Owen
Davies (he/him) is a Cardiff-based writer and director from Rhoose, South Wales.
His most recent short film as a writer is MAULED BY A DOG, which won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Short Film and has
played at festivals including Fantastic Fest, SXSW London, Tallinn Black
Nights and London Short Film Festival. He is currently developing a
feature version with BBC Films and Pulse Films, which was featured as
part of the BFI-backed UK Next Wave Genre Lab.
Owen was featured in the BBC Voices 2025 programme, and previously wrote and directed ARWEL'S HOUSE, which was funded by the BBC and Ffilm Cymru and premiered at the On Vous Ment festival in Lyon. He also co-wrote/co-produced/co-edited FACE DOWN IN THE BACK OF A CAR, which was nominated for the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Short Film and played at PÖFF, LSFF and This is England, and co-directed BECOMING A LEGEND, which was part of the Milan Machinima Festival VRAL programme in 2021.
In 2023, he completed an MA in Filmmaking from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, on a full scholarship provided by the Flemish government. Owen is co-founder of film collective SCYMRU and co-editor of Welsh magazine The Paper.
E-mail: owen.davies7@gmail.com
Owen was featured in the BBC Voices 2025 programme, and previously wrote and directed ARWEL'S HOUSE, which was funded by the BBC and Ffilm Cymru and premiered at the On Vous Ment festival in Lyon. He also co-wrote/co-produced/co-edited FACE DOWN IN THE BACK OF A CAR, which was nominated for the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Short Film and played at PÖFF, LSFF and This is England, and co-directed BECOMING A LEGEND, which was part of the Milan Machinima Festival VRAL programme in 2021.
In 2023, he completed an MA in Filmmaking from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, on a full scholarship provided by the Flemish government. Owen is co-founder of film collective SCYMRU and co-editor of Welsh magazine The Paper.
E-mail: owen.davies7@gmail.com