 In 2013 Allen directed "Y-Syrcas (S4C)"  which was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru Award.Y-Syrcas also won the audience and jury awards at The European Minority Language Film Festival 2014.Allen's film version of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood was shot in two language versions, English and Welsh, and the Welsh film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.