1993: Gadael Lenin (Leaving Lenin), about a group of Welsh students and teachers who take a trip to Russia, was directed by Endaf Emlyn.
1993:Tân ar y Comin, based on the novel by T. Llew Jones, about a young Romani who lives an idyllic life with his grandfather. Also released under the English title "A Christmas Reunion" (1994).
2024: Dwbwl Trwbwl - a Welsh comedy short film (40 mins) directed by Gruff Huws about a Darts rivalry getting out of hand in the town of Llangefni. The film is available on YouTube and has gained a cult following in Anglesey where it was filmed.
1941: How Green Was My Valley was a classic directed by John Ford. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. However, the film is often criticised for the actors having Irish accents, as several of them were Irish, and for having a scene with an Irish jig instead of a traditional Welsh dance. Ford's response to these criticisms were simply, "It's a Celtic country, isn't it?"[2]
1952: Girdle of Gold, a comedy set in Wales about Evans the milk and Griffith the hearse searching for a pair of corsets. Directed by Montgomery Tully.
1976: Whispers of Fear A woman inherits an old house in Wales, but is driven to madness and murder by jealous locals. Directed by Harry Bromley Davenport.
1983: House of the Long Shadows was directed by Pete Walker. It comments on the nationalism of the Welsh, especially the older generation, who hate the English; the American jokes that he should wear a leek to show he's a friend. Vincent Price, who has a Welsh surname, plays a character who describes Wales as his ancestral homeland. His character's family appears to be English, however.
2001: Endgame was directed by Gary Wicks; much of the film takes place at the main character's Welsh cottage.
2002: On All Floors was directed by Geoff Evans and written by Craig Handley.
2002: Plots with a View (aka: Undertaking Betty), was directed by Nick Hurran and starred Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, and Lee Evans. This brilliant, but commercially unsuccessful, black comedy about competing undertakers in the small fictional Welsh village of Wrottin Powys won the BAFTA Cymru Award in 2003. It is not yet released in the UK.
2003: Otherworld, the English-language version of the film Y Mabinogi, is listed above in the Welsh-language section.
2013: A Field in England, a psychedelic horror film set in 17th century Monmouthshire (a county of contemporary Wales, but which was not clearly labeled as part of Wales at the time).
2018: Say My Name was set on a Welsh island but filmed around Cardiff, directed by Deborah Frances-White.
2018: Last Summer, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise in Wales, until a tragedy strikes, directed by Jon Jones.[3][bettersourceneeded]
2019: Gwen is a folk tale set and filmed in Snowdonia during the industrial revolution. Directed by William McGregor.
2021: The Toll, directed by Ryan Andrew Hooper and set in Pembrokeshire.
2021: The Green Knight (film), written and directed by David Lowery (director), starring Dev Patel; based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. An Arthurian tale that also refers to the legend of Saint Winifred. While not clearly stated in the film itself, promotional material suggests that the entire story is set in Wales, with Gawain's journey beginning in Camelot in South Wales and ending in North Wales. [4]
Other Welsh-related films
Films with Welsh characters (but not set in Wales)
1952: Cosh Boy is a film in which the main character's mother is Welsh. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert.
1956: In The Searchers, directed by John Ford, the character Martin Pawly claims that he is 1/8 Cherokee, and the rest is English and Welsh.
1970: The Molly Maguires, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Sean Connery, tells the story of the Irish labor troubles in the anthracite coal mines of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Several characters, including the police chief Davies (played by Englishman Frank Finlay), and a miner Jenkins (played by Englishman John Alderson), are Welsh.
1971: Two English Girls (Les Deux anglaises et le continent) was directed by François Truffaut. Despite the title, the titular "English girls" are actually both Welsh.
1979: The Life of Brian, a film by Monty Python, features a character named Judith (played by Sue Jones-Davies) who is referred to by Brian's mother as a "Welsh tart." Several other references to Welsh characters can be gleaned from the screenplay.[5]
1980: The Falls, directed by Welsh-born filmmaker Peter Greenaway, references the Welsh-born character Tulse Luper.
2000: The Man Who Cried, about a Jewish girl who leaves the Soviet Union to be raised in England, utilises a Welsh music teacher to help aid in the girl's assimilation to English culture. As he was not allowed to speak Welsh but succeeded professionally after learning English, so will she succeed if she abandons her native tongue.
1985: The Black Cauldron. While animated, the filmmakers filmed background footage inside the slate caverns in Snowdonia. Directed by Richard Rich, Ted Berman. Also based on Welsh mythology.
1971: In Straw Dogs, directed by Sam Peckinpah, a Cornish vicar uses the Welsh place name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch as the magic word in a magic trick he performs.
2013: Inside Llewyn Davis, by the Coen brothers. The main character briefly speaks of the Welsh origins of his name (followed by some commentary on Welsh rarebit by John Goodman's character).
2019: Saint Maud, written and directed by Rose Glass; the main character speaks Welsh.
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