Film projects across Ceredigion and Gwynedd will receive funding from Film Hub Wales (FHW).

FHW has allocated almost £170,000 of BFI National Lottery funding to 26 independent Welsh cinemas, film festivals and community screens, through 31 projects, via three funding strands: Spotlight, the Film Exhibition Fund and Rip it Up.  

A new three year ‘Spotlight’ project led by Wales One World Film Festival will build community film screenings in towns and villages such as Lampeter and Newcastle Emlyn where rural audiences face long or impractical public transport journeys to access screen culture.

Projects receiving funds include Aberystwyth’s Abertoir horror festival, Tywyn’s Magic ‘Lantern Loves’ programme, and Blaenau Ffestiniog’s Ffilmiau Pawb - Sinema Cellb 10.

Galeri Caernarfon will use funds to better reflect the community they serve and open new doors for those who have been historically under-represented.

Neuadd Dwyfor Pwllheli will present an eleven-month programme of Welsh film heritage and contemporary Welsh film-making.

Blaenau’s CellB will showcase authentic Welsh youth voices often under-represented on screen, connecting past and present expressions of rebellion, identity and creativity while engaging new audiences across North Wales.

Neuadd Dwyfor’s Chwala fo! is a youth led project working with three different youth organisations in Pwllheli to programme and host three bespoke screenings that explore youth culture throughout Wales and the UK. Curated by young people, with bespoke artwork and merchandise created with professional artists and a unique playlist and DJ set to accompany each film – all the activity will be document through moving image and photography.

Barmouth’s Dragon Theatre will fund screenings with a reminiscence Q&A discussion, a creative workshop for young people designing football shirts, a vintage scooter stopover and a Jamaican food night in partnership with Sheba Soul Ensemble.

The Japanese Animation Festival 2026 in Cardiff and Aberystwyth also receives funds, as does Bangor, Aberystwyth and Barmouth’s Sheba Soul Ensemble CIC.