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27/03/2025

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here we come!!

10/03/2025

ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE
CBFF2024 Best Feature Film - Sendero by Michael Flores

As we approach the opening of Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin , we will be featuring and sharing more information and background about the excellent winning films of now available to watch again free for this limited time, only a on our CBFF online festival platform.

Register, watch and enjoy for for free at: https://cbff.sparqfest.live/en/index.html

Our CBFF2024 Best Feature Film winner was 'Sendero',
directed by Michael Flores - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19720574/

SENDERO
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfj2P4J_lWc

Sol and Gina had big dreams of travel and adventure in their vintage RV over their summer break from teaching elementary. But when Gina’s life is cut short by a school shooter, Sol desperately tries to hold onto her memory by taking to the open road with their little dog, Rosie.

Lost and in search for answers along his own personal odyssey, Sol realizes through helping others and rediscovering lessons from his Mestizo heritage that his true path has been laid before him all along.

Watch Sendero now at: https://cbff.sparqfest.live/en/2025.00/sendero

The dates to remember are that we will be live and in-person between the 19th – 22nd May 2025 at the Ffwrnes Theatre, , , and online on the Sparqfest Film Festival Platform.

As Premier Film Festival, as well as a BAFTA British Short Film, BAFTA Cymru & IMDb qualifying film festival and we are very pleased to be a member of Film Hub Wales & the British Arts Festivals Association and have the support of Creative Wales and Fitd Ffilm Cymru.





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24/01/2025

What a great movie to be seen of the big screen of a great cinema; The Lyric,

Well done Carmarthen Film Club and Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin

-- Excellence Should Be Seen On Screen --

As many of you know is the motto and underlying principle of the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. For this reason we are very happy and extremely excited to be supporting our local film club, the Carmarthen Film Club, based at Lyric Cinema, , .

The Lyric has been made famous, not just here in Wales but around the world by the movie 'Save the Cinema [2022]', based on the campaign headed by Samantha Morton to save The Lyric Cinema in the 1990s and the support that it received to achieve this from none other than Steven Spielberg.

Through out the year the Carmarthen Film Club will be screening classic movies that were made for and should be seen in their rightful place, on the big screen. As well as this, amongst it's schedule will be a range of shorts and features showcasing the best of Welsh, British and international independent filmmaking talent.

With such a wonderful history and an exciting time ahead it is only fitting that this year's Carmarthen Film Club schedule should kick off on February 3rd at 7.30pm at The Lyric with Spielberg's sci-fi masterpiece, 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut.

To find out more and book your tickets visit:

https://www.theatrausirgar.co.uk/en/shows/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-original-theatrical-cut-1977-pg

Please follow and like Carmarthen Film Club (even if you are not local).
Let's keep the Big Screen alive:

https://www.facebook.com/CarmarthenFilmClub

Carmarthen Film Club in association with the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival



As an internationally recognised champion of independent filmmakers and filmmaking, as well as Wales premier film festival, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is very happy to be a member of Film Hub Wales, the British Arts Festivals Association and to have the support of Creative Wales.

Come and be a part of this year's Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, screening over 130 of the best Welsh, British and intentional independent films at the Ffwrnes Theatre, , - Monday 19th May to 22nd May.

Admission to the festival's screening are all free.

30/11/2023

– ‘NEARLY THERE’ Submissions – LAST DAY

Today is the last day to take advantage of this seasons 'Nearly There' Submissions offer.

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is and a champion of independent film-making here in Wales and worldwide.

Submit your film via our FilmFreeway page and come be a part of next May’s BAFTAand BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin at the Ffwrnes Theatre , , and online on the SparqfestFilm Festival Platform.

https://filmfreeway.com/CarmarthenBayFilmFestival

Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin Carmarthen Bay Film Festivalis very happy to be a member of Film Hub Walesand the British Arts Festivals Association

30/11/2023

– The Film-Marker’s Festival

‘NEARLY THERE’ Submissions – LAST DAY



All independent filmmakers, today is the last day to take advantage of this seasons 'Nearly There' Submissions offer.

Submit your film via our FilmFreeway page and come be a part of next May’s BAFTA and BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin at the Ffwrnes Theatre , , and online on the Sparqfest Film Festival Platform.

https://filmfreeway.com/CarmarthenBayFilmFestival

Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is very happy to be a member of Film Hub Wales and the British Arts Festivals Association.

12/09/2021

What wonderful news and congratulations to Kelvin Guy-cbff and all the CBFF Team for all their hard work and commitment to grassroots film-maker over the past 10 year.

What an achievement!

Well done!!

!!! BREAKING NEWS !!!

We are very happy to announce that Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is now a BAFTA BRITISH SHORT FILM qualifying festival.

This is exciting news and a wonderful reward for our founder Kelvin and all the CBFF team’s hard work and commitment to supporting independent film-makers and grassroots film-making here in Wales and around the world over the past 10 years.

All eligible films must be screened at two BAFTA ‘B’ List festivals and one BAFTA ‘A’ List festival to meet BAFTA’s qualification criteria.

