A selection of profile & social justice films
A selection of profile & social justice films
Dick Farrelly - A Quiet Man / RTÉ Lyric FM
Over Christmas one year, as we listen to a vinyl record of the band of An Garda Siochána, my father-in-law (who was the percussionist) casually mentions he knew the composer of one of the songs.
And that he had lived not too far away...my curiosity was piqued.
In 1949, a Garda writes a song on a bus journey. Two years later, Bing Crosby makes it a world-wide hit, while John Ford uses its melody as the main musical theme his iconic film, The Quiet Man.
This Lyric feature documentary explores the influence The Isle of Innisfree had on Ford's film The Quiet Man and charts the musical and personal life of its quiet composer, Dick Farrelly.
A selection of award-winning short films.
A selection of award-winning short films.
BAFTA | Best Children's Drama 2012
Gráinne Gavigan - Film & Television Editor
PATRICK McCABE - BLOOD RELATIONS
Patrick McCabe – Blood Relations provides an unusual and dramatic revelation of the role of family in the life of an artist.
McCabe speaks candidly about his childhood, his career and the impact his parents had on his life and especially his fiction, as they were the inspiration for his best-known work, The Butcher Boy.
52 mins | 2008
Director: Dara McCluskey
Producer: Mike Keane | Midas Films | RTÉ
Celtic Media Festival - Award Winner 2009