BAFTA in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, today announces the nominations for the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2023, honouring excellence and celebrating creative talent across film and television in Wales.
Nominations for all 22 competitive categories spanning craft, performance and production are unveiled, with the winners to be announced at the Cymru Awards ceremony on 15 October.
The highlights are:
- Seven nominations for Y Sŵn
- Five nominations for Stori’r laith
- Four nominations for Greenham
- Three nominations for Chris a'r Afal Mawr
- Three nominations for Television Dramas His Dark Materials, The Lazarus Project and The Pact.
- Five first time BAFTA Cymru nominees in the performance categories including, Graham Land, Katie Wix, Owain Arthur, Rakie Ayola and Taron Egerton.
As previously announced, the Siân Phillips Special Award, one of BAFTA Cymru’s highest accolades, has been awarded to Welsh actress Rakie Ayola. See press release here.
Explore the full list of nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Cymru Awards below and share it on social with the hashtag #BAFTACymruAwards.
ACTOR
GRAHAM LAND Dal Y Mellt - Vox Pictures / S4C
OWAIN ARTHUR The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Studios / Amazon Prime Video
RHYS IFANS House of The Dragon - HBO / 1:26 Pictures / Bastard Sword / GRRM Productions / Sky Atlantic
TARON EGERTON Black Bird – Apple Studios / Apple TV+
ACTRESS
EIRY THOMAS Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
KATY WIX Big Boys - Roughcut TV / Channel 4
RAKIE AYOLA The Pact - Little Door Productions / BBC One Wales
RUTH WILSON His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf / BBC iPlayer
BREAKTHROUGH CYMRU
EMILY MORUS-JONES Diomysus: More than Monogamy - BBC Wales & Emily Morus-Jones Production / BBC Three
ISSA FARFOUR Wales this Week and Wales at Six - ITV Cymru Wales
MARED JARMAN How This Blind Girl... – Boom Cymru / BBC Two
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
GWRACH Y RHIBYN – Boom Cymru / S4C
MABINOGIOGI - Boom Cymru / S4C
Y GOLEUDY – Boom Cymru / S4C
COSTUME DESIGN
JO THOMPSON Save The Cinema - Future Artists Entertainment Ltd / Sky Cinema
SARAH YOUNG Willow - Lucasfilm Ltd. / Disney+
SIÂN JENKINS Dream Horse - Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL
CHLOE FAIRWEATHER Scouting for Girls: Fashion's Darkest Secret – The Guardian / Wonderhood Studios / Sky Studios / Sky Documentaries
CLARE STURGES Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me - Embankment Films / Apple TV+ / BBC Two
DYLAN WYN RICHARDS Greenham - Teledu Tinopolis Cymru Cyf / S4C
GRUFFYDD SION REES Stori'r Iaith – Rondo Media / S4C
DIRECTOR: FICTION
ISABELLA EKLÖF Industry – Bad Wolf / BBC iPlayer
LEE HAVEN JONES Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
RICHARD STODDARD Brassic - Calamity Films / Sky Max
SALLY EL HOSAINI The Swimmers – Working Title / Netflix
EDITING FACTUAL
GWYN JONES Italia 90 - Four Weeks that Changed the World - Blast! Films / Sky Documentaries
JOHN GILLANDERS & DAFYDD HUNT Stori'r Iaith - Rondo Media / S4C
RHYS AP RHOBERT Greenham - Teledu Tinopolis Cymru Cyf / S4C
SION AARON Chris a'r Afal Mawr – Cwmni Da / S4C
EDITING FICTION
DAFYDD HUNT Yr Amgueddfa – Boom Cymru / S4C
JOHANNES HUBRICH The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
