Ireland, 2023
Director: Patricia Kelly; screenplay: Patricia Kelly; cinematography: Tania Freimuth; production design: Caroline Hill; costumes: Jennifer Keane; editing: Patricia Kelly; music: Joseph Conlan; producers: Patricia Kelly, Paul FitzSimons; production company: MnáMná Films, Prelude Content. Irish location: Dublin
Running time: 95’
With Geraldine McAlinden, Maya O’Shea, Killian Filan, Michael James Ford
Best Independent Film Award at the 2023 Galway Film Fleadh
SYNOPSIS
Marian and Jewel are two very different women who form an unlikely bond. Shabby, unfulfilled and recently retired, Marian stumbles upon a job as a census enumerator. She meets teenager Jewel who has been living as a prostitute since her mother abandoned her and the two become reluctant friends. Marian realises that, with this unlikely ally by her side, she can forge a new and empowering future.
DIRECTOR
Patricia Kelly is an independent filmmaker and founder of MnáMná Films, an Irish production company based in Dublin. Her award-winning short films have screened worldwide at film festivals, online and on TV and she has had a comedy radio play broadcast on RTE Radio 1. She has an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV and was a script reader for Northern Ireland Screen for four years. Patricia is passionate about amplifying marginalised voices, featuring characters and stories less often seen on screen.
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