CBFF is the film-maker's festival. Always championing the very best in independent film making and film-makers in Wales and from around the world.
We have gone from 35 submissions to well over 800 from 74 different countries for our 2023 festival. We have had filmmakers flying in from the US, China, Europe and the rest of the world.
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We love film and we'd love to watch yours! To become one of our 2025 winners, please submit your film by 3rd March 2025. To enter click on submit my film button below and submit your film onto FilmFreeway for a chance to win!
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The CBFF team put on a great warm show and make everyone feel incredibly welcome. The variety of films always makes for an interesting block and we were delighted to have 10 clients screen at the 2024 edition
Thank you to Carmarthen Bay Film Festival for screening our short film Car Sick. It was a pleasure to be involved in this prestigious BAFTA qualifying festival, screening our film in Wales and to top it off winning the Celtic Short Award.
The team do a fantastic job running the festival, congratulations on another successful year.
This really is a great Festival. _ELICIT_ also won best short here, but that is not the reason I am giving it such a great review. It's a festival for the filmmakers soul. A chance to some really great films, mix with generous spirits who love film. With genuine interest as to what you are doing next.
It was a great film festival and I was very honored to have my work at this festival. I will do my best to participate in this film festival again.
It's a joy participating in the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. The CBFF team are wonderful and a pleasure to work with. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to attend the festival in person this year (2024) after participating virtually in 2021. Looking forward already to next time!
We're honored to win the award of best animated short this year and want to thank the organization for this great festival.
I hope to attend the festival next year in real life! Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium!
It's a true honor to be a part of this festival. The director and staff were so warm, professional, and a joy to work with. The whole experience was excellent in every way.
We thank CBFF-team for the fantastic online festival experience! The communication was very friendly and prompt. Also the smooth technical handling was truly impressive. We are very happy to have been part of the festival and warmly recommend it!
A wonderful festival that I look forward to attending 1 day in person. Great group of people who make this festival very special. It was a privilege being selected and screened.
Thank you very much to have my film “the Owl” screened in the festival, very delighted to share my thoughts through movie to different culture, festival is very well planned, communication is efficient, I wish to attend the festival in person next time.
CBFF 2021 was the perfect festival to celebrate the world premiere of our short film One for the Road. Even though the festival had to be moved online due to Covid, Kelvin and his team went out of their way to host a great festival. We were honoured to be included in this year's fantastic lineup and to win Best Short Film Made in Wales. We hope to be back in person during one of the future editions. Highly recommended!
Thank you very much for choosing "Love Me Tender" among the finalists, I am very happy to have been able to share my film with you, even from afar and in the conditions we have to deal with, I hope to see you soon, delighted with this first meeting with Carmarthen!
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