| Director: | Oliver McGoldrick |
|---|---|
| Production: | Oliver McGoldrick, Natalie Remplakowski, Cade Featherstone, Chloe Langton |
| Running Time: | 10' |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, Ireland, USA |
| Main Cast: | Seamus O’Hara, Sean Kearns, Carol Moore, Caitriona Hinds, Niall Cusack |
| Screenplay: | Oliver McGoldrick |
| Cinematographer: | Gianna Badiali |
| Editor: | Oliver McGoldrick, Reuben Hamlyn |
| Production Designer: | Marianne Auvinet-Gould, Myles Thompson |
| Costume Designer: | Katie Ireland |
| Music: | Alex Gray |
| Sound: | Matteo Di Cugno, Ines Adriana |
Cinema
Three Keenings
Orizzonti
synopsis
Ian is a struggling actor who finds himself in the unconventional role of a professional mourner. As he tours the Northern Irish countryside, his practised mask of apathy begins to slip amongst the humour and heartache of the local funeral circuit.
director's statement
Three Keenings is centred on the tradition of “keening”, a mostly forgotten form of vocal lament for the dead in Gaelic Celtic culture, where members of the community unrelated to the deceased would gather and create a tangibility to the abstract space often left by grief and express it on behalf of the family. As with many traditions and religious practices, taking a step back and looking at them through a different lens, we see the humour and at times the absurdity amongst the earnestness and ceremony. In my previous work, I have experienced how families deal with illness and death and I have witnessed how tragedy can oftentimes go hand in hand with a grim humour and cynicism. I wanted to explore this feeling in making this short film.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION 1: Oliver McGoldrick
5 Crossgar Road East
Bt309er, Downpatrick, United Kingdom
Tel. 44 7515357104
om2053@nyu.edu
PRODUCTION 2: Natalie Remplakowski
21-39 28th Street, Astoria
11105, New York
United States of America
Tel. 1 9057824771
nar8921@nyu.edu
PRODUCTION 3: Cade Featherstone
22 Fiske Place, Apt 3F
11215, Brooklyn
United States of America
Tel. 44 7903805866
cgf295@nyu.edu
PRODUCTION 4: Chloe Langton
74 Old Bakers Court,
Firmount Building 2, Apartment 8,
BT6 8QZ, Belfast, Northern Ireland
44 7547316479
chloelangton23@outlook.com
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