This now means that, along with being a regular Top 100 FilmFreeway festival, a IMDb and BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin , Wales' Premier Film Festival, is now also your stepping stone to the BAFTA BRITISH SHORT FILM Awards 2023.

So calling all film-makers; come be a part of and submit your film here via our page.

https://filmfreeway.com/CarmarthenBayFilmFestival

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF2022 will be live and in-person from 16th - 19th May 2022 at the Ffwrnes Theatre, , , and also online on the Sparqfest Film Festival Platform.



Looking forward to seeing you there.......!

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival is very happy to be a member of Film Hub Wales & the British Arts Festivals Association.

15/05/2021

The glamour of the Silver Screen has come to with this year's Nominations, hosted by Mari Thomas Jewellery and streamed from the town via the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin page today, Saturday 15th May at 7pm BST - 6pm UTC.

https://www.facebook.com/carmarthenbayfilmfestival

Celebrating its 10th year, the BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021 is Wales premiere film festival and is taking place online for the first time between 17-20 May at cbff.sparqfest.live/ on the Sparqfest Film Festival Platform.

All films are FREE to watch and so if you Love Movies and Love Llandeilo then tune in see Llandeilo in all its cinematic glory and enjoy the very best of independent film-making from Wales and around the world.

09/04/2021

Exciting news about this year's Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin.........really looking forward to what should be a very special festival. Congratulation to Kelvin Guy and the CBFF Team on the festival's 10th year anniversary.

Greetings and Congratulations to everyone connected to all the wonderful films that have been selected to be part of CBFF2021.

We have been delaying making any announcement about this year’s Festival in the hope that the current restrictions here in the UK and the rest of the world, would ease sufficiently to allow an in-person festival to take place and for many of you from around the world hoping to join us, to be able to come along. Unfortunately, once again this does not look possible and we have had to make the difficult decision to move CBFF2021 entirely online for this year.

This was to be a feature of anyway and we are very excited to be working with our Festival Partner Sparqfest to take the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin on to the next level and enable you to experience the very best independent film-making wherever you are in the world. and now it will be on your screen; at home, at work, on the train, wherever you are.

So, officially will be taking place from 17th to 20th May entirely online via our dedicated CBFF channel on the platform. More details regarding schedules, registration, etc. to follow shortly.

Next year, ‘Virus Crisis’ permitting, we will be back at Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli for when we will also be throwing our big 10th Anniversary party as part of that year’s festivities. The plan is for this to open the festival and for 2021 award winners to be able to receive their Awards in person. It will be a great way to welcome everyone back and put the past couple of years behind us. However, this is for the future.

In the meantime, we still have an exciting programme of the very best independent film-making from around the world to share with you. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be contacting all the selected film-makers and asking them to submit their films, all their details, logos, trailers and posters, so that it can all be imported onto the new CBFF/Sparq platform. Please keep an eye on your email Inbox and Spam folders as the deadline for receiving this is the 2nd May. If we have not received all necessary materials by then, we will unfortunately not be able to screen your film.

We will also be sending all Award Winners their awards over the next few weeks and will be contacting them to confirm the best address to send these to. Again please keep an eye on your Inbox and Spam folders.

That is all for now, please check back in regularly for news regarding the date of the Awards Nominations announcements and other exciting news.

15/12/2020

As a film student at Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, I spent hours in the library reading back issues of Sight & Sound | The International Film Magazine when I should have been writing my film theory essays.

It is a special feeling to see ones work becoming part of the cinematic heritage; even if it just the ad you have designed on the back cover! Of course Michèle Wright's fabulous 'slice of life' photography makes designing a real pleasure (Ffotograffiaeth Michele Wright Photography).

Congratulations to Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin on celebrating their 10th Anniversary.........and thank you Sight & Sound | The International Film Magazine on all those happy afternoons of filmic awakening and insights.

14/09/2020

The new The Hepburns album has just been hand delivered by Michael the bass player as he was passing by to our place in Llandeilo.

He even kindly autographed the album for me too.

Now that is what I call personal service!!

Really looking forward to listening to this great album.

Why not check it out;
https://thehepburns.bandcamp.com/

Well done

29/08/2020

All indie filmmakers get in quick to receive the Early Bird submission fee to be part of the 10th Anniversary Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin next year 17th-20th May 2021

2 DAYS TO THE CLOSING OF EARLY BIRD SUBMISSIONS!!!

Submit your film before 31st August and take advantage of our Early Bird Submissions:
https://filmfreeway.com/CarmarthenBayFilmFestival

This is CBFF's 10th Anniversary and we are looking forward to welcoming many old friends and new, from all around the world, next May 17-20 at the Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli, Wales



Thank you all for making Carmarthen Bay Film Festival CBFF - Gŵyl Ffilm Bae Caerfyrddin Wales' Premiere Film Festival...........

CBFF is a IMDb & BAFTA Cymru Qualifying Festival and happy to be a member of Film Hub Wales & the British Arts Festivals Association