Gwent Police Authority and the University of Wales, Newport, are in the process of  establishing  a new, not for profit joint venture enterprise which will be  called The Gwent Independent Film Trust Ltd. (GIFT). This exciting new Trust will enable the development of new broadcast productions in Gwent relating to policing, community concerns and safety issues.

COW - its first film -   is  the story of Cassie COWan, a 17 year old who causes the death of four people when she texts while she is driving.

Made by  director, Peter Watkins-Hughes, a senior lecturer at the University of Wales, Newport, the film was first commissioned by Gwent Police. It has been viewed more than seven and a half million times on the internet, and was broadcast by BBC2 Wales, at 10pm on Monday November 2nd, 2009. It will be a forerunner of the type of production
that will be supported by the Trust.

For further information about the Gwent Independent Film Trust please contact Professor Stephen Hagen, GIFT Board Member designate, at the University of Wales, Newport - > press@newport.ac.uk or  Corporate Communications at Gwent Police corporate.communications@gwent.pnn.police.uk