A selection of film work by Jonathan dunn
dance films
Open Air
Film Director, Shot & Edited by Jonathan Dunn.
A beautiful, open air film capturing two dance pieces created with National Dance Company Wales. Shot in the beautiful Welsh sunshine!
Why Are People Clapping!?
Choreographed by Ed Myhill
Moving is Everywhere, Forever
Choreographed by Faye Tan
Codi
Film Directed by Jonathan Dunn
Built on the foundations of Welsh mining stories told though dance, song, poetry and theatre, the audience is wrapped in a blanket of darkness before being led towards a light of hope and celebration.
Choreographed by Anthony Matsena for National Dance Company Wales.
Reflections
Film Directed by Jonathan Dunn & Fearghus Ó Conchúir
This film was produced in collaboration with National Dance Company Wales and English National Ballet. Working with the Dance for Parkinsons group in South Wales.
Fearghus Ó Conchúir choreographed this piece based on Fernando Melo's 'Afterimage'.
Nominated for One Dance UK Awards.
fiction films
Stones & Dust
Co-Produced, Shot & Edited by Jonathan Dunn.
A short film made in collaboration with Hijinx, Bad Wolf & Morrisons Foundation.
Carys responds to her dying father’s request to visit him and her younger brother in deepest Wales, as he tries to make amends for years of neglect. What she finds astonishes her.
Starring: Rhan Blythe, Andrew Tadd & Llion Williams.
Screened at the Hijinx Unity Film Festival.
The Stand
Co-Produced, Shot & Edited by Jonathan Dunn.
A short film about rugby, the class divide, and sandwiches!
1957: Llanelli’s pride and joy, the Scarlets, are playing a ceremonial match against a combined Oxbridge XV. But with tensions rising and dissent in the ranks, in this rugby battle between the Toffs and the Taffs there’s more than just pride at stake.
Starring: Rhys Downing, Richard Elis, Di Botcher, Alex Harries & Jordan Bernarde.
Nominated for Best Short Film at the Cardiff Independent Film Festival & the Madrid International Film Festival.
boat.
Co-Produced, Shot & Edited by Jonathan Dunn
A short, dark comedy set in the seemingly idyllic Welsh countryside. A young man stumbles into a canal and is rescued by a cantankerous old man living on a barge.
All is certainly not what it seems, with secrets being hidden and the state of the wider world in the balance.
Nominated for Best Short Film at the Cardiff Independent Film Festival.
documentary films
167 Bridges: Stories from the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
Film Directed by Jonathan Dunn
A beautiful documentary that chronicles the lives of a disparate group of people who are all intrinsically linked by the indomitable 33 mile Welsh waterway.
Screened at the Green Man Festival.
Hapus: Joy for Dads
Films Directed by Jonathan Dunn
A series of short films commissioned by Public Health Wales for their Hapus Wellbeing platform.
Inspired by his journey into fatherhood, Jonathan followed three fathers of young children to explore the themes of happiness and finding joy.
Hapus: Bodlon
Films Directed by Dan McGowan
Filmed & Edited by Jonathan Dunn
A series of short films commissioned by Public Health Wales for their Hapus Wellbeing platform.
Jonathan collaborated with Hijinx, an inclusive theatre company that trains actors with a learning disability and/or autism. This series of films follows three Hijinx actors, Lindsay Spellman, Jacques Colgate and Bethany Freeman and explores where they all find their sources of happiness.