BeyondTV
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Swansea plays host to the BeyondTV International Film Festival. Organised by independent filmmakers Undercurrents, BeyondTV 2004 took place in the Patti Pavilion, BeyondTV 2005 in the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea Marina. BeyondTV 2005 hosted the Misty Awards for activist filmmakers.
BeyondTV is to showcase the talents of independent filmmakers.
Independent filmmakers Undercurrents are based in Swansea.
The Pod Report, based in mid-Wales, was out and about at BeyondTV 2005, recording interviews to be podcast over the net.
'Reach for the Sky', premiered at BeyondTV 2004, produced by Undercurrents, focuses on Swansea Airport and that uncontrolled aviation expansion is unsustainable. Swansea Airport, with the connivance of Swansea Council, was given the go-ahead to operate in the centre of the Gower peninsula, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be designated in the country. Public pressure forced Swansea Airport to close down. Air Wales, which operated from Swansea Airport, now operates from Cardiff International Airport.