BeyondTV
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BeyondTV is an international video festival in Swansea
. Organised by independent filmmakers Undercurrents, BeyondTV has taken place since 2000 in various venues, from the Patti Pavilion, BeyondTV 2005-06 in the Dylan Thomas Centre
in Swansea Marina
. BeyondTV 2005 hosted the Misty (media activist) Awards for activist filmmakers, comedians and musicians. Comic Mark Thomas and festival band Seize the Day were amongst the winners. The festival tours during summer from Glastonbury festival to Big Green Gathering and others. In 2007 Beyond TV were held on 1 December in Swansea.
BeyondTV showcases the talents of independent filmmakers using the skills to bring about positive social change.
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.
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
. Organised by independent filmmakers Undercurrents, BeyondTV has taken place since 2000 in various venues, from the Patti Pavilion, BeyondTV 2005-06 in the Dylan Thomas Centre
Dylan Thomas Centre
The Dylan Thomas Centre is an arts centre located in the Maritime Quarter in Swansea, Wales, UK.Formerly the city's Guildhall, which was originally built in 1825, the Dylan Thomas Centre was restored and refurbished to host the UK Year of Literature and Writing in 1995.It was opened in 1995 by...
in Swansea Marina
Swansea Marina
Swansea Marina is a marina located behind the Swansea barrage at the mouth of the River Tawe in Swansea, south Wales. Swansea Marina was awarded blue flag status in June 2005 and has been awarded five gold anchors by the Yacht Harbour Association...
. BeyondTV 2005 hosted the Misty (media activist) Awards for activist filmmakers, comedians and musicians. Comic Mark Thomas and festival band Seize the Day were amongst the winners. The festival tours during summer from Glastonbury festival to Big Green Gathering and others. In 2007 Beyond TV were held on 1 December in Swansea.
BeyondTV showcases the talents of independent filmmakers using the skills to bring about positive social change.
Independent filmmakers Undercurrents
Undercurrents (news)
Undercurrents is an alternative video news network which began with the UK distribution of videotapes shot by volunteers. It has since expanded to include a web presence, media training for volunteers, and a film festival, BeyondTV.-History:...
are based in Swansea.
The Pod Report, based in mid-Wales, was out and about at BeyondTV 2005, recording interviews to be podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
over the net.
'Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky is a 1956 British biographical film of aviator Douglas Bader, based on the 1954 biography of the same name by Paul Brickhill. The film stars Kenneth More and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. It won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film of 1956.-Plot:In 1928, Douglas Bader, a...
', premiered at BeyondTV 2004, produced by Undercurrents, focuses on Swansea Airport
Swansea Airport
Swansea Airport is an airport located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula west south-west of Swansea, Wales.-Operations:Swansea Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee...
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
Gower Peninsula
Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...
, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
, the first AONB to be designated in the country. Public pressure forced Swansea Airport to close down.