She Sells Shellfish / Molysgiaid a Menywod y Môr is a short doc by Lily Tiger shot on super 8mm, connecting two Welsh women’s lives with those of the archived past. A curious exploration of the female cockle gatherers of South Wales, and the surprising secret shellfish and seaweed hold for our oceans’ health.
Commissioned by WOW Film Festival as part of Bangladesh-Cymru Climate stories, a partnership with Dhaka DocLab funded by the British Council’s International Collaborations Grants.
On location at Câr-y-Môr in St Davids and Swansea Market.
Editor- Tom Oliver
D.O.P- Sion Marshall-Waters
Sound design- Camilla Isola
Opening/closing vocals- Maeve Bluebell T-Wells
Sound mix- Organic Audio
Seaweed developing wizard- Ed Thomas
Starring Megan Haines and Carol Watts.
Selected screenings/Awards
WOW Film Festival 2023, Aberystwyth.
Aesthetica 2023, York. Official Selection Documentary.
Focus Wales 2023, Wrexham. Celtic Film Award.
Husavik Ocean Film Festival 2023, Iceland.
not/nowhere Analogue Film Screening, London.
British Short Film Award 2023, Nominated Long list, Best Welsh Short Film.
Fishguard River and Food Festival 2023, Theatr Gwaun, Abergwaun.
MOMA Machynlleth 2023, Young Welsh Artists.
Two Short Nights 2023, Exeter, Best in Festival Award.
Cardiff Mini Film Festival 2023, Cardiff, Best Documentary Award
Movements Through Cityscapes and Landscapes, 2024, The Social, London.
Saatchi Lates, March 2024, London.
Sehsüchte International Film Festival, 2024, Potsdam, Germany.
Girls in Film, August 2024, Streaming Online.
Photo © Lily Tiger