Calon Films is a Welsh centric independent film & TV production company. Born out of the vision from 6 proud Welsh creatives, on the back of a community arts initiative entitled The Iniquity (Camwedd) Project.
The raison d’etre of Our Company is to tell Welsh stories through the medium of film & Television. Work is already well underway on our debut feature ‘INIQUITY’ – The True Story of Wales’ First Working Class Martyr, Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Uprising of 1831. The production will be a joint venture between Calon Films and the award winning production company Sterling Pictures.
Directed by the Welsh BAFTA winning director, Chris Crow (The Lighthouse – 2016), the project aims to not only celebrate a pivotal moment in the history of Wales but to create our own history in securing a Royal Prerogative of Mercy on the name of Richard Lewis (Penderyn). The production team are currently in the process of raising finance for the project and have secured private equity investment from 4 Executive Producers in Brian Jones MBE (Castell Howell Foods), Professor Sir Christopher Evans OBE (EDX Medical), Mark Davies and Paul Thandi OBE. A dialogue for additional funding is also ongoing with the Senedd body Creative Wales and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Principal photography on the project will begin in 2026.
A deep longing for Wales and everything that is Welsh.
The chance of a new dawn.
The beating Heart of Wales.
A chance for everyone.