This screening is organised in partnership with Making Music.
Making Music champions leisure-time music groups across the UK with practical services, artistic development opportunities and by providing a collective voice for its members. They represent over 3,500 groups made up of around 190,000 musicians of all types, genres and abilities. They help them run their groups so they can get on with making music! For more information about their work, visit their website.
Ffilm ddogfen ddoniol a melancolaidd yw hon am Gȏr Meibion. Fe’i seiliwyd ar fywyd Ed – tad oedrannus y cyfarwyddwr. Ag yntau, Ed, erbyn hyn yn widman, gwertha ei gartref a threfna ei angladd ei hun. Ei unig gysur yw’r ymarfer cȏr bob nos Fawrth, ond wyneba’r cȏr argyfwng ei hun gyda mwyafrif ei aelodau tua 74 oed a nifer y baswyr yn gostwng yn raddol. Er mwyn osgoi tranc y cȏr rhaid chwilio am ddynion yn eu 40au a’u 50au. Wrth i Ed gael ei ysbrydoli gan y dasg, mae eraill yn delio â’r sefyllfa yn eu ffyrdd eu hunain ac fe wna’r arweinydd benderfynu y dylai’r cȏr roi cynnig ar gystadleuaeth yng Ngogledd Iwerddon.
This humorous and melancholic portrait of a male voice choir begins when the filmmakers’ father, widower Ed, 90, sells the family home and arranges his own funeral. His only remaining solace is Tuesday night practice, but with an average age of 74 and suffering a haemorrhaging of the bass section his beloved choir is facing a crisis of its own.They must act or face extinction. So the hunt begins to find ‘brown haired men’ in their 40s and 50s who can take the choir forward. As their search intensifies we come closer to them. Whilst Ed finds new meaning, Merf deals with his own bad news by focusing on the Choirs revival and Gwyn laughs at his prostate cancer diagnosis and walks on the wing of a plane to raise money. Finally, they raise themselves and travel to Northern Ireland to perform for the first time in 20 years.
- Year2021
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageWelsh, English
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorDylan Williams
- ProducerEuros Wyn
- Executive ProducerDylan Huws
This screening is organised in partnership with Making Music.
Making Music champions leisure-time music groups across the UK with practical services, artistic development opportunities and by providing a collective voice for its members. They represent over 3,500 groups made up of around 190,000 musicians of all types, genres and abilities. They help them run their groups so they can get on with making music! For more information about their work, visit their website.
Ffilm ddogfen ddoniol a melancolaidd yw hon am Gȏr Meibion. Fe’i seiliwyd ar fywyd Ed – tad oedrannus y cyfarwyddwr. Ag yntau, Ed, erbyn hyn yn widman, gwertha ei gartref a threfna ei angladd ei hun. Ei unig gysur yw’r ymarfer cȏr bob nos Fawrth, ond wyneba’r cȏr argyfwng ei hun gyda mwyafrif ei aelodau tua 74 oed a nifer y baswyr yn gostwng yn raddol. Er mwyn osgoi tranc y cȏr rhaid chwilio am ddynion yn eu 40au a’u 50au. Wrth i Ed gael ei ysbrydoli gan y dasg, mae eraill yn delio â’r sefyllfa yn eu ffyrdd eu hunain ac fe wna’r arweinydd benderfynu y dylai’r cȏr roi cynnig ar gystadleuaeth yng Ngogledd Iwerddon.
This humorous and melancholic portrait of a male voice choir begins when the filmmakers’ father, widower Ed, 90, sells the family home and arranges his own funeral. His only remaining solace is Tuesday night practice, but with an average age of 74 and suffering a haemorrhaging of the bass section his beloved choir is facing a crisis of its own.They must act or face extinction. So the hunt begins to find ‘brown haired men’ in their 40s and 50s who can take the choir forward. As their search intensifies we come closer to them. Whilst Ed finds new meaning, Merf deals with his own bad news by focusing on the Choirs revival and Gwyn laughs at his prostate cancer diagnosis and walks on the wing of a plane to raise money. Finally, they raise themselves and travel to Northern Ireland to perform for the first time in 20 years.
- Year2021
- Runtime77 minutes
- LanguageWelsh, English
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorDylan Williams
- ProducerEuros Wyn
- Executive ProducerDylan Huws