cyrraedd cynulleidfaoedd newydd gartref a ledled y byd. Maent hefyd yn adnabyddus am ddigwyddiadau arbennig, dewisiadau ffilm unigryw a beiddgar nad yw cynulleidfaoedd efallai yn eu gweld mewn mannau eraill a lle i'r diwydiant a'r cyhoedd ddod at ei gilydd.

Felly pa wyliau sy'n aros i gael eu darganfod ar garreg eich drws yng Nghymru? Wel, mae o leiaf 40 (rydyn ni'n gwybod amdanynt) ac nid yw hyn yn cynnwys y llawer mwy o ddigwyddiadau teithiol sy'n ymddangos mewn sinemâu yn ystod y flwyddyn a gwyliau celfyddydol ehangach sy'n sgrinio ffilmiau o bryd i'w gilydd. Mae 34 o'r rhain yn ddigwyddiadau Cymreig yn benodol ac mae 6 yn ddigwyddiadau yn y DU neu ryngwladol sy'n teithio i Gymru.

Mae gan lawer o'r gwyliau themâu unigryw (20 yr ydym yn eu cyfrif) fel Gŵyl Ffilm SeeMôr sy'n archwilio popeth sy'n ymddangos ar yr arfordir a'r môr yn Ynys Môn, Gŵyl Animeiddio Caerdydd a Gŵyl Animeiddio Japaneaidd Kotatsu, neu i'r rhai sy'n chwilio am wefr mae Gŵyl Arswyd Ryngwladol Abertoir - sydd ar fin dathlu ei 20fed flwyddyn yn 2025.

Mae gwahanol wyliau yn cynnig cefnogaeth bwrpasol i dalent newydd fel Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin, Gŵyl Ffilm Fach Caerdydd a Focus Wales. Ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd ifanc mae Wicked Wales a Gŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Cymru i Blant. A gallwn ni barhau i’w rhestru! Ar gyfer y ffilmiau lleol a byd-eang newydd gorau mae Wales One World, am flas ar Affrica mae Gŵyl Ffilm Watch-Africa, Gŵyl Undod Hijinx yn dathlu artistiaid anabl, ag anableddau dysgu a/neu awtistig a'n gŵyl ffilm fwyaf yng Nghymru, Gwobr Iris Gŵyl Ffilm LGBTQ+ yn gartref i'r wobr ffilm fer fwyaf yn y byd. Rydyn ni wedi cael ein difetha am ddewis yn sicr.

Yn ogystal â lle gwych i ddarganfod ffilmiau newydd, os ydych chi'n dechrau yn y diwydiant ffilm ac yn chwilio am gyfleoedd gwirfoddoli, mae gwyliau yn lle gwych i ddysgu sgiliau newydd a gwneud cysylltiadau.

Ar hyn o bryd mae tua 50% o'r gwyliau yn cael eu cynnal yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru, gyda'r 50% arall yng ggogledd, dwyrain a gorllewin y wlad. Mae llawer yn cynnig digwyddiadau ar-lein ochr yn ochr â'u rhaglenni personol, gan ein bod yn gwybod y gall cyrraedd yno fod yn her.

I helpu gyda hyn, rydym wedi llunio rhestr lawn a map i'ch helpu chi i weld yn union ble a phryd mae pob gŵyl yn digwydd. Byddwn hefyd yn tynnu sylw at wyliau sydd ar ddod yn fisol ar cyfryngau cymdeithasol, rhag ofn bod angen nodyn atgoffa arnoch, yn ogystal â ble gallwch ddod o hyd i'ch sinema, clwb ffilm neu sgrin gymunedol agosaf.

Os ydych chi'n rhedeg gŵyl ffilm ac nad ydych wedi'ch rhestru isod ac yr hoffech gael eich ychwanegu (neu os hoffech gael eich tynnu o'r rhestr hon), cysylltwch â niGall Gwyliau Ffilm yng Nghymru hefyd ymaelodi â Chanolfan Ffilm Cymru am ddim a gwneud cais am gyllid datblygu cynulleidfaoedd yn ogystal â chael mynediad at hyfforddiant, rhwydweithio a chyngor.

Darllenwch y datganiad i’r wasg llawn yma

Film Hub Members attend ICO’s Screening Days with help from training bursary

The ICO (Independent Cinema Office) runs national Screening Days events, a staple in the independent cinema calendar giving exhibitors the chance to watch the best upcoming film releases from across the globe and discuss them with industry peers. The Screening Days took place in both Nottingham and London in Autumn and Spring where hub members from Cymdeithas Ffilm Y Fenni, Chapter Cardiff, a Pontardawe Film Club went along to not only see upcoming releases to help develop their programmes but also for invaluable networking and discussions.

Here’s what our members told us about their experience:

The ICO Screenings Days provide members with the opportunities to explore new UK independent and foreign language film releases as well as being able to discuss programming of various films directly with the representatives of distribution companies. David Charles Price attended on behalf of the Cymdeithas Ffilm Y Fenni to explore new UK independent and foreign language film releases. Dave came away with a plan for the next season’s programme, new contacts and potential new partnership with Borderlines Festival where they plan on sponsoring a film. Angie Dickinson attended on behalf of Pontardawe Film Club and found this opportunity significant in the programming for the venue, ultimately amending their original suggestions based off of the outcomes of attending the Screening Day as well as new marketing ideas thanks to meeting Promoters in-person.

Claire Vaughan from Chapter Cardiff attended the Screening finding the in-person films vital to having greater programming knowledge. Having secured bursary funding, Claire was also able to attend the ICO Audience Development day and arrange meeting with other venues in the area who have a similar offering to Chapter, visiting Derby QUAD, HOME Manchester and Phoenix Leicester. The visits and audience development day provided Claire with more in-depth knowledge on young audiences, an understanding of other venues’ strategy on resilience, leading to further meetings, as well as information on audience’s Eco credentials which she was able to feed back to the team and the UKCA policy.

Dave, Claire and Angie were able to attend the ICO Screening Days with the support of Film Hub Wales via our Bursary scheme. If you want to attend a meeting, course or event that would benefit your organisation and develop audiences but the costs are prohibitive, you can submit an application for support here.