Heart Valley

Heart Valley is a 2022 short documentary film about Welsh shepherd Wilf Davies. Directed and produced by filmmaker Christian Cargill, the film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, 2022[1] where it won the award for Best Documentary Short. It first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two Wales and BBC iPlayer on July 26, 2022[2] and released online with The New Yorker on December 2, 2022. The documentary won the BAFTA Cymru Award 2023 for Best Short Film and is currently nominated for The Grierson Award 2023 for Best Documentary Short.[3] The Hollywood Reporter named Heart Valley as one of their Top 23 Short Documentaries of 2022[4] and it was one of 98 films to qualify for the 95th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short.[5]

Heart Valley
Directed byChristian Cargill
Written byChristian Cargill
Kiran Sidhu
Produced byChristian Cargill

Lily Wakeley

Kiran Sidhu
StarringEvan Wilf Davies
CinematographyChristian Cargill
Edited byChristian Cargill
Music byErland Cooper
Production
company
Dalmatian Films
Distributed byThe New Yorker
Release date
June 9, 2022 (Tribeca)

July 26, 2022 (BBC Two Wales / iPlayer)

December 2, 2022 (The New Yorker)
Running time
19 minutes
CountriesWales, United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, Welsh

Synopsis

Heart Valley follows a day in the life of Evan Wilf Davies, a shepherd from Ceredigion in West Wales. The film looks at the world through Wilf's eyes, asking questions about what it is we should value as a society. The documentary was composed by Scottish multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper and was originally inspired by an article written by Kiran Sidhu in The Guardian newspaper.[6]

Reception

The film won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Short Film and multiple more including Best Documentary Short at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. The jury, which included Amy Ryan, Shane Smith and A.J. Jacobs, described, "This quiet short sneaks in profound lessons about the importance of simplicity, doing the work we love, and what the meaning of life is."[7] It was also nominated at Camerimage for cinematography (Christian Cargill).[8] It has received a variety of positive press, featuring on BBC World's Talking Movies with Tom Brook,[9] The Guardian,[10] BBC News,[11][12] BBC Radio Wales, The i and S4C's Prynhawn Da programme. The author David Nicholls described the film as "an absolute gem of a documentary; sensitively made, touching and tender."[13]

Awards & Festivals
Year Festival/Awards Ceremony Award/Category Status
2023 BAFTA Cymru Award Best Short Film Winner[14]
2022 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short Winner[15]
2023 The Grierson Award Best Documentary Short Nominated[16]
2023 Young Director Award Best Documentary (Silver Screen Award) Winner[17]
2023 British Shorts Berlin Audience Award Winner[18]
2022 Bolton Film Festival Best Documentary Winner[19]
2023 Kinsale Shark Award Best Documentary Short Winner[20]
2022 Shorts México Best International Documentary Winner[21]
2022 Wales International Film Festival Jury's Award for Best Short Documentary Winner[22]
2023 BAFTA Cymru Award Best Factual Photography Nominated[23]
2022 IDA Documentary Award Best Short Documentary Shortlisted[24]
2022 Camerimage Best Short Documentary (Cinematography) Nominated[25]
2022 PÖFF Shorts Best Live Action Short Film Nominated[26]
2022 Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA) Best International Documentary Short Nominated
2022 The British Short Film Awards Best Documentary Short Finalist[27]
2022 The Music+Sound Awards Best Sync In a Film Finalist[28]
2022 The South London Film Festival Best Short Documentary Finalist

References
  1. "Heart Valley | 2022 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  2. "BBC Two – Heart Valley". BBC. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. "The Grierson Trust". griersontrust.org. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. Dresden, Hilton (2022-12-07). "Sports, Politics and Equality Among Top Subjects of Documentary Short Contenders". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  5. "2023 Oscars: What to Expect from the Short Films Shortlist". Awardsdaily. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. Davies, Wilf (2021-04-16). "Experience: I've had the same supper for 10 years". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  7. Tribeca [@Tribeca] (2022-06-16). "This quiet short sneaks in profound lessons about the importance of simplicity, doing the work we love, and what the meaning of life is. The winner for Best Documentary Short is Heart Valley t.co/1gbOftjl8E t.co/TmiVKUDnm0" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-02-23 – via Twitter.
  8. Williams, Tom (2022-10-24). "EnergaCAMERIMAGE announce Documentary Shorts Competition & Contemporary World Cinema Line-ups". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  9. "BBC World News – Talking Movies, Welsh farmer Wilf Davies wins hearts in new short documentary". BBC. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  10. "Film inspired by Guardian piece on Welsh shepherd to debut in New York". the Guardian. 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  11. "Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Sheep farmer documentary earns nod". BBC News. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  12. "Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Sheep farmer film wins best short documentary award". BBC News. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  13. Cargill, Christian [@christiancarg] (2022-12-14). "The @NewYorker presents HEART VALLEY for @TheAcademy Best Documentary Short consideration. A warm thank you to @DavidNWriter for the very kind words. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT HEART VALLEY Watch now on The New Yorker's YouTube: t.co/y4hm3l5QE0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 t.co/lfFnQq3F9n" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-02-23 – via Twitter.
  14. "2023 BAFTA Cymru Awards: The Winners". www.bafta.org. 2023-10-15. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  15. "TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 COMPETITION WINNERS". Tribeca. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  16. "The Grierson Trust". griersontrust.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  17. "2023 - Shortlist". Young Director Award. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  18. British Shorts [@BritishShorts] (2023-01-25). "The biggest jury (YOU, the audience!) has voted and the British Shorts Audience Award goes to ... Heart Valley by Christian Cargill. Congratulations! The top 10 of the voting will be published in a few days on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. #AudienceAward #BritishShortsBerlin t.co/B8XNDTblTH" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-02-23 – via Twitter.
  19. Nikkhah Azad, Navid (2022-10-10). "Bolton Film Festival unveils 2022 winners". www.deed.news. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  20. "Shark Search". The Shark Awards. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  21. "Shorts Mexico (2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  22. Tanabi (2022-09-15), Wales International Film Festival Awards 2022 / Gwobrau #GFRCymru 2022, retrieved 2023-01-27
  23. "2023 BAFTA Cymru Awards: The Nominations". www.bafta.org. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  24. "IDA Documentary Awards 2022 Shortlist". International Documentary Association. 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  25. Williams, Tom (2022-10-24). "EnergaCAMERIMAGE announce Documentary Shorts Competition & Contemporary World Cinema Line-ups". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  26. "Shorts Live-Action Competition 5". shorts.poff.ee. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  27. "Finalists 2022". The British Short Film Awards. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  28. "2022 Sync Finalists". Music+Sound Awards. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
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