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She is the co-director of the Abertoir Horror Festival, a programmer for the Wales One World Film Festival and contributes regularly to events and publications on film. Throughout her career, Nia has specialised in issues of representation, inclusion, and access. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though there were pioneers of cinema working in Wales in the medium\u2019s earliest days, it was 1935 before the first Welsh language film was produced, namely <em>Y Chwarelwr<\/em> (Ifan ab Owen Edwards), and over a decade later came the next: <em>Yr Etifeddiaeth<\/em> (John Roberts Williams, 1949) and <em>Noson Lawen<\/em> (G. Mark Lloyd, 1950).<\/p>\n<p>Two decades later, some of the nation’s greats recognised the power of cinema in the fight for language rights and established the Welsh Film Board. Despite their heroic efforts in the 70s and 80s – which included producing cult films <em>Gwaed ar y S\u00ear<\/em> and <em>O’r Daear Hen<\/em> (Wil Aaron, 1975 & 1981) – there was little official support for their work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sg-block-quote\">\n<p>A century after <em>Y Chwarlewr<\/em> – filmed in the same area – comes <em>Effi o Blaenau<\/em>, directed by Marc Evans and adapted by Gary Owen from his stage play, <em>Iphigenia in Splott<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Welsh language has received some relative prominence on the big screen very recently, thanks in the main perhaps to <em>Gwledd<\/em> (2021) and <em>Y S\u0175n<\/em> (2023), both collaborations between director Lee Haven Jones and writer Roger Williams. It\u2019s unusual, however, that <em>Effi<\/em> reaches the big screen less than a year since another Welsh language film – namely <em>Tanau’r Lloer<\/em> (Chris Forster, 2025). The last time this happened, as far as I know, was a decade ago, with <em>Yr Ymadawiad<\/em> (Gareth Bryn) and <em>Y Llyfrgell<\/em> (Euros Lyn); and before that, 2008. It\u2019s very rare to get to see more than one Welsh language film in cinemas in a year, if even that.<\/p>\n<p>Since the arrival of S4C in the 80s, and official recognition for Welsh language rights, the last four decades have seen what feels like significant screen activity in Welsh. It’s fair to say that the small screen dominates in this regard, whether that’s television, computer or phone. We\u2019re fortunate in Wales that so many independent cinemas are willing and able to hold special, even one-off, screenings, as this is often the only way to see Welsh language films on the big screen. Rare are the Welsh language films that are widely released, by a \u2018major\u2019 distributor.<\/p>\n<p>There is a loss to culture when its imagination cannot be seen on the big screen. For some there might not be a difference between watching a film in the cinema and watching a series on their phone, but that\u2019s a sad perspective. Being able to come together, to watch and listen to ourselves, in the sacred space of the cinema, is an experience that cannot be recreated elsewhere, no matter how good our home entertainment systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sg-block-quote\">\n<p>Without hearing the Welsh language \u2013 and all its accents and dialects – in the cinema, an idea grows that there is no such thing as a Welsh language film and that the cinema is not the place for its speakers. There is a cultural void, for us, and for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I’m not from Blaenau Ffestiniog, but perhaps one of my favorite things about <em>Effi<\/em>, as well as its gripping story and brilliant performance by Leisa Gwenllian, was how familiar it felt. From the tunnels of the A55, to Victoria Dock, to nain watching <em>Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol<\/em>, to every single Welshified swear word that comes from Effi’s mouth, the film, despite its tragedy (she’s based on a Greek heroine, after all), is comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>The sheer pleasure of recognizing locations, characters, familiar vocabulary in a film is unparalleled. No matter how cynical one gets, the frisson of recognising a little something of ourselves in a film is important. Being able to do that in a cinema full of other people seems even more essential. It creates a temporary community, in the dark, allowing for cultivation, creation, and reinforcement of communities in the light of day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/en\/films\/effi-o-blaenau\/\">Effi o Blaenau<\/a> is coming to cinemas across the UK from June 19, 2026, with its Welsh premiere at <a href=\"https:\/\/cellb.square.site\/\">Cellb<\/a> on June 