Enwebiad Gwobrau I Wneuthurwyr Ffilm Ifanc / Award Nominations For Young Filmmakers
Mae dwy ffilm sydd wedi ei greu gan bobl ifanc o Gymru wedi cael eu henwebu am Wobr Ffilm Genedlaethol.
Ffilm fer wedi’i greu gan naw o bobl ifanc rhwng 13 a 15 oed ydy Chucks, canlyniad o weithio gyda chwmni Film 15 o Lanbrynmair. Mae wedi cael ei enwebu yng nghategori ‘Ffilm Gorau gan rai dros 13 oed’ yn yr First Light Awards 2010.
Mae’r ffilm yn dweud stori Chuck sydd yn rhedeg caffi yng nghanol unlle ac mae wedi arfer gyda phentrefwyr yn busnesa. Pan benderfynai’r hogyn drwg lleol Ted a’i gang ymgartrefu yn y caffi mae Chuck yn cael ei orfodi i ddangos ei ochr sinistr.
Mae ‘Chucks’ wedi ennill gwobrau eisoes gyda’r ‘Pink Snowball Film Awards 2008’, enillydd Ffuglen Orau'r ‘International Young Filmakers Award 2009’, a ‘Glastonbury 2012 Olympics “Village Screen” Selection 2009’.
Katy Ruffy o Ddolgellau sydd wedi ysgrifennu a chyfarwyddo’r ffilm, ei ffilm fer cyntaf. Cafodd ei ffilmio yn yr hen Milk Bar ym Machynlleth ac yn serennu ynddo oedd Tom Jones o Borth, Scott Wilson o Bermo, Cara Braia o Borthmadog a James Lucas o Fachynlleth.
Mae’r prosiect Film 15 yn ceisio helpu pobl ifanc ddarganfod llais creadigol trwy ffilm. Bob blwyddyn mae 15 o bobl ifanc yn cael y cyfle i weithio efo nhw yn astudio gwneud ffilmiau am chwe mis.
Yn beirniadu’r categori bydd y cynhyrchydd a’r cyfarwyddwr Fred Schepisi ((Empire Falls, Fierce Creatures), Kwame Kwei-Armah (Hotel Babylon, Casualty) a Robert Sheehan (Misfits). Maen nhw’n cystadlu yn erbyn dwy ffilm wedi’i greu yn Swindon a Leeds.
Mae’r ail ffilm, Mary and the Miners, wedi’i greu gan 46 o bobl ifanc naw i ddeg oed o Ysgol Gynradd Cantref yn Y Fenni, Sir Fynwy. Drwy weithio gyda gwneuthurwyr ffilmiau proffesiynol Flycatcher Films creuwyd y ffilm fer sydd wedi cael ei enwebu yng nghategori ‘Animeiddiad Gorau’
Mae’r ffilm wedi ei osod yn 1841 ac yn dweud stori merch ifanc sydd yn gweithio mewn pwll glo. Mae’r hanes a glywir yn y ffilm wedi’i selio ar gyfweliadau go iawn gyda glöwr ifanc yn 1841. Bydd y ffilm yn cael ei feirniadu gan y cynhyrchydd a’r cyfarwyddwr Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, The Lion King), dylunydd cynhyrchiad Terry Ackland-Snow (Batman, Superman) a’r cyfarwyddwr John Landis (Honey I Shrunk The Kids).
Mae’r ‘First Light Awards 2010’ yn cael eu cynnal yn yr ODEON Leicester Square, Llundain, ar 2 Mawrth ac yn cael ei gyflwyno gan Dick a Dom. Mae ‘First Light’ yn darparu arbenigedd ac yn ariannu i alluogi pobl ifanc 5 i 19 oed, o bob cefndir ym Mhrydain, i wneud ffilmiau byr digidol a phrosiectau cyfryngol eu hunain. Mae’r bobl ifanc hyn yn cael cyfle gwych i weithio gyda phobl broffesiynol o’r diwydiant.
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Two films created by young people from Wales have been nominated for a National Film Award.
Chucks is a short film created by nine young people aged between 13 and 17 working with Llanbrynmair company Film 15. It has been nominated in the category Best Film By Over 13’s in the First Light Awards 2010.
The film tells the story of Chuck who runs a diner in the middle of nowhere and is used to interfering villagers poking their noses into his business. When local bad boy Ted and his gang decide to make Chuck’s diner their local hangout, Chuck is forced to reveal his sinister side.
Chucks has already won the Pink Snowball Film Awards 2008, Winner of Best Fiction at the ZOOM International Young Filmmakers Award, 2009 and Glastonbury 2012 Olympics Village Screen selection, 2009
The film was written and directed by Katy Ruffy from Dolgellau and is her first short film. It was filmed at the old Machynlleth Milk Bar and starred Tom Jones from Borth, Scott Wilson from Barmouth, Cara Braia from Porthmadog and James Lucas from Machynlleth.
The Film 15 project aims to help young people find a creative voice through film. Every year 15 young people are given the chance to work with them studying filmmaking for six months.
The awards category will be judged by producer and director Fred Schepisi (Empire Falls, Fierce Creatures), Kwame Kwei-Armah (Hotel Babylon, Casualty) and Robert Sheehan (Misfits). They are up against two films from Swindon and Leeds.
The second film, Mary And The Miners, was created by a group of 46 nine and ten year olds from Cantref Primary School in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Working with professional filmmakers Flycatcher Films they created the short film that has been nominated in the Best Animation category.
The film is set in 1841 and tells the tale of a young girl who works in a coal mine. The stories in the film are based on real life interviews with child miners in 1841. The film will be judged by producer and director Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, The Lion King), production designer Terry Ackland-Snow (Batman, Superman) and director John Landis (Honey I Shrunk The Kids).
The First Light Awards 2010 will held at the ODEON Leicester Square, London, on 2 March and will be hosted by Dick and Dom. First Light provides funding and expertise to enable young people aged 5 to 19, from all backgrounds in the UK, to make their own short digital films and media projects. Young people get the chance to work with professionals from the industry.
Video credit: First Light
