{"id":90917,"date":"2025-01-28T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=90917"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:44:14","slug":"the-thriving-cardiff-industry-you-wont-see-filming-on-the-citys-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/01\/28\/the-thriving-cardiff-industry-you-wont-see-filming-on-the-citys-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"The thriving Cardiff industry you won\u2019t see filming on the city\u2019s streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Its stars aren\u2019t real – they’re drawn by hand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CARDIFF may be the home of Doctor Who<\/em>, but there\u2019s another side to its screen industry that isn\u2019t to be found filming around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a thriving scene and industry, animation certainly plays a role, though sometimes overlooked, in Cardiff\u2019s status as a leading destination for film and TV. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiff is home to numerous animation studios, such as Bumpybox <\/a>wich helped animate the film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo\u2019s Kensuke\u2019s Kingdom<\/em>, which has recently been nominated for a BAFTA award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, despite their success, co-owner Sam Wright, who set up the studio after university, believes more needs to be done to promote Cardiff\u2019s flourishing animation scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFilms aren\u2019t just made in London, they\u2019re made locally,\u201d said Mr Wright, adding that people should be aware of Cardiff\u2019s animation industry \u201cas much as they are of Doctor Who\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One reason why Cardiff animation may be overlooked is that unlike Doctor Who, animation does not shut down large parts of the city for filming, generating massive media attention in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Rennie, managing director at another studio called Cloth Cat<\/a>, based above Cardiff Market, said: \u201cThe growth of the TV and film industry also brings with it famous people who appear in it who actually come to Wales. So naturally, there\u2019s a focus on those stories rather than the actual production sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set up in 2012 by Mr Rennie, Cloth Cat has worked on a range of children’s TV programmes, such as Luo Bao Bei<\/em> and The Rubbish World of Dave Spud<\/em>, which have aired on Netflix and CITV respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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