02/11/2007

Sŵn Festival Goes To The Movies

Film @ Sŵn Festival, Cardiff
Friday 9 th – Sunday 11 th November, 2007
Various Venues
www.swnfest.com

In addition to the plethora of bands, DJs and artists at the first ever Sŵn Festival in Cardiff , there will also be a schedule of films to be shown over the weekend. We are pleased to announce the schedule as follows:

Friday 9th November
Andy Votel Screenings
Chapter Arts Centre, 3pm, £4

Andy Votel is the head of Manchester 's Finders Keepers record label (curators of the Welsh Rare Beat compilation and records by Yamasuki and Jean-Claude Vannier ). Previously, Finders Keepers have released scores to two of the most challenging examples of Czech New Wave cinema   – Dai sies and Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders . To mark the release of these immaculate and bizarre releases Finders Keepers and Sŵn festival will present screenings of both films in their complete digitally re-mastered formats.

Saturday 10th November
3 Films By St Etienne/Paul Kelly with Kieran Evans – Finisterre , What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day? and This Is Tomorrow
Chapter Arts Centre, 12:30pm, £4

Saint Etienne were one of the main bands that helped define the indie -dance genre in the early 1990s. More recently, the band have turned their attentions to film making. Finisterre and What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day? are both documents of the landscape of London . This year’s This Is Tomorrow tells the story of the first 50 years of The Royal Festival Hall. This screening also features two films by Kieran Evans. One is a 30 minute documentary on the Fence Collective (featuring King Cresote and James Yorkston among others) and a 15 minute promo reel for his upcoming Vashti Bunyan documentary.
(Total running time= approx 5 hours but drop in as you please!)
Directors in attendance

Saturday 10th November
Sŵn Music Movies
Chapter Arts Centre, 3pm, Free Entry!

A compilation of the latest music videos by local artists, filmmakers or performers featured at this year's festival. Come and see how they look on the big screen!

Featured artists include:
Vibration White Finger
Dead Residents
Soft Hearted Scientists
Attack and Defend
Ryan Andrews
The Voices
Dave Legion
Texas Radio Band
Owain Paciuszko

Sunday 11th November
Seachd by Simon Miller
Chapter Arts Centre, 2:30pm (90 mins ), £4

Làn fhìrinn na sgeòil . The truth is in the story. When a young man, Angus, visits his dying Grandfather in hospital he cannot hold back his boyhood quest for the truth - the truth behind the death of his parents and the truth behind his Grandfather's ancient, incredible, fearful stories. Stories from the whole swathe of Gaelic history of poisoned lovers, bloody revenge, water-horses and Spanish Gold. His Grandfather hijacks Angus' life for one last time leading him to one of Scotland 's most treacherous mountains, The Inaccessible Pinnacle, and an ancient truth he never expected to find. This film was not put forward by BAFTA for the foreign language Oscar nominations, and as a result it has garnered great press interest across the world. Come and decide for yourselves. See www.seachd.com for further details.
(In Scottish Gaelic and English)
Running Time 90 mins

"Gorgeously-realised blend of magic realism and family drama" THE HERALD
"Dramatic, funny, spectacular and steeped in Gaelic mythology" THE LIST
"Glows with warmth and humanity" THE OBSERVER     "Visually breathtaking" BBC

Sunday 11th November
Sinema Swn - Pictiwrs yng Nghaffi Floyd's/ Pictiwrs at Floyd's Cafe
4pm onwards, £3 on the door

4pm : ABC Datblygu (Criw Byw)
60 munud/60 mins

Dogfen Fideo 9 yn dilyn un o fandiau mwya ' dylanwadol yr SRG.
Documentary about the seminal Welsh band, Datblygu.

5pm : Byrion a Fidios o Gymru / Welsh-language shorts and music videos

6pm : Ankstmusik ( Emyr Glyn Williams ,1998 ) 80 munud/80 mins
Hanes ddiweddar cerddoriaeth gyfoes Cymru o safbwynt un o'i labeli blaenaf / A brief history of Welsh pop from the perspective of one of its most influential labels, Ankst.

7.30pm : Sampli (Sion Mali , 2006)

Dangosiad arbennig o ffilm fer ddogfennol Siôn Mali , gyda pherfformiad byw/ A special showing of Sion Mali 's short doc, with live performance...

8pm : A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest, 2003)
91 munud/91 mins
Comedi ffug-ddogfennol am aduniad triawd werin o'r 1960au The Folksmen , wrth iddyn nhw baratoi ar gyfer sioe arbennig er cof hyrwyddwr gigs sy ' wedi marw / Mockumentary capturing the reunion of 1960's folk trio The Folksmen , as they prepare for a one-off show in memory of a recently deceased promoter.

All festival events take place between November 9th – 11th and are free entry with a Sŵn Festival wristband, which costs £34 from www.sebon.co.uk , Chapter Arts Centre, Spillers Records and Cardiff University Student’s Union.