Dal: Yma/Nawr (Still: Here/Now)
Synopsis
The film produced for S4C by TV company Fiction Factory, takes viewers on a 2,000-year odyssey through Europe's oldest surviving bardic tradition. It takes in everything from Aneirin's sixth century war reportage to today's modern poetry slams, along with subtle clues to the secrets of its survival.
The film features some of Wales' greatest performing talents. Sian Phillips, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans are among those reading poems while singer-songwriters Cerys Matthews and John Cale perform their own arrangements of two Welsh melodies. The film has a stirring musical score composed by Catatonia's Owen Powell and Bedwyr Humphries.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 73 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Marc Evans
- Producer
- Ed Thomas, Fizzy Oppe
- Co-Producer
- Ed Thomas, Fizzy Oppe
- Editor
- Mike Hopkins
- Director of Photography
- Jimmy Dibling
- Sound
- Simon Fraser
- Music
- Owen Powell, Bedwyr Humphreys
- Principal Cast
- Rhys Ifans, Ioan Gruffydd, Sian Phillips, Matthew Rhys
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 7th September 2006
