Overview

• The Ballad of Wallis Island premiered as the opener at the Munich Film Festival and opened in German cinemas on July 10, 2025.
• Tim Key stars as reclusive lottery winner Charles Heath, who pays £500,000 to reunite folk duo McGwyer Mortimer for an exclusive private concert on a remote Welsh island.
• Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan play the estranged duo Herb McGwyer and Nell Mortimer, whose reunion reignites old conflicts in isolation.
• Expanded from James Griffiths’s 2007 short film, the feature was shot in Carmarthenshire, Wales, set against its rugged landscapes.
• Tom Basden wrote over two dozen original folk songs for the soundtrack, reinforcing themes of memory, reconciliation and the power of music.