Seven fantastic Welsh films to watch

Overview: Before the feel-good family film Dream Horse stormed the box office, there was the documentary Dark Horse, offering a more authentic take on the true story of a group of locals from a small Welsh town who banded together to buy and train a champion race horse.

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, it features interviews with the people at the heart of this remarkable turn of events. The film offers an honest insight into the highs, lows, and challenges of the journey that is perhaps absent from the glossier, blockbuster version of the story.

Why you should watch it: 'For me, this documentary film is very summative of the Welsh experience. We, as Welsh people, have all this self-determination, and communities that support one another. But I feel like the rest of the world, personified here by the hired upper-middle-class trainer, don’t have faith in us to really achieve. This film is about overcoming that stigma. Because, while it all sounds a bit happy-go-lucky out of context, the locals in Cefn Fforest didn’t take on this horse on a whim, or as a joke. They were determined it would win, and it did win. And I love that. It’s a fantastic watch.'

Where to watch: Apple TV

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