17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The film has various connections to Wales including director Marc Evans, producer Branwen Cennard and a cast featuring Leisa Gwenllian, Tom Rhys Harries, Owen Alun, Nel Rhys Lewis, Mared Llywelyn and Sion Eifon. It was filmed in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfon, Port Talbot and was funded by Creative Wales and S4C. \u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was commissioned by Film Hub Wales as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/en\/made-in-wales\/\">Made in Wales<\/a> project, which celebrates films with Welsh connections, thanks to funding from Creative Wales and the National Lottery via the BFI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This article was first published in Buzz Magazine and <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/opinion\/wheres-the-welsh-language-in-cinema\/\">Nation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Nia Edwards-Behi\u00a0 Nia holds a doctorate from Aberystwyth University and works at the Screen and Sound Archive of the National Library of Wales. 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Ynys M\u00f4n (Anglesey) having its \u201ccinematic moment\u201d in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzmag.co.uk\/madfabulous-film-feature-ynys-mon-anglesey\/\">Buzz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/culture\/with-madfabulous-is-ynys-mon-having-its-cinematic-moment-in-2026\/\">Nation Cymru<\/a>, written by Dion Wyn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dion Wyn is a freelance journalist who regularly contributes to Movie Marker, BBC Radio Cymru, and BBC Radio Wales. He also serves as the Cinema Coordinator for Sinema Pontio in North Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ynys M\u00f4n (Anglesey) has long attracted people with its beauty and the enduring pride of its residents. Even in tough economic times, their passion for the island shines. Known as Mam Cymru (Mother of Wales), M\u00f4n serves as a central figure\u2014a nurturing landscape and Welsh stronghold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185517\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185517\" src=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0002_20240828-MadFab_D12-160140-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Madfabulous\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madfabulous (Icon Distribution)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Ynys M\u00f4n has not always been in the spotlight. She has long been a supporting character\u2014her scenery and beauty have drawn notable productions. Films like <em>Half Light<\/em> (2006), starring Demi Moore; <em>Dr Dolittle<\/em> (2020), starring Robert Downey Jr. and <em>Anemone<\/em> (2025), starring Daniel Day-Lewis, have all been filmed here. They used the island’s Film & TV studio, Aria, as a base, further driving the desire to work and make films on the island. Now, in 2026, Ynys M\u00f4n will take centre stage, with films focusing not just on its beauty but uncovering unique narratives and voices.<\/p>\n<p>One name that continues to fly the flag for the place he calls home is director and actor Celyn Jones (<em>The Almond and the Seahorse, Set Fire to the Stars<\/em>). His next directorial feature, <em>Madfabulous<\/em>, tells the true story of Henry Paget (Callum Scott Howells), the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, and his eccentric life. It portrays a riotous, flamboyant aristocrat in late 19th-century Wales who squandered his family’s fortune.<\/p>\n<p>The film opens with the Marquess arriving at Plas Newydd on the Menai Straits, giving viewers a glimpse of Ynys M\u00f4n and its untold stories. Henry\u2019s arrival marks both his own new dawn and M\u00f4n\u2019s to the big screen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185786\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185786\" src=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0001_12.09.24.KS-156-Kerry-Spicer.jpg.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Simon Ridgway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This drive is evident beyond<em> Madfabulous<\/em>. The passionate determination of Jones and his production company, Mad As Birds, to tell this story will be the foundation for an emerging body of work across various genres set on Ynys M\u00f4n. These include the LGBTQIA+ story <em>On The Sea<\/em>, directed by Helen Walsh, which is doing the rounds at various film festivals. There is also the mystery-thriller <em>Black Church Bay<\/em> from Rhys Marc Jones. Both films were shot on location in Amlwch, with anticipated release late 2026. All these films are different, formed from M\u00f4n\u2019s nurturing ways. Filmmakers are drawn to this part of Wales. New, dynamic viewpoints about the island and its people are ready to be seen by the world.