Not too many films get made in the Welsh langauge, but now a new one has been officially announced at the Iris Prize Festival, which will be the first independent gay feature film in Welsh. The movie is called Maldod, and while most of its funding will come from traditional sources, it wants your help to top that up and so it’s launched an IndieGoGo campaign, which is currently seeking donations.
The film begins when 8-year old Mali discovers an angel in a field. The angel turns out to be Al, a man reeling from the sudden death of his partner. Mali and her mother Carys give Al shelter and set about trying to fix him. As Al recovers from his loss he transforms the lives of mother and daughter. He quite literally brings magic to Mali’s life by teaching her how to perform magic tricks and Mali goes from being the most bullied girl at school to the most popular. Al also transforms Carys’s failing dairy business and turns it around by producing gourmet ice-cream.
Together Al, Carys and Mali form an unorthodox family. Their happiness is threatened however by the prospect of a new love-affair for Al that forces him to face the circumstances of his partner’s death and his role in it. Ultimately Al must decide whether he can stay on the farm with Mali and Carys or return to his old life in London.
Maldod is based on a script by Roger Williams and will be directed by Lee Haven Jones. It’s the first feature film for both of them, although they have plenty of experience in TV. The current hope is to shoot the movie during the summer of 2015 in West Wales.
Take a look at the fundraising video below along with some short, mood-based concept pieces designed to give people a feel for the movie’s rural aesthetic. If you want to help this Welsh-language tale get made, head over to IndieGoGo.
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