Wales 2026
90 minutes
Director: Marc Evans

Adapted from Gary Owen's much praised and widely performed stage play Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set against the wide-open landscapes of North Wales. The film follows Effi, a young woman who learns first-hand the personal costs of society’s shortcomings. Grappling with her weekly loop of unemployment, clubbing and hangovers, Effi has a chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee, briefly opening a door to something better. For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined. The reality that follows proves to be very different.

The play on which the film is based won Best New Play at the 2015 UK Theatre Awards, and was awarded the James Tait Black Prize in 2016.

Short film Spectre Of the Bear will be shown before this film