Beacons: Short Films from Wales - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

Burial
A short film about death, sisterhood and quiche starring Hannah Daniel, Di Botcher and Suzanne Packer. Identical triplets struggle to get through their father's funeral. As dark family secrets come to light, the sisters are forced to face the consequences and their own grief - but they discover that humour is always there, even at your darkest moments.

Dirt Ash Meat
During the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak, Rhian and her brother Dewi struggle to keep the Welsh hill farm they inherited from their father running. As the disease reaches their doorstep, Rhian tries to control her increasingly unstable brother.

I Choose
Director Tina Pasotra's debut drama short, co-written with producer Alice Lusher and shot by Adam Scarth, stars Yasmin Kaur Barn as Rupi, a young woman who sacrifices all that she has ever known to start a new life in Wales with her two young daughters.

Bitter Sky
Bitter Sky follows the story of 15-year-old girl called Nia from Liverpool. She is estranged from her mother and living with her adopted father Roy in the rural and wild landscape of mid Wales. Nia befriends local lad Aron as they fix up a broken-down car that she has found in the woods, and she must build unlikely friendships and face her demons in order to break away from the coercive control of her adopted father.

The Arborist
A story about how profoundly painful, difficult and necessary it is to accept the death of a loved one.
When tree surgeon Laura discovers her twin's memorial oak is dying, she returns to their childhood home where she must repair bonds with her brother Joe before she can move on.

Leaf Boat
Love can be scary, but it can also be life's greatest adventure.
Cwch Deilen (Leaf Boat) is a Welsh-language animated short film telling the story of Heledd and Celyn, who navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship. Through the bewitching power of 2D animation, this film explores the internal worlds of the characters' emotions visualised through stormy seas.
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