March 2024: Cork Migrant Filmmakers

On March 27th, in collaboration with Out of Frame, we proudly hosted the Cork Migrant Filmmaker Special at the People’s Picturehouse! This showcase celebrated the diverse voices and stories of Cork’s migrant filmmaking community through an incredible selection of shorts and documentaries. Where the films are not available online, we suggest getting in contact with the creators if you’d like to view them.

Hyphen / Lord Puttnam Scholarship 22

Cast & Crew

Produced by UCC Puttnam Scholars 22

Directed by Benjamin Rupprecht

Written by Naoise McGuinness

Art Director - Debismita Dutta

DOP - Callum Casey

Sound - Alex Pacino Brady

Editor - Aoibh Kingston

Music - Matthew Xavier Corrigan

Production Assistant - Amano Miura

Cast:

Akin - Azeem Azeez

Foster Mother - Tara McCarthy

Principal - Brew Mbirika

When Akin arrives in Ireland without his biological parents, he is overwhelmed by strange faces, customs, and institutions. At every turn he must admit that he is different, and as he embarks on a difficult journey to cultivate a new sense of identity in this strange country, he finds solace in something he shared with his parents. Something colourful, and comforting.

Water under the Bridge / Rehan Ali

Cast & Crew

Written and Directed by Rehan Ali

Produced by Ronan Cassidy and Gregory Burrowes

Cinematographer - Narayan Van Meale

Production Design - Rebekah Bustos

Composer - Die Hexen

Cast:

Peter Obidiran

Holly Sturton

Oran Treacy

Rhys Mannion

Ian Lloyd Anderson

An awakening for Bilal, a Direct Provision resident, is on the horizon. But is he ready to come face to face with his own reality?

Wanderlust / Nicole DeLarge

Cast & Crew

A foreign student stays in her friend's house after losing hers, which leads to a conversation about her experience abroad.

Stolen Childhood / Julie Pourlavie

Cast & Crew

By Julie Pourlavie & Makar Humenny

Terrorist state is stealing Ukrainian lives and especially childhoods

The Yellow Place / Elena Binnig

Cast & Crew

Directed by Elena Binnig

Sound - Twilight Belle

Voice-over: Rebecca Treiber

Many thanks to: Maximilian Le Cain, Ciara Chambers, Peter McDonald, Film and Screen Media Department UCC, and everyone who made this film possible.

Whilst reading a woman suddenly finds herself transported into a dreamlike space in which she revisits a mysterious, yet not unfamiliar building. As she starts to roam around the ghostly place reality and fiction start to blur and she asks herself the question: „How do you tell someone they may be talking to a ghost?" Written, directed and shot mainly in Cork City, "The Yellow Place" revisits Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story within new places. By exploring locations like the abandoned mental hospital in Cork City and incorporating archival audio, the film aims to capture a woman's journey that transcends time and space.

Em Mohammad / Layan Anabtawi

Cast & Crew

Film by Layan Anabttawi, starring Em Mohammad.

A home movie about my grandmother, Em Mohammad.

Turf / Ara Devine

Cast & Crew

Written and Directed by Ara Devine

Produced and Edited by Isabella Djalili-Devine

DOP: Thomas McKeown

Sound: Stevie Lennox

1st AC: Michael Boyle

2nd AC: Colm McGlone

Music: Joel Grainger

Poster: Bahiyyih Devine

Funded by Future Screens NI

Starring Micheál McDaid & Fayez Bakhsh

A Derryman and a Syrian asylum seeker spend a day working on a bog with a complicated journey across the Irish border.

Dear Ishan / Asish Prasai

Cast & Crew

Written & Directed by Ashish Prasai

DOP: Alexandru Vesa

In the wake of Ishan's passing, Ashish grapples with grief as he immerses himself in the recollection of cherished memories, finding solace in the melodies of his late brother's guitar. Through poignant reflection, Ashish navigates a nuanced exploration of both the past and the unfolding present, pondering the complexities of life and loss

R / Sergiu Junior Cecan

Cast & Crew

Written, Filmed, and Edited by Sergiu Junior Cecan.

Music created by Cian Moynagh

Poem voiced by Maclaine Black.

A mixed media piece.

Return to the river/ Artem Trofimenko

Cast & Crew

By Senan O Connor, Artem Trofimenko, and Sophia Santabarbara

Return to the River is a collaborative experimental film project started in Cork, Ireland at the begging of the pandemic, may 2020. This collaboration “Paper Lily production” is formed by the artists Senan O Connor, Artem Trofimenko, and Sophia Santabarbara. The film is a dream like surrealist journey in an oneiric land. It is a three act intertwined narrative of a failed miracle, a drunken sailor and a bear.