Carmarthen Bay Film Festival – deadline this weekend

by Robert Lloyd

The deadline for entries for the prestigious Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is this weekend (Saturday, January 31).

The festival is now in its fourth year and more than 150 entries have already been received for the event, which is being held at Llanelli’s Stradey Park Hotel, from May 12-15.

“It is astonishing how the festival has grown in popularity from very small beginnings,” said Festival CEO and organiser Kelvin Guy.

“They say great things grow from little acorns and that is very true of the film festival.”

There is added glitz and status to this year’s festival as the event is now on the approved list for BAFTA Cymru Wales.

Mr Guy added: “The BAFTA abbreviation is pretty special in the world of film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is recognised as a hugely prestigious organisation worldwide. To get this recognition from BAFTA Cymru Wales is a huge honour and is a great achievement when you consider what the festival has achieved since it launched in 2011.

“Being on the list of approved BAFTA Cymru Wales festivals helps give added prestige and stardust to the festival, with entrants now being eligible for BAFTA awards as well as the ones on offer at the festival.”

Entries for this year’s festival have come from all corners of the globe, including Taiwan, Iran, Iraq, Israel and North and South America

Mr Guy said: “The global response has been fantastic and I’d like to think that the festival is doing its best to put Llanelli and Carmarthenshire on the world map for film-makers.”

Details of film categories and how to enter are on the film festival website http://www.carmarthenbayfilmfestival.co.uk/

But, film-makers are advised to hurry as the closing date is this weekend.

Mr Guy added: “There will be more exciting announcements about the film festival as the countdown to the event continues.!”