Creating a cinematic commemoration – Journey’s End film

In 2016, Wales was used as a backdrop for a new film adaptation of the 1928 play, Journey’s End, by playwright R C Sherriff. A considerable amount of principal photography took place in Wales during the winter of 2016 using Welsh crews and locations, along with the use of Pinewood Studios Wales as a key location where the dug‑out sets were re‑created.

The feature film received significant financial support from the Welsh Government’s Commercial Fund (via the Media Investment Budget) and opened in the UK in 2018 with a special showing in Cardiff, one hundred years after the events depicted in the film. It also featured in the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2017 BFI London Film Festival. The film was critically well-received and has been sold internationally to China, Europe, Latin America and North America, and features on Netflix where it is available in numerous countries worldwide, including the UK, through the on-demand streaming platform.

Left: Asa Butterfield (Lt. Raleigh) on location at Beaupre Castle which doubled as the HQ of the East Surrey Regiment near St Quentin, France in March 1918. © Steffan Hill/Journey’s End Film Ltd Above: Asa Butterfield (Lt. Raleigh) arrives at Tredegar Park which doubled as The British Army Depot, Amiens, France. © Journey’s End Film Ltd