30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Panorama

Gwen (2018) 15

United Kingdom | 2018 | 86 min.

In the stark beauty of 19th Century Snowdonia, a young girl, Gwen, tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother´s mysterious illness, her father´s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home, and the suspicious local community turns on Gwen and her family.

CountryUnited Kingdom
Year2018
Duration86 min
Rating15
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by William McGregor
Screenplay William McGregor
Director of Photography Adam Etherington
Music James Edward Barker
Edited by Mark Towns
Contact Great Point Media

Biography

British screenwriter and director. He graduated from University for the Creative Arts Farnham. He captivated with his award-winning short films, e.g. Who's Afraid of the Water Sprite? (2009), Bovine (2010) and No Escape (2011). He's also directed TV series and the feature drama Gwen (2018).

Family, Tradition, Growing Up, Drama, Mystery