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I Am the Immaculate Conception

Synopsis

In 1985, the Irish village of Ballinspittle was the site of a mass visionary experience. Worshippers at the local grotto saw the statue of Mary move. Almost forty years later, a handful of local devotees remain, including the statue’s dutiful caretaker Patrick Joseph Simms. Here, the film documents both the mystical landscape of rural Irish Catholicism and a terrible darkness beneath its surface.
The film uses a non-realist form and style in order to depict the transcendent experience of its subjects. In so doing, it attempts to offer a credibility to the experience of the film’s participants, whose voices have been deliberately dismissed by the institution that oversees their faith.
Official Selection Uppsala Short Film Festival 2024

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 min 27 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Frank Eli Martin
Producer
Frank Eli Martin
Editor
Harry Foster
Director of Photography
Frank Eli Martin
Sound
Simon Panayi, Etienne Kompis
Composer
Jean-Marc Eck

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Frank Eli Martin

Sales Company

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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