News & Experiences

Prix Europa Festival, Berlin
Grant awarded to: Hannah Loy Ymddiried’s Contribution: £1,100 Ymddiried Media Grants Cymru gave me one of the best starts I can think of for launching

MA Animation course at the University of South Wales
Grant awarded to: Gabi Bania Ymddiried’s Contribution: £2,900 Thanks to the wonderful help of Ymddiried: Media Grants Cymru, which supported me with a £2,500.00 scholarship

NFTS ‘The Directors’ Prep Course’ BBC Glasgow
Grant awarded to: Clare Sturges Ymddiried’s Contribution: £700 towards fees and expenses The course was run by experienced Swedish director Jonas Grimes, and was designed

Free post production training!
Gorilla Academy is the training side of Gorilla Post and they’ve recently been awarded some government Creative Skills Funding to deliver post production training to

Poppy Jasper Film Festival, San Francisco
Short Film ScreeningGrant awarded to: Lowri PalfreyYmddiried’s Contribution: £1,800 After becoming a mother in 2019 work as an actor had been put on hold and

NFTS, MA Screenwriting Course
Grant awarded to: James Davies Ymddiried’s Contribution: £6,500 over 2 years I was fortunate enough to receive financial support from Ymddiried: Media Grants Cymru to

Filmonomics
With the support of £576.00 from Ymddiried: Media Grants Cymru, I had the privilege of joining the Filmonomics 23/24 Cohort, alongside 17 other filmmakers. This

MA Playwriting & Scriptwriting
Finn James Ymddiried Media Grants Cymru gave me the ability to pursue my passion: writing for the screen and stage. I used the grant to

London Film Festival
Tina Pasotra At the start of the year I had the opportunity of shadowing some of the post production process for feature film Unicorns, written

Training opportunity
Shafin Basheer I am a recent graduate in MA Filmmaking from Bangor University and it was there that I discovered my passion for directing and

Post production shadowing opportunity on ‘The Last Omen’
Mathew David Not long after graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, I played the lead in Iris Prize short Burger, which

MLitt Playwriting and Screenwriting
Verity Campbell In 2020 I was given an unconditional offer to study MLitt Playwriting and Screenwriting at the University of St Andrews. It was one