Wales International Documentary Festival

Over three days, Wales International Documentary Festival will draw independent filmmakers, industry experts and international audiences to Blackwood, Wales.

The festival will screen over 50 films, will host networking events, masterclasses, training programmes and celebrate the best in documentary film making over the last year, from creative feature-docs to online short-docs.

The Mayor’s Race will be screened at WIDF18 on Thursday 19th April at 9pm.
@ Blackwood Miners’ Institute
High Street
Blackwood, Caerphilly NP12 1AA
United Kingdom

Blackwood sits on the bank of the Sirhowy River in the South Wales Valleys. Founded as a model village in the early 19th century, its fortunes rose and fell with the coal industry. At the height of the Industrial Revolution, Blackwood gave birth to the Chartist Movement that demanded basic rights for workers.

Today a center for business, culture, and debate, Blackwood is known internationally for its links to the Manic Street Preachers. In recent years, the local community has been the subject of major feature documentaries Dark Horse, Mr Calzaghe and No Manifesto.