26/4/2004

S4C's epic film about Welsh poetry Dal: Yma/Nawr, directed by Marc Evans, has scored a hat-trick of prizes at this year's Welsh BAFTA awards ceremony.

Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys, Rhys Ifans, Siân Phillips and a host of other Welsh stars, the film won the awards for Best Documentary/Drama Documentary, Best Camera - Not Drama and Best Editor.

S4C's bitter-sweet romantic film Siôn a Siân, broadcast on Christmas Day, also won two prizes, Best Film and Best Screenwriter, while Ryland Teifi, one of the stars of surreal comedy drama Fondue, Rhyw a Deinasors won the prize for Best Actor.

S4C's exclusive fly-on-the-wall documentary about singer Cerys Matthews, Cerys, won the award for Best Youth Programme and was one of a total of 19 S4C wins.

Lloriau/The Unswept Floor won the Best Animation Bafta, while Matthew Gravelle won the BAFTA for Best Newcomer for his S4C animated short Tapiau. Actor John Ogwen, who has starred in numerous S4C productions, was presented with the Bafta Cymru Special Award.

The award for best original music soundtrack went to S4C's international co-production Pwy Ysgrifennodd y Testament Newydd?/Who Wrote the New Testament? which had a score composed by Karl Jenkins.

S4C's three-part thriller Triongl won the award for Best Director of Photography - Drama and Best Design, while period drama Treflan won the Best Make-up Bafta. Trwy Lygaid Thomas Jones, a documentary about the Welsh artist, won the award for Best Educational Programme.

Satirical animated sketch show CNEX won the Bafta for Best Light Entertainment.

Iona Jones, S4C's Director of Programmes, says, "The awards reflect the successful creative partnership S4C enjoys with the independent production sector and the BBC.

"This level of recognition gives everyone involved in S4C's success an extra boost and reinforces our determination to meet the challenges of a fast-changing broadcasting industry."

S4C 2003 BAFTA Award Winners:

1. Best Camera - Not Drama
Dal: Yma/Nawr (Fiction Factory) Jimmy Dibling

2. Best Animation
Lloriau/The Unswept Floor (Cinetig) Jane Hubbard/Maureen O'Kane

3. Best Lighting Director - Not Camera
Meseia Handel (Tonfedd Eryri) Martin Rodgers

4. Best Youth Programme
Cerys (P.O.P.1) Emyr Penlan/Dafydd Rhys

5. Best Make-up
Treflan (Alfresco) Marie-Doris

6. Best Design
Triongl (Fiction Factory) Bill Bryce

7. Best Graphics/Titles
Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2003 (Opus) Emyr Jenkins

8. Best Original Music Soundtrack
Pwy Ysgrifennodd y Testament Newydd? (Opus) Karl Jenkins

9. Best Director of Photography
Triongl (Fiction Factory) Peter Thornton

10. Best Educational Programme
Trwy Lygaid Thomas Jones (Cwmni Da) Dylan Huws

11. Best Screenwriter
Siôn a Siân (HTV Cymru) Gareth F Williams

12. Best Editor
Dal: Yma/Nawr (Fiction Factory) Mike Hopkins

13. Best Drama for Television
Moses Pant-y-Brwyn (Opus) Eryl Huw Phillips

14. Best Short Film
The Separation Rob Morgan

15. Best Light Entertainment
CNEX (Cwmni Da) Dylan Huws

16. Best Newcomer
Matthew Gravelle for Tapiau (Beryl Productions)

17. Best Film
Siôn a Siôn (Opus) Eryl Huw Phillips

18. Best Documentary/Drama Documentary
Dal: Yma/Nawr (Fiction Factory) Ynyr Williams

19. Best Actor
Ryland Teifi for Fondue, Rhyw a Deinasors (Ffilmiau Fondue)

Source:	S4C Television
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