Berwyn Rowlands Festivals Company

Berwyn Rowlands

The Festivals Company from April 2006

  • Founder and Producer, Kaleidoscopic, Wrexham, 2010 -
  • Founder and Producer, Pierhead Sessions, 2010 -
  • Producer of Ffresh, the student moving image festival of Wales
  • Founder and producer of the Iris Prize Festival, 2006 -
  • Producer the BIG Canol Event, Welsh Assembly Government, 2008
  • Producer 14 short films for British Council (Wales), 2008
  • Founder of the Welsh Curry House of the year competition, 2007 -
  • Producer Party Political Broadcasts for Plaid Cymru, 2006 -
  • Founder of Cardiff’s Indian Food Festival, 2006 - 2008
  • Consultant and author, Strategic Plan for the Reels on Wheels project, National Library of Wales
  • Content Producer Celtic Media Festival, Skye, 2007

Sgrîn Cymru Wales, 1997 - 2006

  • Chief Executive
  • Artistic Director, Cardiff Screen Festival 2003 – 2005
  • Established Ffresh, the Student Moving Image Festival of Wales
  • Established the Wales Screen Commission with the support of all local authorities in Wales
  • Established the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales in partnership with the National Library of Wales

Premiere Cymru Wales, 1990 – 1997

  • Managing Director, managing a core team of 7
  • Publisher Ffocws, Busnesu, and Lingo! Magazines
  • Founder and Producer Ffocws National Radio Awards
  • Producer Wales Land of Film? for BBC Radio 2
  • Producer Llety Piod, a feature film for S4C
  • Producer Y Maer, documentary for S4C
  • Producer / Director Marchogion y Don, documentary for S4C
  • Producer / Director Crogi Mattan, drama documentary for S4C
  • Producer Hollywood yn Galw, factual fantasy for S4C
  • Producer / Director Rex (series 1 and series 2) for S4C
  • Founder and Producer Aberystwyth Indian Food Festival
  • Producer Sul Coch y Mwnt festival for The National Trust
  • Co-ordinator and PR Agent for The Celtic Challenge
  • PR Agent for S4C, Dinefwr Enterprise Company, Interesting Interiors
  • Editor Roc’90’s welsh music teletext service on MTV

Welsh International Film Festival 1988 – 1997

  • Founder and Director, responsible for programming, marketing and overall production of the annual event
  • Programmer Screen 5:15 weekly art-house programme at the Commodore Cinema, Aberystwyth
  • Programmer The Other Cinema in Town for Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Ffilmiau Rebecca 1987-1988

  • Researcher Tudalen 88 for S4C

A selection of voluntary positions held:

  • British Council Wales Advisory Committee, 2008 -
  • Celtic Film and Television Festival, Director, 1995 - 2008
  • National Film & Television School, Governor, 2002 – 2007
  • Moonstone International, Director, 2002 – 2007
  • Stonewall Cymru, Member LookOut group, 2005 –
  • Cardiff Lions Rugby Club, President, 2005 -