The winners of the 31st BAFTA Cymru Awards have been announced this evening at a special ceremony at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, hosted by TV presenter Alex Jones. The BAFTA Cymru Awards honour excellence and celebrate talent across film and television in Wales.

In My Skin won the award for Television Drama, Kayleigh Llewellyn won the Writer category and Molly Manners won the award for Director Fiction.

Owen Teale won the award for Actor for Dream Horse.  Dream Horse won in the Sound category.

Following her nomination at the 2022 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Emilia Jones won for the award for Actress for her performance in CODA. Grav won the Feature/Television Film award.

The award for Breakthrough Cymru was won by Chloe Fairweather for Dying to Divorce. First-time nominees Will Baldy won the award for Photography and Lighting: Fiction for The Pact; Dylan Williams won Director Factual for Men Who Sing and Chris Roberts collected the award for Presenter in Bwyd Byd Epic Chris.

Bwyd Byd Epic Chris also won the Entertainment Programme award.

Hei Hanes! won in the Children’s Programme category. The award for Short Film was won by Affairs of the Art.

The award for Single Documentary was presented to Y Parchedig Emyr Ddrwg; Factual Series was awarded to Ysgol Ni: Y Moelwyn; and News, Current Affairs & Topical was presented to Coronavirus: A Care Home’s Story.

Tim Davies won the award for Photography Factual for The Long Walk Home. Dan Young won in the Editing Factual category for Slammed. Editing Fiction was presented to Elen Pierce Lewis for Landscapers. The Make Up and Hair category was won by Claire Williams for the Pursuit of Love

Producer Annabel Jones was presented the Siân Phillips Award by Shane Allen. One of BAFTA’s highest accolades, this prestigious award is presented to a Welsh individual who has made significant contributions in either major feature films or network television programmes. Further information about this Award and Annabel Jones is here.

Notes to Editors

  • Kayleigh Llewellyn is a BAFTA Breakthrough alumni.
  • The three BAFTA Cymru Awards for In My Skin follows wins earlier this year for; Best Drama Series at the Virgin Media BAFTA Television Awards and Kayleigh Llewellyn’s win for Writer: Drama at this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Awards, and previously at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Awards.

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Full list of Winners and Nominees for the 2022 BAFTA Cymru Awards

ACTOR

ANEURIN BARNARD Time – BBC Studios / BBC One

EDDIE MARSAN The Pact – Little Door Productions / BBC One

OWEN TEALE Dream Horse – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.

SIÔN DANIEL YOUNG Deceit – Story Films / Channel 4

 

ACTRESS

AIMEE LOU WOOD Mincemeat (On the Edge) – BlackLight Television / Channel 4

EMILIA JONES CODA – Apple TV+ / Vendôme Pictures / Pathé Films

GABRIELLE CREEVY In My Skin – Expectation Entertainment / BBC One Wales

JOANNA SCANLAN After Love – The Bureau / BFI

 

BREAKTHROUGH CYMRU

BEN REED for Portrait of Kaye – Plainsong / Agile Films

CHLOE FAIRWEATHER Dying to Divorce – Dying to Divorce Ltd / Aldeles AS / Dartmouth Films

LEMARL FRECKLETON Curadur – Orchard / S4C

SAMANTHA O’ROURKE Mincemeat (On the Edge) – BlackLight Television / Channel 4

 

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME

BEX – Ceidiog / S4C

DEIAN A LOLI – Cwmni Da / S4C

EFACIWIS – Wildflame Productions / S4C

HEI HANES! – Cwmni Da / S4C

 

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL

CHLOE FAIRWEATHER Dying to Divorce – Dying to Divorce Ltd / Aldeles AS / Dartmouth Films

DYLAN WILLIAMS Y Côr / Men Who Sing – Men Who Sing Ltd / Backflip Media / Cwmni Da / Dartmouth Films

ERIC HAYNES A Killing In Tiger Bay – BBC Wales / BBC Two

TOM BARROW Murder in the Valleys – Five Mile Films / Sky Crime

 

DIRECTOR: FICTION

GARETH BRYN Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One

MARC EVANS Manhunt The Night Stalker – Buffalo Pictures / ITV

MOLLY MANNERS In My Skin – Expectation Entertainment / BBC One Wales

SIÂN HEDER CODA – Apple TV+ / Vendôme Pictures / Pathé Films

 

EDITING FACTUAL

ALUN EDWARDS John Owen: Cadw Cyfrinach – Wildflame Productions / S4C

DAN YOUNG Slammed – BBC Wales / BBC One Wales

IAN DURHAM Snowdonia: A Year on the Farm – Frank Films / BBC One Wales

JOHN GILLANDERS Huw Edwards yn 60 – Rondo Media / S4C

 