<\/p>\n<p>Passion and drive are fundamental to storytelling, as Jones himself said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"sg-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe next challenge, as a north Walian, is bringing more to north Wales and closing that gap\u2014it has a lot to offer.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185788\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185788\" src=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0008_20240911-MadFab_D23-161154.jpg.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Simon Ridgway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is importance in telling stories where they are based; it adds to and elevates the raw nature of storytelling. Being on home soil can inspire and bring nuance that being on sound stages or other locations can\u2019t. To see a film like <em>Madfabulous<\/em> utilise the beauty and grandeur of Plas Newydd and Glynllifon is delve into its history, and to give the audience that much-valued authenticity. Cymru (Wales) has an abundance of wonderful and fascinating areas across its vast land, and the film sector in Wales is recognising this value.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185789\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185789\" src=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0004_20240904-MadFab_D18-153533A.jpg.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Simon Ridgway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Building on this creative surge, M\u00f4n has a passionate cohort of filmmakers, creatives, and cinemas. All with stories to tell. In recent years, we\u2019ve seen Lindsay Walker win a BAFTA Cymru for \u201c<em>The Welshman.<\/em>\u201d RTS Cymru-winning filmmaker Matt Colin Evans recently received rave festival reviews for \u201c<em>A Ray of Hope: HAWFC – The Gym of Champions.<\/em>\u201d Pryia-Rose Brookwell starred in the recent family hit \u201c<em>Grow<\/em>,\u201d and young independent filmmaker Gruff Huws created the Welsh comedy film series \u201c<em>Cicio<\/em>\u201d on YouTube. The island also boasts community cinemas like Sinema Llangoed, and independent venues Ucheldre Centre and Empire, Holyhead – all flying the banner for film on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Altogether, it\u2019s evident that M\u00f4n is having her cinematic moment, but perhaps it is the foundation for more stories to be told there. Ultimately, this could become an inspiration for other corners of Wales that have yet to have their moment on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/filmhubwales.org\/en\/films\/madfabulous\/\">Madfabulous<\/a> is coming to cinemas across the UK from June 5th, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The film has various connections to Wales including director Celyn Jones, writer Lisa Baker and production company Mad as Birds. The cast features Callum Scott Howells, Leisa Gwenllian, Lisa Jen Brown, Steve Spiers and Tom Rhys Harries. It was filmed in Ynys M\u00f4n, Caernarfon and Pwllheli and was funded by the Ffilm Cymru Wales Feature Film Production Fund\u202fvia the National Lottery (delegated via Arts Council of Wales) and Creative\u202fWales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This article was commissioned by Film Hub Wales as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/madeinwales\">Made in Wales<\/a> project, which celebrates films with Welsh connections, thanks to funding from Creative Wales and the National Lottery via the BFI.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was published in Buzz and Nation Cymru, written by Dion Wyn Dion Wyn is a freelance journalist who regularly contributes to Movie Marker, BBC Radio Cymru, and BBC …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":185787,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185805","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Ynys M\u00f4n (Anglesey) having its \u201ccinematic moment\u201d in 2026? 