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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

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Complete

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NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
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HP9 1LG

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I Am the Immaculate Conception

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NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Frank Eli Martin

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NFTS (National Film and Television School)

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