Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Television production |
Headquarters | Cardiff, Wales |
Key people | Ed Thomas Creative Director Ffion Williams, Producer |
Number of employees | 4 (2016) |
Parent | Tinopolis |
Website | www.FictionFactoryFilms.com |
Fiction Factory Films, also known as Fiction Factory, is a television production company based in Cardiff, Wales.
Since 2005 it has produced over 140 hours of drama for BBC, ITV, Channel 5 and S4C, and has earned over 70 nominations and awards, from BAFTA [1] and Celtic Film Festival [2] to the Rose d’Or Prix Europa, with distribution to over 80 countries.
The company achieved a notable success with "Hinterland/ Y Gwyll". Filmed in two language versions, Welsh and English, it was seen in 150 countries. On the showing of its first season it was reviewed favourably. [3]
Title | Television channel | Broadcast | Notes | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|
Satellite City | BBC Wales | 1996–1999 | Preceded by a radio version. | |
A Mind to Kill | S4C, HTV, Channel 5 | 1999 | Took over the production of the third series. | |
Dal: Yma/Nawr | S4C | 2003 | Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Ifans and Cerys Matthews | Winner of 2004 Celtic Film Festival [2] |
Caerdydd | S4C | 2006–2011 | BAFTA Cymru 2011, [4] Best Writer, Best Costume | |
Y Pris | S4C | 2007–2009 | 2009 Celtic Film Festival, Winner, Best Drama Series | |
Pen Talar | S4C | 2010–2011 | ||
Gwaith/Cartref | S4C | 2011–present | ||
Y Gwyll/Hinterland | S4C, BBC Wales, BBC Four | 2013–present |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA has an international programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures, and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones is a Welsh actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey. She later co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy-drama Stella (2012–2017), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance and won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter.
Eve Myles is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her television roles portraying Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series Belonging (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series Torchwood (2006–2011), and Faith Howells in the bilingually produced BBC / S4C drama series Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher (2017–2020). She is also an accomplished theatre actress.
BAFTA Cymru is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.
John Ogwen is a Welsh actor.
The cinema of Wales comprises the art of film and creative movies made in Wales or by Welsh filmmakers either locally or abroad. Welsh cinema began in the late-19th century, led by Welsh-based director William Haggar. Wales continued to produce film of varying quality throughout the 20th century, in both the Welsh and English languages, though indigenous production was curtailed through a lack of infrastructure and finance, which prevented the growth of the industry nationally. Despite this, Wales has been represented in all fields of the film making process, producing actors and directors of note.
Richard Harrington is a Welsh actor.
Rhodri Meilir is a Welsh actor. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Dilwyn in the BBC Three series In My Skin.
Aneirin Hughes is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a Welsh language film.
Mali Rhys Harries is a Welsh television actress and presenter who has been in the television industry since 1989. She has appeared in several well-established TV series in Welsh and English, including Hinterland, The Indian Doctor and Pobol y Cwm.
Television in Wales began in 1952. Initially, all programmes were in English with occasional Welsh language programmes. In 1982 Welsh language channel S4C was launched. The digital switchover happened in 2009-2010 and S4C became an exclusively Welsh language channel.
Nia Roberts is a Welsh actress. She is married to director Marc Evans.
Thomas Cullen is a Welsh actor and director. He had roles in the independent film Weekend (2011), as Anthony Foyle, Viscount Gillingham in the television series Downton Abbey, and as Sir Landry in the historical drama series Knightfall. He also appeared in another historical drama playing the role of Thomas Seymour in Becoming Elizabeth.
Matthew Ian Gravelle is a Welsh screen actor.
Hinterland — Y Gwyll in the original Welsh language version — is a Welsh noir police procedural series broadcast on S4C in Welsh. The main character, DCI Tom Mathias, is played by Richard Harrington. On 27 November 2013, a second series was announced by S4C. The English-language version, with brief passages of Welsh dialogue, aired on BBC One Wales. When it was shown on the BBC in 2014, it was the first BBC television drama with dialogue in both English and Welsh. A third series of the show began filming in January 2016 and debuted on S4C on 30 October.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2014 to Wales and its people.
Swyddfa'r Sir is a Grade II listed former hotel, former main offices of Ceredigion County Council and former Magistrates Court building located in Aberystwyth, well known as the outside of the police station in the BBC Wales police television series Y Gwyll (Hinterland).
Ed Thomas is a Welsh playwright, director, and producer known for his contributions to both stage and screen.