A FILMMAKER from Powys has been longlisted for an award at the 2022 BAFTA’s.

Chloe Fairweather, from Abermule, is the director of the British documentary film Dying to Divorce.

Filmed over the course of five years, the film examines the rise of domestic and gender-based violence in Turkey as well as the changing political landscape which has eroded the democratic freedom of women in the country.

Released in 2021, the film received positive reviews, with Empire’s Ian Freer describing it as “a tough, uncompromising watch flecked with specks of hope”.

Dying to Divorce has now been longlisted for an award at the 2022 addition of the EE British Academy Film Awards.

She is in line for the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, given in recognition of a filmmaker whose first film was released in cinemas in the prior year.

Dying to Divorce is one of 10 films longlisted for the award, with 37 having been submitted for consideration.

Other notable films in the longlist include British horror film Censor and Netflix drama Passing, the directing debut of actress Rebecca Hall.

Previous winners of the Outstanding Debut BAFTA include Joe Wright and Steve McQueen, filmmakers who went on to direct Oscar winning dramas Darkest Hour and 12 Years a Slave respectively.

Dying to Divorce was selected as the British submission for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film but missed out on the shortlisting for the glamorous Hollywood shindig.

However, its status as Chloe Fairweather’s directorial debut makes its submission still noteworthy, and the Abermule-born filmmaker remains in the race for the UK's top film ceremony.

The final nominations will be announced on February 3.