Project Detail

Zonad

Synopsis

Zonad is a comedy about an escapee from a rehab facility who hides out in a village in rural Ireland and fools the locals by pretending to be a visitor from outer space.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of film: Features
Format: HDV
Director: John Carney
Producer: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, John McDonnell
Editor: Paul Mullen
Screenwriter: John Carney, Kieran Carney
Director of Photography: Peter Robertson
Production Designer: Susie Cullen
Sound: Karl Merren
Principal cast: Simon Delaney, David Pearse

Genre

Northern Irish Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Element Pictures

21 Mespil Road
Dublin 4
Ireland

T +353 1 618 5032

info@elementpictures.ie

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It’s been nearly 20 years since an incident tore the Dyer family apart - an incident with a name: Andy. Andy is the reason world-famous author Andrew, better known to readers as the famously reclusive A.N. Dyer, no longer speaks to his adult sons, Richard and Jamie, nor his ex-wife, Isabel. Now, feeling his time on Earth is running out, he summons his sons to be with him. When they arrive, he tells them something so unbelievable it couldn’t possibly be true. Or could it? Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - European premiere

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