House of America

House of America
Directed byMarc Evans
Written byEd Thomas
Produced bySheryl Crown
Hans de Weers
David Green
Gina Carter
StarringSiân Phillips
Matthew Rhys
Steven Mackintosh
Lisa Palfrey
CinematographyPierre Aim
Edited byMichiel Reichwein
Music byJohn Cale[1]
Distributed byFirst Independent Films
Release date
  • 10 October 1997 (1997-10-10) (UK)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

House of America is a 1997 Welsh film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex.[2]

The film was the theatrical debut for director Marc Evans, and the film won him the 'Best Directorial Debut' award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film also took four awards at the 1998 BAFTA Cymru awards.

It is a part of the cultural era known as Cool Cymru along with other similar independent films of the time.

  1. ^ Werksman, Hans Timeline: 1997 Fear is a man's best friend
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.