KEVIN JONES Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
MALI EVANS Y Golau / The Light in the Hall - Triongl / Duchess Street / S4C
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
CHRIS A'R AFAL MAWR - Cwmni Da / S4C
GOGGLEBOCS CYMRU - Cwmni Da / Chwarel / S4C
LUKE EVANS: SHOWTIME! – Afanti / BBC Two
STEREOPHONICS LIVE IN CARDIFF: WE'LL KEEP A WELCOME – BBC Studios / Stereophonics / Aldgate Pictures / BBC One
FACTUAL SERIES
A SPECIAL SCHOOL - Slam Media / BBC One Wales
GREENHAM - Teledu Tinopolis Cymru Cyf / S4C
STORI'R IAITH - Rondo Media / S4C
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF APRIL JONES - Blast! Films / Channel 4
FEATURE/TELEVISION FILM
DONNA - Truth Department / Films de Force Majeure
FIVE DATES - Wales Interactive / Good Gate Media
Y SŴN - Swnllyd
NEWS, CURRENT AFFAIRS & TOPICAL
BBC WALES INVESTIGATES; WELSH RUGBY UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT - BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One wales
COUNTY LINES - ITV Cymru Wales / S4C
LLOFRUDDIAETH LOGAN MWANGI - Multistory Media Cymru / ITV Studios / S4C
Y BYD AR BEDWAR: COST CWPAN Y BYD QATAR - ITV Cymru Wales / S4C
PHOTOGRAPHY FACTUAL
CHRISTIAN CARGILL Heart Valley - The New Yorker / Dalmatian Films / BBC Two Wales
PAUL JOSEPH DAVIES Greenham - Teledu Tinopolis Cymru Cyf / S4C
SAM JORDAN-RICHARDSON Our Lives - Born Deaf Raised Hearing – On Par Productions / BBC One
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING: FICTION
BJORN BRATBERG The Feast / Gwledd - Sgrech
BRYAN GAVIGAN Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
DAVID JOHNSON His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf /BBC iPlayer
SERGIO DELGADO The Pact – Little Door Productions / BBC One Wales
PRESENTER
CHRIS ROBERTS Chris a'r Afal Mawr – Cwmni Da / S4C
EMMA WALFORD & TRYSTAN ELLIS-MORRIS Prosiect Pum Mil – Boom Cymru / S4C
LISA JÊN Stori'r laith – Rondo Media / S4C
SEAN FLETCHER Stori'r Iaith – Rondo Media / S4C
PRODUCTION DESIGN
DAFYDD SHURMER Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
DANIEL TAYLOR Dream Horse – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.
JOEL COLLINS His Dark Materials – Bad Wolf / BBC iPlayer
JONATHAN HOULDING Save The Cinema – Future Artists Entertainment Ltd / Sky Cinema
SHORT FILM
CARDIFF - The Festivals Company
HEART VALLEY - The New Yorker / Dalmatian Films / BBC Two Wales
INNER POLAR BEAR - Gritty Realism Productions
NANT - Strike Pictures / Channel 4 Streaming
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY
BLOOD, SWEAT AND CHEER - Little Bird Films / BBC Three
BROTHERS IN DANCE : ANTHONY AND KEL MATSENA - BBC Studios / BBC Two Wales
JASON AND CLARA - IN MEMORY OF MAUDIE - ITV Cymru Wales / ITV1
SPIKE MILLIGAN: THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE – Yeti / Sky Arts
SOUND
SOUND TEAM Industry – Bad Wolf / BBC iPlayer
SOUND TEAM The Feast / Gwledd - Sgrech
SOUND TEAM The Rising – Sky Studios / De Mensen / Sky Max
TELEVISION DRAMA
CASUALTY - BBC Studios / BBC One
THE LAZARUS PROJECT - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
PERSONA - Cwmni Da / S4C
WRITER
JOE BARTON The Lazarus Project - Urban Myth Films / Sky Max
PETE MCTIGHE The Pact - Little Door Productions / BBC One
ROGER WILLIAMS Y Sŵn - Swnllyd
RUSSELL T DAVIES Nolly – Quay Street Productions / ITVX
6 September 2023
Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 15 October 2023.
