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Canaries + Q&A, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

EVER wanted to know what an alien invasion in the Welsh valleys would be like? Welsh-made film Canaries will tell the story of just that.

Organised by Cardiff Independent Film Festival, the sci-fi horror will be shown in Chapter Arts Centre tonight.

Filmed in Vietnam, Washington and Cwmtwrch in the Swansea Valley, Canaries stars Richard Mylan (Waterloo Road), Aled Pugh (Stella), Robert Pugh (Game of Thrones), Hannah Daniel (Hinterland) and Kai Owen (Torchwood).

Actor and producer Craig Russell spoke about the importance of the people of Cwmtwrch when it came to filming.

He said: “It was filmed in places like

“The interesting thing about setting it at home is that I had a surprise party for my 20th birthday, and Pete visited for the first time to attend it.

“He told me afterwards that he’d fallen in love with the place, and he said ‘I’ll make a film here one day’. Fast forward nearly another 20 years, and now we’ve done it.”

This it the first time the film is being Vietnam, Washington DC, Cardiff, shown in the Welsh capital and tickets London, but the bulk of it was filmed in are available at Chapter Arts Centre Cwmtwrch. Without the people of now. The evening will also feature a Q&A Cwmtwrch, there’s no way we could session after the screening with the cast have made Canaries.” and crew.

The idea for a film, based in Craig’s You can buy tickets for the event, hometown, came when Peter Stray, the which starts at 8pm, at Chapter’s Swansea-born director and writer of the website, www.chapter.org or call 029 film, paid a visit. 2030 4400. The winning numbers in Saturday night’s Lotto main draw were

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