STAYING ‘AROS MAE’ (2020)

Directed by Zillah Bowes
Produced by Jack Thomas-O’Brien

A woman from the city has a brief but life-changing connection with a hill farmer and the landscape in remote Mid Wales.

‘Staying (Aros Mae)’ features real-life members of a traditional hill farming community in Radnorshire, Mid Wales, whose way of life is changing due to climate crisis, Brexit and the UK economy.

Festival Screenings
Cork International Film Festival 2020
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2021
Encounters Film Festival 2021 & 2022
Premiers Plans Angers Film Festival 2021
Bolton Film Festival 2021
The Shortest Nights 2021
EFN Film Festival 2021
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021
This is England Film Festival 2021
Cinemagic Film Festival 2021
Castellinaria Film Festival 2021
Whistler Film Festival 2021
This Way Up 2021
British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin 2022
Celtic Film Festival, Paris 2022
Kingston International Film Festival 2022

Awards & nominations
Grand Jury Prize Winner, Best European Short - Premiers Plans Angers Film Festival 2021
Special Jury Mention - Encounters Film Festival 2021
Audience Favourite Award Winner - EFN Film Festival 2021
Nominated for Grand Prix International Short - Cork International Film Festival 2020
Nominated for Brief Encounters Grand Prix - Encounters Film Festival 2021
Nominated for Best Short Film Made in Wales - Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021