BeyondTV

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.

External links

* [http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/ BeyondTV International Film Festival]
* [http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/misty.htm Beyond TV: New for 2005, the Misty Awards]

* [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/11/301916.html BeyondTV 2004]
* [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/328720.html BeyondTV 2005]