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A while back I wrote a blog on the Welsh representatives at this year's BFI London Film Festival. Well lo and behold, I missed one out - apologies all round.

Submarine is the debut feature film by Richard Ayoade - otherwise known as office oddball Moss from - and is based on the novel of the same name by Swansea-born writer . It is produced by in association with Red Hour Films - the production company headed by Hollywood superstar Ben Stiller.

Craig Roberts is a 19-year-old newcomer from Maesycymmer in Caerphilly, and plays the title role of Oliver Tate in Submarine. In the film he has two aims: one is to stop his mother (Sally Hawkins) from leaving his father (Noah Taylor), the other is to lose his virginity to his classmate/girlfriend Jordana.

Craig Roberts as Oliver and Yasmin Paige as Jordana in Submarine. Photo © www.image.net

Yasmin Paige - who has previously starred in ´óÏó´«Ã½ series The Sarah Jane Adventures - plays Jordana in this coming of age comedy, while other stars include Paddy Considine and Gemma Chan.

Submarine had its world premiere at the earlier this year before enjoying its British premiere at the London festival last week.

The Telegraph's David Gritten has written a brilliant review of the film, in which he says "Richard Ayoade’s Submarine feels like the most refreshing, urgent and original debut the British film industry has seen in years."

He also praises Roberts, saying of his performance, "15 year old Oliver (Craig Roberts) [is] a clever, smallish, lugubrious schoolboy in a duffel coat, whose unchanging deadpan expression inescapably recalls Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate."

Read more about Submarine on website and on the site. And read the on the Telegraph website.