About
FOSCADH
Thursday 13 March | 7–9pm | Admission free but booking essential
This screening is in the auditorium with unreserved tiered seating
Meet the Director: Seán Breathnach will introduce the screening, offering invaluable insight into the development and making of this highly-acclaimed film.
Galway based film maker, Seán Breathnach has made a number of prize-winning films, but is probably best known for Foscadh which was longlisted for the Best International Film Oscar at the 94th Academy Awards. It also won Best First Feature at the 2021 Galway Film Fleadh, Best Director at the 2021 Newport Beach Film Festival, and Best Film at the Kimolos International Film Festival.
His short film Maidhm (funded by Screen Ireland) was screened in Europe, North America, and Asia. Sean lectures in Film at the University of Galway, where he teaches film production, screenwriting, and visual aesthetics. He has published academic research on Irish language filmmaking and has made a number of documentaries for TG4 and RTÉ. He began his professional career as a documentary cameraman.
ABOUT THE FILM
Based on Dónal Ryan's 2013 novel, The Thing About December, Foscadh is an insightful, powerful look at a man on the margins. John Cuniffe, played by Dónall Ó Héalai, is a young man sheltered from much of life until his parents die. The wild and bleak Connemara landscape is the backdrop for Foscadh, as beautiful and lonely as it is.
This screening is part of Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025.
Irish with English subtitles | 2022 | 1 hr 33 mins
This activity has received financial support from The Executive Office through Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council's Good Relations Programme
