‘an incredible international showcase’
The BAFTA-Cymru Qualifying FOCUS Wales Film Festival returns May 2026, featuring a packed programme of new Welsh and International film screenings and industry events.
You can submit your film now via FilmFreeway. Click on the button below.
Film Festival tickets will be available soon.
Full Festival Passes, offering access to all FOCUS Wales events across film, music and the conference are available here.
| Best Welsh Drama | Sol | Mayla Valdés Santos |
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| Best International Drama | Roundabout | Patrick Sheard |
| Best Welsh Experimental Film | 1 in 5 Sheep | James Button |
| Best International Experimental Film | To End All Spells | Nana Kwabena and Zachary Cedarholm |
| Best Welsh Thriller | Fisitor | Llŷr Titus |
| Best International Thriller | Family Sunday | Gerardo Del Razo |
| Best Welsh Animation | Passenger | Nia Alavezos |
| Best International Animation | Devil’s Parasite | Lisa Rydberg and Lars Henrik Andersson |
| Best Welsh Music Video | Take (WRKHOUSE) | Aled Victor |
| Best International Music Video | You Are Now in the Public Domain | Bobby Ge |
| Best Welsh Documentary | The Perfect Cut | Simon Dales |
| Best International Documentary | Darlinghurst Eats It’s Young | Madeleine Preston |
| Best Welsh Performance | Out of Time | Claire Victoria Roberts, Giselle Ty and Lauren Orme |
| Best International Performance | Blue Bird | Yue Hua |
| Best Original Score | Ogham | Gemma Doherty |
| Celtic Film Award | Clan | Jaime Lock |
| Best Welsh Music Video | Dancing Round The Morning Sun | Myles Docherty |
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| Best Welsh Narrative | Control Room | J.A.G Hodges |
| Best International Music Video | Bad Apple | 태영 Taeyoung 김 Kim |
| Best Welsh Documentary | A Cross To Bear | Joseff Morgan |
| Best International Documentary | Rusted Earths | Moza Al Mazrouei |
| Best Welsh Animation | The Robin and the Wren | Léa Sautin |
| Best International Animation | A brief word about KEYWORDS | Philip Seargeant |
| Celtic Film Award | Y WERIN / HIRAETH | Ella Spottiswood, Adam Evans |
| Best Original Score | GRIEF | Connor Allen, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, REDBRCK |
| Best International Narrative | Cariad Brawdol | Rhys Prichard |
| Best Welsh Narrative | Our Home The Sea (Adra Ni Y Mor) | Mared Rees |
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| Best International Narrative | Mask | Margaret Kane-Rowe |
| Best Welsh Music Video | Death | Lloyd Best |
| Best International Music Video | There are Mountains Between Us | Gabriel Stanger |
| Best Welsh Documentary | The Recovery Expedition | Lucke Gabriel |
| Best International Documentary | Lose This | Will Killen |
| Best Welsh Animation | Diomysus | Emily Elizabeth Morus-Jones |
| Best International Animation | Dénouement | Lesley Ung |
| Celtic Film Award | Set in Slate? | Beth Blandford (Joint winner) |
| Celtic Film Award | She Sells Shellfish | Lilly Tiger (Joint Winner) |
| Best Original Score | In These Stones | Tim Tyson Short |
| Best Welsh Narrative | Bald | Luke Bather |
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| Best International Narrative | Backseat Driver | Jake Balfour-Lynn |
| Best Welsh Animation | Allowed | Zillah Bowes |
| Best International Animation | The Author | Luiz Maximo |
| Best Welsh Documentary | Rhyl from Bygone Era | Ffion Pritchard |
| Best International Documentary | Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion | Arturo Dueñas Herrero |
| Best Welsh Music Video | FUTURE KULT – My Brothers And Me | Mac Nixon |
| Best International Music Video | The Zangwills – Judas on the Dancefloor | Lowri Roberts |
| Best Original Score | ‘Tymhorau’ | Dan Soley |
| Celtic Film Award | The House of Jollof | Sita Thomas |
| Best Welsh Narrative | Hard as Nails | Tomos James |
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| Best International Narrative | Segregatio | Jowy Santiago |
| Best International Music Video | Sorcerer | Tom Hughes |
| Best Welsh Documentary | The Beekeeper | William McGregor |
| Best International Documentary | New Ways | Jonas Hegi |
| Best Welsh Animation | Creepy Pasta Salad | Lauren Orme |
| Best International Animation | The Boy and the Mountain | Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal |
| Celtic Film Award | Cwch Deilen | Efa Blosse-Mason |
| Best Original Score | Dig Ophelia Dig | Kyran Davies |
| Best International Music Video | Focal (Parallax) | Peter Renzullo |
| Best Film - Wales | Seven Sharp | Roque Cameselle Capón |
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| Best Film - International | Stari Grad | Jack Beck |