Cornish documentary wins prestigious Celtic Media Festival Award.

Gentle, Angry Women, a documentary directed by Barbara Santi and produced by awen productions Folklife Films, has won the Torc Award for Excellence in the History (Screen) section at this year's Celtic Media Festival, held in Belfast.

The 63-minute BFI-funded film follows three inspiring young campaigners retracing the steps of the original 1981 march to Greenham Common, where women famously camped for nineteen years. Journeying 110 miles from Wales to Berkshire with their activist counterparts, the film captures an intergenerational exchange that explores what that extraordinary act of resistance means to a new generation, weaving together archive footage, personal testimony, and the unfolding journey of the march to ask urgent questions about women, peace, nuclear disarmament, and protest. The film was shot on location across Cornwall, Wales, Liverpool, the Forest of Dean, London, and along the route of the march itself.

The win is a remarkable achievement for an independently produced film. The Celtic Media Festival, which celebrates excellence in film and broadcasting across the Celtic nations and regions, drew entries from productions backed by major regional broadcasters — making the award a significant recognition of the film's quality and reach beyond the mainstream industry.

Barbara Santi, director and Cornwall-based filmmaker, said: "What moves me most about this film is the young women at its heart. They didn't experience Greenham — they came to it fresh, walking every one of those 110 miles and feeling the weight of what those women did. Watching them connect with that history, and make it their own, is what this film is really about. This award belongs to them as much as anyone."

Post-production on the film was supported by Falmouth University's Sound/Image Cinema Lab, where two female graduates took on key technical roles.

Gentle, Angry Women is the first film released under Folklife Films, the documentary branch of awen productions, launched in 2025. It marks an exciting new chapter for the company, dedicated to bringing powerful documentary storytelling to audiences across the UK and beyond.

Gentle, Angry Women is now screening across the UK. For more information visit folklifefilms.co.uk/gentle-angry-women. Those in Cornwall can catch the film at The Poly, Falmouth on 12 August, with a further screening in the pipeline with 99p Films — not to be missed.