Save the Cinema has won the award for Best Drama Film at the National Film Awards, held this week.

The awards were held on July 5, and saw the Sky Cinema original film claim the prestigious award.

The movie had several scenes filmed in Ammanford, as well as Llandeilo, highlighting the life of Elizabeth ‘Liz the Lyric’ Evans, and her efforts to stop the closure of the Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen.

The film stars Samantha Morton, Tom Felton and Jonathan Pryce, but from the start, the film stayed authentic to its origin.

Not only was Save the Cinema filmed predominantly in Carmarthenshire, but Elizabeth’s son Mark helped scriptwriter Lorraine King draft out the screenplay for the film.

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Director of Save the Cinema, Sara Sugarman, said after the award win: “I am delighted that we won the British National Film Award for Best Film Drama 2022. This is a celebration for Liz Evans and her legacy at Carmarthen Youth Opera.

"Thank you to Liz’s three boys Mark, Wynne and Huw, Mike and Mrs Hughes, who run the Carmarthen Youth Opera now, the great children, the maxing talent and the amazing adults who support the talent, the guys who run the Lyric and the people of Carmarthen for having us.

“It is a fantastic place and I am proud to bring the story to the screen with all the amazing creatives and crew with the actors and the Carmarthen choirs.”