Winner
17. Best Feature Documentary
Valley of Steel - When the Iron Went Cold
Made In Tredegar Film Studios
Once one of the most important Iron and Steel producers in the U.K, Valley of Steel tell the story of Ebbw Vale Steel works and the rise and decline of the steel industry in the Welsh Valleys. The Works employed thousands of men and women. Their work was dangerous, dirty, and hard. Yet, these workers formed a close knit and supportive community. Developed from 1790, by the late 1930s it had become the largest steel mill in Europe. Nationalized after World War II, as the steel industry changed to bulk handling, iron and steel making was ceased in the 1970s, as the site was redeveloped as a specialised tinplate works. The works were shut in 2002, which devastated the local economy. This unique film told by the steelworkers themselves, covers the complete history of the works and includes never before seen footage.
All Nominees were as follows:
Dr. Bala
Koby Shimada & Nobuko Saito Cleary & Tadashi Umazume
Father
Deng Wei
Jingyangstreet
Qiong Wu
Light Chaser
Lu Wu
My Nieces Big Fat Delhi Wedding
Haresh Sood
Savage Land
Campbell Dalglish & Dr. Henrietta Mann & Alex Lora
Shots: Eugenics to Pandemics
John L Potash
The Red House
Francesco Catarinolo & Gianluca De Angelis
The Tredegar Task Force-a Covid Community Fightback.
Cymru Creations Film & Media
Valley of Steel – When the Iron Went Cold
Made In Tredegar Film Studios
Zero to Zero
Christa Lategan, Leonie Scholtz & Shem Compion
Thank you to everyone that entered this festival, you have been wonderful competitors and we wish you every success with your projects!
From all of the festival team.
