Welsh twins have landed BAFTA nominations as part of the cast of a recent indie film hit. Mari and Lowri Izzard, who are 29 years old, recently starred in the 2022 comedy drama Brian and Charles, and despite being a small independent film, it has made quite the impression. The pair spoke at a BAFTA-organised Q&A event at Bridgend's Odeon venue about the film's success on Sunday, February 12, and realised the reality had still not quite hit home yet for their parents. It seems that they are still getting used to their daughters' chosen career paths according to Lowri. I think so. The film that’s made me cry the most is The Bridges of Madison County. I absolutely adore that film and always return to it as a reference point. Do you know what, it did! I’m pinching myself. It’s been a strange journey. When we made the short film version in 2017, I remember saying: “Well, that’ll get 200 views on YouTube.” But it got a really nice response and Film4 asked us to develop it into a feature.

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You wear a balaclava in the film and are often heavily disguised for screen roles. Does that mean you don’t get recognised much? Your film Brian and Charles won the a udience award at last month’s Sundance festival in London. Was that a proud moment? Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Feeling optimistic about their future projects, Lowri said: "I think it was from Brian and Charles that we realised we love working together to the point where we were like 'we should do it more'. We should write stuff together, and we love being silly so let's try and make some money from that." Brian lives alone in a remote village in the countryside. Something of an outcast, he spends his spare time inventing things out of found objects in his garage.Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Brian is a creative man who loves to build things. Is that a passion you share? Is there anything you'd love to try to invent?

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Looking ahead to this weekend, when the BAFTA awards will take place- although the pair are not attending the ceremony, they have been dazzled by the news that it has been recognised on a larger scale and are hoping for the best. Mari said: "I think it just shows how much people need comedy right now." There’s a sweet romance between Brian and an equally shy local woman, played by Louise Brealey . Are you a soppy romantic at heart?

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A lot of people thought Steve Coogan or Chris Morris were behind it. I thought: “I’ll take that!” As soon as people found out it was me, it felt like the joke was finished. My wife’s originally from Devon and we wanted to bring up the kids down here. But maybe there is something about detaching slightly from London, too. Charles turns into a robotic moody teenager at one point. As a father of three, was that based on your own parenting experiences?

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Watching and rewatching Fawlty Towers as a kid. The person who made me want to get on stage was Harry Hill. When I saw his Man Alive tour aged 21, it’s the most I’ve laughed at anything. I thought if I could make one person laugh the way I did that night, that’d be perfect. I’ve yet to do that, obviously.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close The film is about loneliness but also agues that there's somebody out there for everyone. Clear themes of never giving up or losing hope, as well as courage, perseverance, and humility.

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Love film and TV? Join BBC Culture Film and TV Club on Facebook, a community for cinephiles all over the world. This is a fun and quirky movie. It has a slow start and a lot of kids will think it's boring at first. But once the Charles character is introduced it becomes a lot of fun. There are some bullies and it can be scary and frustrating as they do their bullying, but they are sorted out hilariously. Lowri has been busy over recent months, as is also set to feature in a film which is coming out on March 10, when 'Y Sŵn' will start being shown in cinemas. She said: "It's a kind of celebration of the 40 year anniversary of S4C which is really exciting and it had a great team of people working on it." Nominated in the “Outstanding British Film” category at the prestigious BAFTA's Awards this weekend, it will be in the running alongside the likes of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical and Living. The plot is centred around the themes of happiness, loneliness and good fun as the life of an inventor who lives a solitary existence in north Wales is turned upside down.He decides to build a robot for some companionship, and showcases both twins - Lowri as Katrina and Mari as Suki - who are the daughters of the antagonist. The pair are now also in development with Sky regarding a story based on their own lives in Bridgend growing up in a working class environment with hidden disabilities. Definitely. When we were writing, my boy was about 15, so I was going through all that. Struggling with the pain of letting go and that push-pull relationship. So I took quite a lot of scenes from our life. In fact my boy came to the premiere and said: “Oh my God, that’s you and me.” I was like: “Hell, yeah. I vented in this film, don’t worry about that.” No, it was a really sweet moment.She said: "My mum actually said about the event 'that'll be great if anyone actually turns up'. I said, 'mum it's sold out' and she went, 'what for a film you're in?' I think it's about finding equity in roles rather than preaching equality. It's about the crossover of the whole industry rather than pigeonholing people. For instance, making it possible for disabled people to apply for able-bodied roles."