Project Detail

Boys from County Hell

Synopsis

For decades, the residents of Ireland’s Six Mile Hill have traded urban legends about an ancient blood-craving ghoul that sleeps beneath their land. Bad news for the locals: A father-and-son team of pipeline workers have woken it up.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2020 - Midnight - World premiere

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Director
Chris Baugh
Producer
Brendan Mullin, Yvonne Donohoe
Co-Producer
Katy Jackson
Executive Producer
Katie Holly, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Rian Cahill, Lesley McKimm
Screenwriter
Chris Baugh
Director of Photography
Ryan Kernaghan
Production Designer
John Leslie
Principal cast
Jack Rowan, Nigel O’Neill, Louisa Harland, Michael Hough, Fra Fee, John Lynch

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Production Status

Production Company

UK, Ireland co-production

A Six Mile Hill Productions (UK), Blinder Films (IE) production with support from Media Finance Capital (UK), Northern Ireland Screen (UK), Screen Ireland (IE)

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