The latest film from Irish/Welsh director Liam Gavin (Jericho, Sunshower) will be filled with many moments that will make your skin crawl, if the new U.S. trailer is any indication. In A Dark Song, Sophia Howard (Catherine Walker) has placed her trust with an occult practitioner (Steve Oram) to perform an ancient ritual to bring back her deceased child. Unfortunately, to her discovery, these kinds of rituals come with dire consequences as she now must see this one to the very end.
We said in our review: “Gavin’s debut stands on its own two feet and joins the likes of other quality narratives to come through this festival, like It Follows in years past, while also having echoes of The Shining. More restrained than Kubrick’s masterpiece, it’s not to say it purposely tries to bore the audience, but rather genuinely put one in the shoes of the protagonist.
We said in our review: “Gavin’s debut stands on its own two feet and joins the likes of other quality narratives to come through this festival, like It Follows in years past, while also having echoes of The Shining. More restrained than Kubrick’s masterpiece, it’s not to say it purposely tries to bore the audience, but rather genuinely put one in the shoes of the protagonist.
- 4/3/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ken Wardrop's feature documentary 'His & Hers' has been chosen to screen in competition as part of the 2010 Sundance film festival. 'Bhutto', a documentary co-photographed by Irish cinematographer Noel Donnellon (Transparent), will also screen. Wardrop (The Herd) will see his feature documentary, 'His and Hers', screen in the category of World Documentary. 'His & Hers' is an 80 minute film that presents interviews with women from across the midlands of Ireland, chronicling a ninety-year-old love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies. It is produced by Andrew Freedman (Undressing My Mother) and the directors of photography for the project are Michael Lavelle (Farewell Packets of Ten) and Kate McCullough (Sunshower).
- 12/3/2009
- IFTN
Shooting is underway on Venom's new short film 'Rosslare to Roscoff' directed by Ken Wardrop (The Herd) which is expected to be released early next year. The crew are currently shooting on location in France. The 12 minute project tells the tale of Gayle, a 29-year-old single mother, who has been coming to terms with her life since suffering a brain injury which has left her with an inability to produce language. Her relationship with Luc, her headstrong six-year-old son, has become increasingly difficult. 'Rosslare to Roscoff' concentrates on Gayle's failed attempt to introduce her son to his father. Director of photography for the short film is Kate McCullough (Sunshower) and the shoot is expected to wrap on Saturday, October 31st. The project's editor is Ken Wardrop. The short film features actress Lesley Conroy (Eden, The Clinic) in the lead role of 'Gayle'...
- 10/23/2009
- IFTN
'Sunshower', a 13 minute short film by Irish writer/director Liam Gavin, has been selected for competition for the 2009 Raindance Film Festival. Shot in the Dublin Mountains in January 2009, 'Sunshower' was produced by Maggie Mitchell of Samson Films and was funded by the Filmbase/Rte short film scheme. The short stars Jenn Murray (Dorothy Mills, Day of the Triffids) and Ifta winning actor Brendan Conroy (Kings), and depicts a somewhat frightening but ultimately redemptive encounter between a teenage girl and an old man, after she knocks him down with a stolen car in the middle of the countryside.
- 9/1/2009
- IFTN
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