EDITING FICTION

ELEN PIERCE LEWIS Landscapers – SISTER in association with South of the River Pictures / Sky Atlantic

TIM HODGES Life and Death in the Warehouse – BBC Studios / BBC Three

URIEN DEINIOL Enid a Lucy – Boom Cymru / S4C

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

6 GWLAD SHANE AC LEUAN – Orchard / S4C

AM DRO! – Cardiff Productions / S4C

BWYD BYD EPIC CHRIS – Cwmni Da / S4C

IAITH AR DAITH – Boom Cymru / S4C

 

FACTUAL SERIES

GWESTY ADUNIAD – Darlun / S4C

THE GREAT BIG TINY DESIGN CHALLENGE – Yeti Television / More4

MURDER IN THE VALLEYS – Five Mile Films / Sky Crime

YSGOL NI: Y MOELWYN – Darlun / S4C

 

FEATURE/TELEVISION FILM

DREAM HORSE – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.

GRAV – Regan Development / Tarian Cyf / S4C

THE TRICK – Vox Pictures / BBC / BBC One

 

MAKE UP AND HAIR

CLAIRE WILLIAMS The Pursuit of Love – Open Book Productions / Moonage Pictures / BBC One

JACQUETTA LEVON – Save The Cinema – Future Artists Entertainment Ltd / Sky Cinema

ROSEANN SAMUEL Dream Horse – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.

 

NEWS, CURRENT AFFAIRS & TOPICAL

A KILLING IN TIGER BAY – BBC Wales / BBC Two

CORONAVIRUS: A CARE HOME’S STORY – ITV Cymru Wales

COVID, Y JAB A NI – Cloud Break Pictures / S4C

NO BODY RECOVERED – ITV Cymru Wales / ITV

 

PHOTOGRAPHY FACTUAL

MEI WILLIAMS Peter Moore: Dyn Mewn Du – Kailash Films / S4C

TIM DAVIES The Long Walk Home – Rediscover Media / Telesgop / BBC One

TUDOR EVANS Dark Land – The Hunt for Wales’ Worst Serial Killer – Monster Films / BBC One Wales

 

PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING: FICTION

CHAS BAIN A Discovery of Witches – Bad Wolf / Sky Max

ERIK ALEXANDER WILSON Dream Horse – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.

RYAN EDDLESTON Grav – Regan Development / Tarian Cyf / S4C

WILL BALDY The Pact – Little Door Productions / BBC One

 

PRESENTER

CHRIS ROBERTS in Bwyd Byd Epic Chris – Cwmni Da / S4C

ELIN FFLUR in Sgwrs Dan y Lloer – Tinopolis / S4C

JASON MOHAMMAD in DRYCH: Trelai, y Terfysg a Jason Mohammad – Hall of Mirrors / S4C

SEAN FLETCHER in Wonders of the Border – ITV Cymru Wales

 

SHORT FILM

AFFAIRS OF THE ART – Beryl Productions International / National Film Board of Canada / BBC Two Wales

FACE DOWN IN THE BACK OF A CAR – Scymru

JACKDAW – Broadside Films

LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER – On Par Productions

 

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

JOHN OWEN: CADW CYFRINACH – Wildflame Productions / S4C

MOTHERS, MISSILES AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT – ie ie Productions / BB One Wales

MYLEENE KLASS: MISCARRIAGE & ME – Hall of Mirrors / W

Y PARCHEDIG EMYR DDRWG – Docshed / S4C
SOUND

JOHN MARKHAM Cyngerdd Tangnefedd Llangollen – Rondo Media / S4C

SOUND TEAM Dream Horse – Film 4 Productions / Topic Studios / Ffilm Cymru Wales / Ingenious Media / Raw TV / Popara Films / Warner Bros.

SOUND TEAM Wonders of the Celtic Deep – One Tribe TV / BBC One Wales

 

TELEVISION DRAMA

IN MY SKIN – Expectation Entertainment / BBC One Wales

LIFE AND DEATH IN THE WAREHOUSE – BBC Studios / BBC Three

MINCEMEAT (ON THE EDGE) – BlackLight Television / Channel 4

YR AMGUEDDFA – Boom Cymru / Tarian Cyf / S4C

 

WRITER

KAYLEIGH LLEWELLYN In My Skin – Expectation Entertainment / BBC One Wales

OWEN THOMAS Grav – Regan Development / S4C

PETE MCTIGHE The Pact – Little Door Productions / BBC One

SIÂN HEDER CODA – Apple TV+ / Vendôme Pictures / Pathé Films