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Kenmare Youth Film selected for Cork festival
FRESH FILMS: Kenmare Youth Film Productions’ film 'The Doll' has been selected for the Cork heat of the Fresh Film Festival. Pictured: Leone Fiorito Wright, Johnny Horgan, Ben Harrington, Patrick O’Connor-Mason, Harry Thompson and Mieke Vanmechelen (KCC Filmmaker in Residence).
A short film by the Kenmare Youth Film Productions’ has been selected for the Cork heat of the Fresh Film Festival next month.
‘The Doll’ will be screened at Triskel Arts Centre on March 5. It was also selected by First Cut! Youth Film Festival which takes place on March 11 - 14 in Youghal, Co. Cork.
The crew are made up of director Johnny Horgan, writer and actor Leone Fiorito Wright, sound artist Harry Thompson, actor Patrick O’Connor Mason, actor Alanna Loughnane and cameraman Ben Harrington. With the help of Kenmare Family Resource Centre, Kerry County Council Filmmaker in Residence Mieke Vanmechelen and Niall Wright, this short film was shot over the summer in and around Kenmare.
“The film is a psychological thriller that follows the main character Talia as she tries to cope with her obsessive past... and present,” Mieke explained.
“We see her struggle with close relationships, her own identity and troubled home life. All of these events combined escalate to a critical situation with an unexpected outcome.”
“Before I always had my mind set on what I wanted to do after school, but now I am considering a career in film,” Johnny Horgan added.
In advance of the screenings the crew will be travelling to Limerick to take their places on the International Jury Panel of Fresh Film Festival.
Killarney Young Filmmakers film ‘Feeling Clean’ has also been selected for the Cork heat on March 5 at the Triskel Arts Centre.