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Airthi: Penance
The Irish-language period thriller you never knew you needed.” Galway Film Fleadh
US Premier | 2017 | 85 mins
Ireland,1916. Fire-brand Father Eoin O’Donnell (Peter Coonan) is convinced that only force will push Britain out of Ireland and he uses his influence over his parishioners, and in particular on young and impressionable Antaine, to promote violence against the British leading up to the Easter Rising. When events spiral out of control, Fr. Eoin realizes that he had too much influence on the boy and he moves away to Derry to seek penance.
In 1969, after fifty years, experienced gunman Antaine arrives in Derry and rekindles Farther Eoin’s guilt about his influence over Antaine as a young boy and both men are forced to re-examine their shared past and the deadly events that had been set in motion as a result.
Director: Tom Collins
Cast: Peter Coonan, Gerard McSorley, Barry McGovern, Emma Eliza Regan, Dara Devaney, Terry Byrne, Barry Barnes & Diona Doherty
Script: Greg Ó 'Braonáin, John Maguire & Tom Collins
Music: Pól Brennan
Producers: Tom Collins & Edwina Forkin
Thanks to De Facto Films & Video, Derry, NI
Ireland,1916. Fire-brand Father Eoin O’Donnell (Peter Coonan) is convinced that only force will push Britain out of Ireland and he uses his influence over his parishioners, and in particular on young and impressionable Antaine, to promote violence against the British leading up to the Easter Rising. When events spiral out of control, Fr. Eoin realizes that he had too much influence on the boy and he moves away to Derry to seek penance.
In 1969, after fifty years, experienced gunman Antaine arrives in Derry and rekindles Farther Eoin’s guilt about his influence over Antaine as a young boy and both men are forced to re-examine their shared past and the deadly events that had been set in motion as a result.
Director: Tom Collins
Cast: Peter Coonan, Gerard McSorley, Barry McGovern, Emma Eliza Regan, Dara Devaney, Terry Byrne, Barry Barnes & Diona Doherty
Script: Greg Ó 'Braonáin, John Maguire & Tom Collins
Music: Pól Brennan
Producers: Tom Collins & Edwina Forkin
Thanks to De Facto Films & Video, Derry, NI
“The Irish-language period thriller you never knew you needed.” -Glaway Film Fleadh 2017
The Widow's Last
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2017 | 22 mins
1848, during The Great Hunger, a young mother desperate to keep her young son alive discovers a wounded English land agent in the woods forcing her to confront her own inhumanity. A story of redemption, sacrifice and compassion. View Trailer Consulate of Ireland Award Nominee 2018 Director: Vanessa Pedriau - Director attending Producers: Christopher Gray, Jackie Shepard & Luke Walton Cast: Caoimhe O’Shea, Damien Hasson, Sam Hardy |