A Celebration of the Best UK and International Independent Film.
Everything has already been done, every story has been told every scene has been shot, it’s our job to do it one better — Stanley Kubrick
We are very committed to supporting Women In Film
At least 60% of all films screened at our festival have either female directors, producers or females in the main role. So to encourage even more participation by female filmmakers once again we have introduced this discount code which will be active up until submissions close in January 2019.
CHAMPIONING WOMEN IN FILM
The F-Rating is awarded to films
1. directed by a woman and/or
2. written by a woman
If the film also features significant women on screen in their own right it is TRIPLE F-Rated
The rating is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry, which was introduced by Bath Film Festival in 2014.
Our 8th festival will see some significant changes, for the last seven years, the festival has been held at the Stradey Park Hotel here in Llanelli. The hotel has been very supportive, and without their support, the festival would have been unable to get off the ground. So with the full support of the hotel, we felt it was time to move on and try something new. So for 2019 CBFF will be held at the jewel of Carmarthenshire, The Ffwrnes theatre in the heart of Llanelli, which will bring a new dynamic and feel to the festival.
Already excitement is building here at CBFF HQ as we look forward to moving to our new venue. And you can see from the photos above why.
It’s all about fairness, our motto.
‘This festival is honest’ and will always be, a champion of independent film.
Films Judge by Industry Jury,
Widely promoted Festival,
Committed to Transparency,
BAFTA Cymru Qualifying Festival
Filmmakers are saying this about our festival
She Is Juiced was a finalist in this great festival! So grateful to Kelvin for his heartfelt commitment to bringing more films to Wales. His passion is tangible and its really great to see that CBFF2019 looks even better! Thank you CBFF I’ll see you soon…Kindest Lois
Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it to the actual festival, but my film was shown there. All my communication with the Festival was very prompt and polite. Would definitely submit again!
This is a fantastic festival, very high-quality films making the shortlists from all over the globe. Very proud to have screened and hoping this festival goes from strength to strength.
More comments can be found on our FilmFreeway page.
We are really proud to say that we’ve done it again for August. That’s three months in a row now. Thanks to everyone that left a review at FilmFreeway. If you haven’t already please do, we really value your feedback.
Dear Carmarthen Bay Film Festival(BAFTA Cymru Qualifying Festival),
Congratulations! Your festival has ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway for the month of September!
According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 2% of more than 6,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event.
We’re especially proud to be partnered with amazing events like yours that help independent film continue to thrive.
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival(BAFTA Cymru Qualifying Festival) proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world’s best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage, digital press kits, and more.
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Standard Fee: USD 30 F-Rated 30% discount for all female filmmakers
Student Fee: USD 20 F-Rated 30% discount for all female filmmakers
Plus a further discount for all FilmFreeway Gold members!
It’s free to sign up to Gold membership.
We also accept submission via festhome
We as a festival are also very keen to promote and follow
UFFO’s Code of Practices for Film Festivals
No 1: Film Festival organisers should operate a transparent selection process and state if the festival is a jury festival or non-jury festival
No 2: Film Festivals organisers should provide full contact details for the festival offices including address and telephone numbers and the names of the festival directors and or committee
No 3: A Film Festival should publish its legal status as a company, charity or non-profit (this only applies to a registered entity)
No 4: Film Festival organisers should not share financial data belonging to any filmmakers with any third parties.
No 5: Film Festivals should publish a year by year history of festival winners and films officially selected
No 6: Film Festival organisers, committee and or jury should not show or demonstrate any favouritism or hostility to any film submitted to the festival or attempt to influence other members of the jury or selection committee
No 7: Film Festivals should declare the number of films sought out and or invited by the festival organisers to participate in the festival prior to and before the general call for submissions is sent out
No 8: A Film Festivals jury members should be made up of film industry professionals (non-jury festivals are exempt)
No 9: Film Festival organisers should view at least 5 minutes of all submitted films
No 10: All Festival organisers should declare any conflict of interest that may arise from any film submitted to or invited to participate in the festival
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