Blue | Glas

www.heleddwyn.co.uk

This is a ghost story. 

This bilingual Welsh and English short film will give you tingles, will scare you, as well as raise awareness of postnatal depression.

This short film is an adaptation by Heledd Wyn of a short story by award winning writer, Catrin Kean.

It will be filmed back-to-back, Welsh and English, in a stunning location near St David's, Pembrokeshire.

Your support will enable this film to be made, helping to raise awareness of postnatal depression and domestic abuse. 

Funds raised will pay for the dedicated cast and crew, the fantastic location, production costs and post-production.

It will also enable us to send the film to festivals and share with a greater audience.

This project will form part of Heledd's PhD portfolio exploring the perception of 'Voice and Culture in a Small Nation'.

The Story:

With a hollow heart and a screaming baby, Sarah sits in a bus shelter. The rain beats down. She has nowhere to go when Mrs Corliss sees her and takes her under her wing and gives her a place to stay. Sarah receives a key to Mrs Corliss’ family home. Sarah opens the door, not considering that it might be haunted. 

Set on a cliff overlooking the west coast of Wales, this short film is about finding safety in a storm. The story reveals the tender relationship of love and loss between mother and daughter, and the understated understanding between strangers as they face ghosts in the darkness. 

It’s about standing up in the face of suffocating waves.

The main characters who will bring the story to life:

Sarah late 20’s/30's. Mother to a young child. Sarah was once a sunny character. She was a dancer, but is now worn out and weary with a broken heart and nowhere to go. We follow the journey of the vulnerable, attractive young woman who's battered by abuse, as she searches for a place in the world - searches for love and solace. She’s left homeless when her boyfriend throws her out into the street.

Played by Catrin Mai Huw

Mrs Corliss Mother figure. Compassionate and generous. Lively. Funny. Strong. Giving. She lost a daughter who took her own life to the sea. She has a darkness. She wants to help a young woman find shelter during a storm.

Played by Cler Stephens

Fflur Mrs Corliss’ daughter who suffered from post natal depression. She took her own life, and her young baby’s life, by walking into the nearby sea. She can't let go of the living. 

Played by Lowri Palfrey

Thank you to:

Catrin Kean for permission to adapt her short story.

John Hardy Music for the use of the powerful score.