It's My Shout: Short Films from Wales - Season 8 / Year 2022

When kids begin mysteriously disappearing from school, amateur sleuth Llio decides to take the law into her own hands and scrutinise the sinister Miss Caradog. Always in the shadows, silent and brooding, there is something not quite right about this new teaching assistant.

With the help of her reluctant yet loyal friend Owen, they launch an elaborate detective investigation into these strange goings-on. Loading suspiciously hefty bin bags into the back of her car, leaving classrooms without students, and mysterious 'red paint' covering her desks - Llio knows Miss Caradog is up to something, but how far will she be prepared to go to prove she is right?

Upon screaming himself wide awake, Jac, a disillusioned 17-year-old from the wrong side of the tracks, finds himself in a familiar-looking interrogation room, but face to face with a very unfamiliar-looking detective.

The detective is intense and forceful; he takes Jac and his new girlfriend Shelley on a dark, twisted journey as both teenagers try to piece together what happened earlier that night. How did they get there, and does the road of fate really favour the bold?

A murky night out leaves Anya questioning whether she was spiked and assaulted, struggling to piece together what happened to her and come to terms with her trauma.

A typical Valleys house in a typical Valleys town, but with a less-than-typical family living inside.

Connor, Rachel, Hayley and Joe are trying their best to get by while living under the radar, working zero-hours contracts and struggling to make ends meet. The power keeps shutting off, the internet is sporadic at best, there is no food and, despite ever-more ingenious traps, the resident mouse manages to keep evading them. Add to this a heavily pregnant Rachel, and you have a perfect storm.

Fantasy drama set in rural North Wales in the fictional town of Annwn, a modern interpretation of the Celtic Otherworld that was home to the sorceress, Rhiannon.

Once a haven for the magical, the odd, the artistic and the ostricised, Annwn is slowly becoming a petri dish for hateful rhetoric, overseen by the ominous mayor, Gerallt Hopkins.

The story follows Ann, a talented young healing witch who dreams of using her gifts to help others. However, in this divided town, her idealism faces more and more obstacles in the form of mayor Gerallt Hopkins and his police goons. With her sister Cathryn and coven mother Tangrwst on her side, can Ann defy the odds against prejudice?

Life hasn't been easy for Leila Thomas. With an absent dad, a troubled mum, and nan no longer with her, it's her and her gramps against the world.

It's the run up to prom night for Leila and her friends in the Garw Valley. With money tight and the pressures of the cost of living weighing heavy on her shoulders, will it stop Leila's celebration? Despite the tough hand she has been dealt, and with only small change in her pocket, can a small change better her chances?

Having recently moved to the village of Ynysybwl, 12-year-old Ricky Runner is tested by the territorial Bwl Boys gang. Ricky is pushed outside of his comfort zone into unfamiliar places by the gang's leader, Billy, and his courage is put to the test. Can Ricky prove himself a worthy gang member and find a place in the posse that has ruled for generations?

Bartholomew, an insecure, by-the-book perfectionist, is tasked with welcoming the recently deceased to heaven's waiting room. Peter, his first death, challenges him to face his fears, doubts and insecurities, with the hope that Bartholomew will send Peter back to the living. Will Bartholomew see the light? Or will Peter be forced to live the rest of eternity facing his regrets and unfulfilled potential?

Mim is a woman on the edge and is stuck as the maid of honour to her not-so-honourable 'best friend', Gemma.

On the day of the wedding, Mim cannot wait to be finished with Gemma. She has just been offered a dream job far away, but, with a problematic menstruation situation, their terminally hungover pal Bea, a manic photographer and the chain-smoking champion Auntie Anne threatening to capsize the day, it's up to Mim to make the day work so that the curse of Gemma's friendship can be broken.

Debbie Harris is the leader of the red litter-picking tribe in Porthcawl. With just days looming before the big Clean Rubbish Around Porthcawl competition, Debbie gathers her troop together to go up against the dreaded blues - will she prove her worth to her fellow Porthcawlians?

A young girl spends her first Christmas without her late mother. However, her grandad is determined to make it a Christmas to remember - but will it be?