SHORTS 1:
PLAY
BYRION 1:
CHWARAE
Whether it’s picking up a boardgame, starting a band with friends, or childhood games with made-up rules – play threads through our lifetimes and connects us in the most unexpected ways.
This joyful programme of eight animated short films bounces through wildly different worlds: from online realms, to the windswept Yorkshire moors (with a twist), to a Lego-ifed Loch Ness! Come and Play with us – make your commute into a game, burst into song and dance, and find Play in the everyday.
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67mins | Advisory: 15+ | Subtitled
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Content Notes: Violence, Blood, Death, Strong Language, Mild Peril
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Boed yn estyn am gêm fwrdd, dechrau band gyda ffrindiau, neu’n chwarae gêm blant â rheolau gwneud – rydyn ni’n chwarae drwy gydol ein bywydau ac mae’n ein cysylltu ni yn y ffyrdd mwyaf annisgwyl.
Mae’r rhaglen lawen yma o wyth ffilm fer animeiddiedig yn neidio drwy fydoedd cwbl wahanol: o deyrnasau ar-lein, i weundiroedd gwyntog Swydd Efrog (gyda thro!), i Loch Ness o Lego! Dewch i Chwarae gyda ni – teithiwch i mewn i gêm, ymgollwch mewn dawns a chân, a dewch o hyd i’r Chwarae yn y beunyddiol.
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67mun | Cynghorir: 15+ | Isdeitlau
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Nodiadau cynnwys: Trais, Gwaed, Marwolaeth, Rhegi, Perygl Ysgafn
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(S) - Student film
(W) - Welsh Premiere
(UK) - UK Premiere
(World) - World Premiere
FAMILY DINNER
Dir. Huayi Yu | USA | 04:00 (S)(W)
Cyf. Huayi Yu | UDA | 04:00
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Tonight, dinner starts with a slice of tomato.​
Heno, mae swper yn dechrau gyda sleisen o domato.
ROCKED BY THE WIND
Dir. Hsiao-Shan Huang | Taiwan | 13:36 (UK)
Cyf. Hsiao-Shan Huang | Taiwan | 13:36
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Yearning to connect with his bandmates and wanting a break from chores, high school senior Shuan headed to the city, to escape the familiar expectations of his family, only to be caught in a typhoon later that day.
Mae’r disgybl uwchradd Shuan yn dyheu am gysylltiad gyda’i gyd-aelodau band ac eisiau osgoi ei dasgau di-baid, ac mae’n mynd i’r ddinas i ddianc rhag hen ddisgwyliadau ei deulu, ond mae’n cael ei ddal gan deiffŵn.
SIGNAL
Dir. Emma Carré, Mathilde Parquet | Belgium, France | 16:44 (W)
Cyf. Emma Carré, Mathilde Parquet | Gwlad Belg, Ffrainc | 16:44
​Claudie is absolutely passionate about her rather unusual job: scanning the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life, hoping to make contact.
Mae Claudie yn gwbl angerddol am ei swydd eitha anarferol: sganio’r cosmos am arwyddion o fywyd allfydol, gan obeithio gwneud cysylltiad.
SPEEDING, OF COURSE
Dir. Anni Sairio, Joonatan Turkki | Finland | 03:57 (W)
Cyf. Anni Sairio, Joonatan Turkki | Y Ffindir | 03:57
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70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a ditch, but the adrenaline rush leaves a feeling of pleasure.
Mae Timo 70 oed yn gwneud y mwyaf o’i daith fer i’r gwaith. Wrth deithio’n gyflym ar feic mae’n glanio mewn ffos, ond mae’r pwl o adrenalin yn creu teimlad pleserus.
FISH
Dir. Yingdan Lai | USA | 06:38 (S)(W)
Cyf. Yingdan Lai | UDA | 06:38
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A girl and her pet fish share a love-hate relationship that ends in regret.
Mae merch a’i physgodyn anwes yn rhannu perthynas o gariad a chasineb sy’n gorffen ag edifeirwch.
WUTHERING HEARTS
Dir. Laura Jayne Hodkin | UK | 03:26 (W)​
Cyf. Laura Jayne Hodkin | Prydain | 03:26
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On the windswept Yorkshire moors, emo teen Helena navigates a turbulent journey of love.
Ar weundiroedd gwyntog Swydd Efrog, mae Helena, emo yn ei harddegau, yn delio â thaith gythryblus o gariad.
3RD PLACE
Dir. Jem Eli Fishwick | UK | 04:30 (S)
Cyf. Jem Eli Fishwick | Prydain | 04:30
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A young man spends the night online, playing games and talking to his long-distance friend.
Mae dyn ifanc yn treulio’r noson ar-lein, yn chwarae gemau ac yn sgwrsio gyda’i ffrind pellter hir.
LOCH NESS 1303
Dir. Joshua Chawner | UK | 15:00
Cyf. Joshua Chawner | Prydain | 15:00
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King Edward I has launched a full invasion of Scotland. His next move is a siege of the Urquhart Castle, by Loch Ness. Scottish Governor Alexander De Forbes must defend the castle from the invaders. But the commotion of war will come to a halt when a slumbering ancient power is disturbed: the Loch Ness Monster.
Mae Brenin Edward I wedi lansio goresgyniad llawn yn yr Alban. Ei gam nesaf yw gwarchae ar Gastell Urquhart, ger Loch Ness. Mae’n rhaid i Lywodraethwr yr Alban Alexander De Forbes amddiffyn y castell rhag y goresgynwyr. Ond mae cythrwfl rhyfel yn peidio pan fydd pŵer hynafol cysglyd yn cael ei darfu: Anghenfil y Loch Ness.