WOW AROUND WALES
We’re taking the festival on the road! WOW Around Wales is a brand-new year-round film programme bringing bold, thought-provoking cinema to communities across the country. Starting this autumn, we’ll be hosting monthly screenings in our partner venues; films that spark conversation, celebrate diverse voices, and connect local stories to global ones.
Rooted in community, each screening is designed to be welcoming, inclusive, and a chance to come together.
FEBRUARY 2026
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (15)
Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia/France, 2025, 89min, English, Arabic with English subtitles
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
A powerful and urgent cinematic experience that transcends traditional documentary form. Directed by the Academy Award–nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (Four Daughters, Beauty And The Dogs).
Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard: Tuesday 10 February, 7.30pm
Aberystwyth Arts Centre: Thursday 12 February, 7.45pm
Pontio, Bangor: Thursday 12 February, 7.15pm
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Hopkinstown Hall/Citrus Arts, Pontypridd: Thursday 19 February, 7pm
ACKROYD AND HARVEY: THE ART OF ACTIVISM (12A)
Fiona Cunningham-Reid, United Kingdom, 2025, 77mins
When does practice become protest - or protest, poetry?
This intimate and visually arresting documentary follows acclaimed artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, whose groundbreaking eco-art blurs the lines between creativity and activism. From living sculptures grown from grass to collaborations with Extinction Rebellion, their work uses nature itself as both subject and medium. Exploring their partnership and the founding of Culture Declares Emergency, the film captures a bold vision of art as urgent environmental action. Provocative, poetic, and timely, Ackroyd & Harvey asks where art, hope, and love can stand in a world on the edge.
Aberystwyth Arts Centre: Tuesday 2 December, 7.50pm
Pontio, Bangor: Tuesday 9 December, 7.15pm
LOST FOR WORDS (PG) + Q&A WITH JACKIE MORRIS
Hannah Papacek Harper, United Kingdom/France, 2025, 93mins
A poetic documentary that celebrates our bond with nature, inspired by The Lost Words. Journeying through the UK’s seasons, it weaves voices of children, elders, artists, and scientists. As landscapes and nature-words disappear, it reflects on what we are losing and offers a hopeful invitation to reawaken wonder and reconnect.
The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Jackie Morris, a beloved Wales-based artist, passionate advocate for the natural world, and co-writer of 'The Lost Words'.
Tuesday 14 October, 7.30pm
Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard
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DECEMBER 2025
OCTOBER 2025