Hedd Wyn (film)

Hedd Wyn (film)

Hedd Wyn is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic, written by Alan Llwyd and directed by Paul Turner.

Based on the life of Ellis Humphrey Evans (Huw Garmon), killed in the First World War, the cinematography starkly contrasts the lyrical beauty of the poet's native Meirionnydd with the bombed-out horrors of Passchendaele. The protagonist is depicted as a tragic hero with an intense dislike of the wartime ultranationalism which surrounds him. Ellis Evans' bardic name provides the film's title, under which he was posthumously awarded the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod.

Hedd Wyn won the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Single Drama, BAFTA Cymru Awards in several categories and was the first Welsh language film nominated for an Academy Award.

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