I came across this -- from 2007, but nonetheless still relevant.
I had not realised that these film categories existes: Welsh Coming-of-age genre films, Welsh Magical Realism, Welsh Grotesque cinema, the Welsh Chapel 'Gothic'. So now we know.......
ABSTRACT
The National cinema of Wales is a contested site of representation and identity, which has struggled to 'overcome systemic and historic obstacles to scholarship, as well as to funding, production, exhibition and distribution of its products, related organizations, agents and services. This study considers Welsh filmic product (produced from 1963- 2007), produced by independent producers for prominent broadcasting entities, including Channel Four Films, BBC Wales, S4C, or HTV/ITV Wales; a review of relevant literature regarding Welsh national cinema by Berry, Blandford, Ffrancon and others; the historical context of the Welsh film industry, was followed by an assignment of new aesthetic and industrial categories, including Welsh Coming-of-age genre films, Welsh Magical Realism, Welsh Grotesque cinema, the Welsh Chapel 'Gothic' in cinema, 'Outsider' filmmakers in Wales, and Welsh filmmakers in exile; the use of Welsh myths and legends in films, and how this contributes to a national identity." Consequently this study locates Welsh national cinema in a critical milieu inflected by feminist, Queer, post-colonial and national cinema analysis approaches.
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.575490&fbclid=IwAR36yQx1oiDqKqUa6NqHdhvofwLOAefAdcwgYBWDD5l8Kat9aN1E3TeFdy8
An evaluation of the national cinema of Wales and whether the cinema constructs or represents a national identity
Author: Woods, Mark Leslie
ISNI:
0000 0004 2743 4669Awarding Body: University of Glamorgan
Current Institution: University of South Wales
Date of Award: 2007
Doctoral Thesis.
2 vols, 365 pp
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