PLEASE READ RULES BEFORE CONSIDERING SUBMITTING YOUR FILM
CBFF continues to be ranked in the top 100 out of more than 9,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. So a big thank you from the CBFF team.
CBFF is a highly respected BAFTA CYMRU QUALIFYING Film Festival Judged by Industry Professionals. UK & International Submissions.
BAFTA Cymru ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FILM (FEATURE/TELEVISION FILM AND SHORT FILM)
All film entries should satisfy two of the three following criteria:
1. The production company has a substantive business and production base in Wales. A
base will be taken to be substantive if it is the usual place of employment of senior
executives and personnel involved in the production in question.
2. At least 50% of the programme or film in question’s production budget (excluding the
cost of on-screen talent, archive material and copyright costs) was spent in Wales and/or
on Welsh production talent (i.e. not on-screen talent).
3. A film must have significant creative involvement by individuals who are Welsh
Films that do not meet the criteria but have a significant Welsh component may be able to enter.
Please contact Hannah Raybould (BAFTA Cymru ) should you wish to enter a film
which does not meet the above criteria.
The BAFTA Cymru Management Committee and the BAFTA Board of Trustees are the final
arbiters on film entries.
NON-WELSH INDIVIDUAL
A non-Welsh individual may be considered in the British Academy Cymru Awards as long as the following criteria is met:
The craft under consideration has been completed in Wales
The Production meets the Welsh eligibility criteria
Please note that we are also an IMDB Qualifying festival which means that, if your film is selected and screened you can add it to IMDB. You may have to register!
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival has gone from strength to strength over the years. From our first festival in 2012, we have gone from 35 submissions to well over 1000 from 70 plus countries for our 2020 festival. Not only have the submissions increased over the years, but the number of filmmakers and festival patrons attending has as well.
We've had filmmakers flying in from the US, Australia, Holland, Italy, France and many parts of the UK. The number of festival partners has also grown with Stradey Park Hotel, BAFTA Cymru, RTS Wales, University of Wales Trinity St. David, Film Hub Wales BAFA and many more. The festival has been a BAFTA Cymru qualifying for over 4 years which means that any film screened during the festival, and made here in Wales is eligible to apply for consideration. Please refer to BAFTA Cymru ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA above.
Our 8th festival saw some significant changes, for the previous 7 years, the festival had been held at the Stradey Park Hotel here in Llanelli. The hotel has been very supportive, without their help the festival would have been unable to get off the ground. So with the full backing of the Stradey Park, we felt it was time to move on and try something new. So for our 2019 CBFF was held at one of Wales’ premier theatres in the centre of Llanelli, which brought a new and exciting dynamic and feel to the festival.
It's all about fairness, our motto.
‘This festival is honest’ and will always be, a champion of independent film. Films Judge by Industry Jury,
Widely promoted Festival,
Committed to Transparency,
BAFTA Cymru Qualifying Festival
IMDB Qualifying.
We are also very proud to have the name of John Hefin associated with the festival. With the John Hefin Award lifetime achievement award. And we are delighted that John Morgan of JM Creative accepted this award during our 2019 awards gala.
Please read the brief bio about John below.
John Hefin first became involved in television work in 1960, when he responded to a newspaper advertisement for apprentice production assistants. During the 1960s, he worked as a producer and director for BBC Wales. In 1974, he helped create the Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm, the longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC. He also co-wrote and directed the 1978 TV rugby comedy film Grand Slam, and led the 1981 drama series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George. This nine-part series, a biopic based on the Welsh PM, drew on conversations with Lady Olwen, his eldest daughter, and AJ Sylvester, his secretary. In 1984, John was the director for the narration for an animated version of Prince Charles's children's story The Old Man of Lochnagar.
Following his post as Head of Drama with BBC Wales, he worked in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University. In 1988, he became the artistic director of Film Cymru (which was later renamed the Wales Film Council), entrusted with the responsibility of commissioning films from independent Welsh producers using S4C funds. He was also Chairman of the Film Commission Wales, and Chair of Cyfrwng, a Welsh media journal, and network. He retired from the BBC in 1993. In 2004, he directed and filmed part of a documentary featuring the artist Sir Kyffin Williams, Reflections in a Gondola
John was awarded the MBE in 2009, for "services to Welsh film and drama". In 2012, he was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television Drama.
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is now a BAFTA Cymru/Wales qualifying festival
By being ‘officially selected’, your film has been considered to be of a high standard and worthy of being screened during the festival itself. This is the first step of a three-stage process.
For the next stage, a number of the ‘officially selected’ films are then shortlisted to be judged for the category awards. These are the ‘nominated’ films.
The last stage is winning your selected category.