About Us

What makes us special

Genres and Awards

We are an independent, employee-owned media company that works in a variety of genres. From single docs to long running entertainment and factual entertainment formats, dramas to children’s programmes, our talented production teams share a wealth of experience to tackle most briefs.

Our productions have won numerous Bafta Cymru & Celtic Media awards, several ‘One-World Media’ prizes, and the ‘Jules Verne Adventure’ award. The company has also been nominated for Bafta Kids UK and RTS awards.

Here is a list of our Awards

Land, Language, Local

We feel lucky to not only live in a beautiful part of the world, only a stone’s throw away from Yr Wyddfa, but to be able to work here as well. Therefore, ensuring a sustainable and long-term future to our business, one that also helps feed and develop the local economy, is a fundamental part of our vision. And whilst we work bilingually, we believe that by working in Welsh, and creating content in Welsh, we are doing our bit to develop and safeguard our language and culture for future generations.

Our Company

Workers

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Part Time

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People and Equipment

Our People

The workforce at Cwmni Da includes a lot of talented people who play a wide variety of roles within the company.

We have 26 people working in the production department and 18 working on post-production. We employ 8 full-time editors, a graphic design team as well as a social media and digital platforms team.

10 people work in administration, including copyright and clearance specialists, an accounts department, business development and management.

Our Kit

We use the latest Sony Cinema Line Cameras for film like expression that captures emotion in every single frame.

Available for hire in the FX series:

Sony FX3, Sony FX6, Sony FX9

Other cameras available for hire from Cwmni Da:

Sony A7s mkiii, Sony Z150, Sony PDW 700, XD CamSony PTZ

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look our latest showreel.

A historic building full of technology

Visitors often describe our home, Goleuad as a tardis. This expansive building built on 2 floors surprises most, particularly as its innovative modernist interior design is in stark contrast to its 19th century historic exterior.

The building is dominated by a large green screen studio, one of the biggest of its kind in north Wales. There are 11 editing suites, kitted out with AVID editing software, all linked using NEXUS shared storage. This historic print house is now served by 100GB leased-line fibre broadband with 300TB of storage for our files.

An external photograph of the Cwmni Da studio

Post Production Resources

Cwmni Da offers an end-to-end production service from conception to delivery.

Our post-production facilities include 4 ingest machines and 15 Avid workstations, each with video monitoring, full audio and voiceover microphones. Our Symphony online edit suite offers Baselight, Boris and Saffire plugins. We have a wide range of playback resources, and can handle various digital formats. Central to the post-production resources is a dedicated machine room and a multitiude of connected edit suites.

We have two audio post-production rooms, both specially designed for TV post-production. Both use full Protools HD software including a mixing desk, voiceover mic and there are two independent voiceover booths. The resources include talkback, a full size picture monitor and video capture and playback resources.

Our graphics department utilises the full Adobe Suite, including After Effects and also Cinema 3D software. We then have a file preparation and delivery suite which can deliver the finished production within minutes to broadcasters.

A behind the scenes photograph of Radio Fa'ma series producer and director on set

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