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South Wales Argus
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
National Library of Wales launches its new strategy
The strategy was unveiled at a launch event on May 20, which also previewed a new 'Clip Corner' at the Wales Millennium Centre. The strategy supports the Welsh Government's Priorities for Culture, aiming to make Wales' cultural legacy more accessible. The 'Clip Corner', set to open in June, will provide free access to digitised film, video, and audio from the Wales Broadcast Archive and the Library's Screen and Sound Archive. The archive, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government, contains more than a century of television and radio broadcasts from BBC Wales, ITV Wales, and S4C. The Clip Corner's location in Cardiff Bay represents plans to make library collections more accessible. Other Clip Corners are already open in Llanrwst, Cardiff, Swansea, Conwy, Carmarthen, and Caernarfon, with more to open across Wales later this year. The launch event at the Wales Millennium Centre featured a panel discussion with broadcaster Dot Davies, journalist Will Hayward, heritage leader Dr Gaynor Legall CBE, and Eluned Haf, Head of Wales Arts International. They discussed the role of culture and heritage in shaping Wales' identity. Rhodri Llwyd Morgan, Chief Executive of the National Library of Wales, said: "The launch of our new 2025-2030 strategy is a pivotal moment for Wales' cultural heritage — ensuring it is preserved, shared, and made accessible to all. "The Clip Corner at the Wales Millennium Centre is a prime example of this vision in action."
Western Telegraph
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Western Telegraph
Welsh film Oed Yr Addewid to be re-released in cinemas
Oed Yr Addewid (Do Not Go Gentle), a politically relevant Welsh language film from 2000, will be re-released in cinemas. The film will be shown at Theatr Gwaun on May 11. Directed by Emlyn Williams, Oed Yr Addewid is set in 1997, as Britain reaches a political crossroads following 18 years of Conservative Government rule. The film stars Welsh acting giants, Stewart Jones, Arwel Gruffydd, Gwenno Elis Hodgkins, and Gwyn Vaughan. The story follows William Davies, a widower, socialist, and retired quarryman, who feels angry and bitter towards a government that has more or less forgotten him in his old age, so he puts a desperate and absurd plan into action. Mr Gruffydd, who plays Alun in the film, said of the re-release: "I am very pleased that the Screen and Sound Archive of The National Library of Wales and Film Hub Wales have worked together to create a new digital print of Oed Yr Addewid. "It was an immense privilege to play a central role in this film 25 years ago, and I have very fond memories of that period, not least of working so closely with the inimitable, late, great Stewart Jones." The original 35mm film has been re-scanned to 2K quality by R3store Studios, then digitally restored by Gorilla Post Production and prepared for cinema screenings. With the support of Matchbox Cine, English and Welsh descriptive subtitles will also be added for the first time, making the film accessible to a wider audience.
