Ireland, 2024
Running time: 94’
Director: Eva Birthistle; writer: Eva Birthistle; cinematography: Burschi Wojnar; editing: Colin Campbell; production design: Anna Carney; costumes: Saileóg O’Halloran; music: Amelia Warner, Sam Thompson; casting: Emma Gunnery; producer: Claire McCaughley; production company: Treasure Entertainment. Irish location: Dublin
With Hazel Doupe, Clare Dunne, Peter Coonan, Aaron Monaghan, Liadán Dunlea, James McGowan
SYNOPSIS
Kathleen is 18 and fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother and so she returns to her hometown to take ownership of her mother’s house. She gets a job and even a friend; but the emptiness of Kathleen’s life cannot be filled by social media and reality shows. Alone and desperate for a mother figure, she sets out on a destructive path to find one.
What does the future hold when the past is all you’ve got?
DIRECTOR
Eva Birthistle is best known as a multi-award-winning actress. Her 25-year career has seen her work with directors including Ken Loach (Ae Fond Kiss), Neil Jordan (Breakfast On Pluto), John Crowley (Brooklyn). She currently plays Ursula in Sharon Horgan’s AppleTV+ series Bad Sisters. Having recently turned her hand to writing and directing, her short film Kathleen Was Here (2020) earned Eva the Indie Corks Best Emerging Irish Female Director Award & IMDB New Filmmaker Award. Kathleen Is Here (2024) is Eva’s directorial feature debut, which recently had its World Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival London and its Irish Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh, where Eva won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award.
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