{"id":2670,"date":"2015-09-14T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/09\/14\/film-adaptation-of-award-winning-novel-to-begin-filming-at-national-library-of-wales\/"},"modified":"2015-09-14T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T17:20:11","slug":"film-adaptation-of-award-winning-novel-to-begin-filming-at-national-library-of-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/09\/14\/film-adaptation-of-award-winning-novel-to-begin-filming-at-national-library-of-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"FILM ADAPTATION OF AWARD-WINNING NOVEL  TO BEGIN FILMING AT NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Monday 14 September 2015: Shooting is to begin on\u00a0<b><i>The Library Suicides<\/i><\/b><i>,<\/i>\u00a0the debut feature from\u00a0award-winning director\u00a0<b>Euros Lyn<\/b>, and based on\u00a0<b>Fflur Dafydd<\/b>\u2019s bestselling novel\u00a0<b><i>Y\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>Llyfrgell<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0Starring\u00a0<b>Ryland Teifi<\/b>\u00a0<i>(35 Diwrnod, Tir)<\/i>\u00a0<b><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Catrin Stewart<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u00a0<i>(Stella, Doctor Who),\u00a0<\/i><b>Dyfan Dwyfor<\/b>\u00a0<i>(Pride, Y Gwyll\/ Hinterland)<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Sharon Morgan<\/b><i>\u00a0(Resistance, Torchwood),\u00a0<b>The Library Suicides<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>an offbeat thriller, set in one of the most iconic buildings in Wales, which explores the secrets and lies at the heart of storytelling, and asks who has the right to tell the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">When famous author Elena Wdig (Sharon Morgan) commits suicide, her twin daughters, librarians Nan and Ana, (Catrin Stewart) are lost without her. Elena\u2019s final words suggest that her biographer, Eben (Ryland Teifi) murdered her. During one night shift, the twins set off on a murderous quest to avenge their mother\u2019s death at the National Library of Wales, but are soon disrupted by night porter Dan, (Dyfan Dwyfor), who is unwillingly caught up in the saga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><i>The Library Suicides<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is\u00a0the third film to go into production from<b>\u00a0Ffilm Cymru Wales\u2019\u00a0<\/b>emerging talent scheme\u00a0<b>Cinematic<\/b>.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Cinematic was devised and developed in partnership with the\u00a0<b>BFI Film Fund<\/b>,\u00a0<b>BBC Films<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Creative Skillset<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Edicis<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Soda Pictures\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>S4C.\u00a0<\/b>The scheme supports\u00a0emerging filmmaking talent from<b>\u00a0<\/b>Wales, in creating contemporary, dynamic and distinctive features.\u00a0<\/span><b><i>The Library Suicides<\/i><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>is the first of these to be filmed in the Welsh language.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Soda Pictures have distribution in the UK and Ireland, and<b>\u00a0<\/b>S4C<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0will broadcast the film at a future date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Acclaimed director Euros Lyn can\u2019t wait to get started on his first feature film,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u201cAs a huge fan of the genre, I\u2019m very excited to be making a thriller in Welsh and what better place to set it than the wonderfully atmospheric National Library in mysterious Aberystwyth?\u00a0 Wales now has a host of world class writers, actors and crew I\u2019m very excited to be working alongside so many of them on The Library Suicides\u201d.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Having worked on popular Welsh language programmes\u00a0<i>Pam Fi Duw, Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw, Gwyfyn\u00a0<\/i>as well as<i>\u00a0Belonging,<\/i>\u00a0Lyn has also directed many episodes of\u00a0<i>Doctor Who<\/i>\u00a0including the Hugo award-winning<b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i>The Girl In The Fireplace<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Torchwood: Children Of Earth<\/i>, also\u00a0<i>Sherlock, Last Tango In Halifax, Broadchurch, Black Mirror, Happy Valley\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>Daredevil\u00a0<\/i>which between them have won five BAFTA Best Drama Series awards, three BAFTA Cymru Best Director awards and an International Emmy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Fflur Dafydd is a bilingual (Welsh\/ English) screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter and multi award-winning novelist.\u00a0<b><i>Y Llyfrgell<\/i>,\u00a0<\/b>on which this film is based, won her the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the 2009 National Eisteddfod,<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><i>\u201cI first envisaged this idea as a film, but ended up writing a book instead. Bringing these characters to the big screen feels like a dream come true, and I feel very lucky to be working with such an incredibly talented director and a fabulous cast, who all bring their own unique vision to the project.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">She is the author of five novels and one collection of short stories, and won the Oxfam Hay Emerging Writer Award at the Hay Festival in 2009 for her novel\u00a0<i>Twenty Thousand Saints<\/i>. As well as adapting\u00a0<i>The Library Suicides<\/i>\u00a0for screen Dafydd will co-produce the film alongside Lyn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><br \/>\nFor further press information please contact Olivia Jarvis at Soda Pictures<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"mailto:olivia@sodapictures.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>olivia@sodapictures.com<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0\/ 02073771407<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 14 September 2015: Shooting is to begin on\u00a0The Library Suicides,\u00a0the debut feature from\u00a0award-winning director\u00a0Euros Lyn, and based on\u00a0Fflur Dafydd\u2019s bestselling novel\u00a0Y\u00a0Llyfrgell.\u00a0Starring\u00a0Ryland Teifi\u00a0(35 Diwrnod, Tir)\u00a0Catrin Stewart\u00a0(Stella, Doctor Who),\u00a0Dyfan Dwyfor\u00a0(Pride, Y Gwyll\/ Hinterland)\u00a0and\u00a0Sharon Morgan\u00a0(Resistance, Torchwood),\u00a0The Library Suicides\u00a0is\u00a0an offbeat thriller, set in one of the most iconic buildings in Wales, which explores the secrets and lies at &hellip; 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