Welcome to the Worlds (working title)
Synopsis
A year of incredibly hard work for just a few tense minutes on stage. This feature length documentary was given access for the very first time to the little known world of competitive Irish Dancing.
With financial backing from BBC Scotland, BBC and Scottish Screen award-winning filmmaker Sue Bourne went behind the normally closed doors of Irish Dancing and found a remarkable world. Wonderful characters of all ages from Ireland, Holland, Britain, America and Russia. Discover a world of dedication, hard work, obsession, passion. Success and failure. And astonishing talents pushed to their limits in the quest for perfection.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Sue Bourne
- Producer
- Grant McKee
- Co-Producer
- Grant McKee
- Editor
- Colin Monie
- Director of Photography
- Joe Russell
- Sound
- Peter Brill
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Wellpark Scotland Ltd
2/2 34 Lawrence StreetGlasgow G11 5HD
UK
T +44 (0)141 357 2916
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