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She is the author of The Crazy Truth and works across publishing, theatre and film. Her work explores class and gender in contemporary Wales. Find more on her website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemmajunehowell.com\/\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Effi o Blaenau<\/em> opens with sounds of my youth, growing up in an ex-coalmining housing estate in south Wales: dirt bikes, barking dogs, dance music. But this is Blaenau Ffestiniog, slate country, \u2018the town that roofed the world,\u2019 and kindred community shaped by a different industry yet marked with the same inheritance of hardship, solidarity and endurance. My father stood on the picket lines at Ffestiniog in the 80s and that sense of working-class identity still lives on, as Effi says, \u201cBlaenau Ffestiniog: tough place, strong people. No choice really, sink or swim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This film version of Gary Owen\u2019s <em>Iphigenia in Splott<\/em> gains new insight, shifting the story from urban Cardiff to rural north Wales. In Splott, the play was a fierce portrait of class and austerity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sg-block-quote\">\n<p>In Blaenau, it opens up new perspectives on distance, isolation and a healthcare postcode lottery. It\u2019s also significant that this is a Welsh-language film; a bold choice that presents a grittier, darker side of industrial rural Wales rather than conforming to a romanticised <em>How Green Was My Valley<\/em> image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Effi is clearly cast as a \u2018chavette\u2019 character: all puffer coat, hoop earrings and raw gumption, her bright defiance stark against the bleak backdrop of post-industrial Wales. Leisa Gwenllian gives an astounding, standout performance and there is real comfort in seeing young women like Effi on the big screen. She\u2019s a Gen Z streamer, capturing everything on her iPhone, including her baby\u2019s ultrasound scan, yet she is simultaneously caught in a 90s-timewarp of dated d\u00e9cor, abandoned sofas and limited opportunities. The world has moved on, but not for young women like Effi.<\/p>\n<p>In one brilliant, darkly comic scene, after finding out she\u2019s \u2018up the duff,\u2019 Effi crosses the village, empties a carrier bag of coins onto the shop counter and asks, \u201cVodka please.\u201d It is a painfully authentic portrait of numbing the pain of existence. Yet the film never reduces her to defeat. Effi is wild, vivacious and shameless in the best possible way! Like <em>Alma\u2019s Not Normal<\/em> and <em>Rain Dogs<\/em>, this film rejects respectability, yet she\u2019s still judged and exploited. At the hospital, she is discriminated against because she has no husband, no visible advocate, no agency, and no social power. Through a series of systemic failures and prejudices, she is let down by an institution created by a Welshman for people just like her. She\u2019s placed alone in a ward under construction then carted off in an ambulance in a snowstorm, without a midwife. The issue of maternity care feels even more heightened in a rural setting, where services are stretched, and support is often further away. Geography itself becomes another layer to the struggle.<\/p>\n<p>The film also debunks the myth of the compo scrounger and like many working-class people, Effi accepts that she doesn\u2019t have a voice, and instead absorbs the injustice rather than exploiting an NHS already on its knees. \u201cLess money, less beds\u2026 that\u2019s the way it is,\u201d becomes a grim refrain for modern Wales, capturing the gaping hole between the founding principles of the NHS and the reality we face today.<\/p>\n<p>Watching<em> Effi,<\/em> I immediately thought of a line from my novel <em>The Crazy Truth<\/em> which sheds light on protagonist Girlo\u2019s own predicament as a struggling writer: \u2018It wasn\u2019t that she couldn\u2019t write, just that she was made to feel like she didn\u2019t have the right to.\u2019 The tragedy here is that these young women have not failed, but instead they have been unfairly shaped by a society that teaches them not to expect better: not to expect care, or dignity, or even the right to be listened to. In this sense, stories like these do something crucial: they insist that working-class lives are not marginal or disposable; not underserving of attention and space. They remind us of the flaws in humanity and that every life deserves to be heard, seen and cared for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sg-block-quote\">\n<p>This film belongs to a vital tradition of socially engaged storytelling, from I, Daniel Blake to <em>Streetlife<\/em>, <em>Ms Rhymney Valley<\/em> and Owen Sheers\u2019 <em>To Provide All People<\/em>. In that sense, it also feels like a companion piece to Michael Sheen\u2019s <em>Nye<\/em>: a reminder of how precious the NHS is but how it needs modernisation and support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For all its heartbreak, this is ultimately a hopeful film. At moments looking over the lake, Effi breathes in the chance of a different future. 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