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Synopsis

In pre-Christian Ireland, a young, recently bereaved woman with no one left in the world, travels the land in search of a remedy that can bring her child back to life, only to find a cure not for the child's mortality, but for the grief she can no longer bear.
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Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min
Format
Digital
Director
Helen Rollins
Producer
Peter Rollins, Johnny Rollins
Executive Producer
Hugh Schulze, Rob Morel, The Buckley Family, Sarah Baroody, Kavi Jivan, Angela Josephine, Joe Karbowski, Lisa Kruse, Jon Lyons, Meg Lyons, Scott Maslar, Ann McKusick, Richard McKusick, Robert Moen, Sue Stauffer, Deedie Street, Gene Street, Jennifer Watts
Editor
Caleb Swyers
Screenwriter
Helen Rollins
Director of Photography
Aidan Gault
Production Designer
Helen Rollins
Sound
Damian Enemark
Composer
Adrian Romero
Principal cast
Máirín De Buitléir, Melanie Clarke Pullen, Gina Costigan, Noni Stapleton, Donagh Deeney, Dorothy Cotter, Cáilum Carragher, Elisha Gormley, Derek Pullen
Art Director
Silvia Mandic
Costume Designer
Stacey Teague, Malachy Casement

Genre

Northern Irish Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Magician's Niece

7a Ballymullan Road
Crawfordsburn
County Down
BT19 1JG

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