Los Angeles, CA. The stellar cast includes James Martin, Seamus O’Hara and Emmy and Olivier Award nominee Michelle Fairley. Also Paddy Jenkins AMC’s Into The Badlands.
Tom Berkeley and Ross White’s An Irish Goodbye shares a story of estranged brothers Lorcan and Turlough. Who are forced to reunite following the death of their mother. Lorcan, who has Down syndrome, is left in Turlough’s care. But, agrees to leave the family farm after they complete their mother’s unfulfilled bucket list. All 100 of them.
Logline: On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough (Seamus O’Hara) and Lorcan (James Martin) are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother. But when the pair discover an unfulfilled bucket list belonging to their late mum, their pained reunion takes an altogether different course.
Watch Official Trailer for An Irish Goodbye directed by Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Filmmaking duo Tom Berkeley and Ross White began working as a partnership in 2018, they co-founded Floodlight Pictures as a vehicle through which to mount their filmmaking projects. HBO acquired their debut short film, ROY, which was shortlisted for Best British Short Film at the 75th BAFTA Awards. The film starred BAFTA winner David Bradley and Academy Award winner Rachel Shenton.
In 2022, the duo was selected for both the BBC Writers room Belfast Voices and BFI’s Shorts2Features talent development schemes. They recently completed filming on their third short film, The Golden West, a Celtic Western set during the crossover of the Irish Famine and the Gold Rush. Starring IFTA-winner Eileen Walsh and IFTA-nominee Aoife Duffin.
“The whole team is absolutely overwhelmed that An Irish Goodbye has been recognised by the Academy in this way. It’s completely surreal to think that a wee film shot in rural Northern Ireland is now rubbing shoulders with our cinematic heroes on an international stage. Only time can tell how far we will go, but we’re honoured to be representing the UK & Ireland in the category”, share Berkeley and White.
An Irish Goodbye marks the duo’s second collaboration, the screenplay for which was the inaugural winner of the First Flights Short Film Fund. An Irish Goodbye has played at over 60 international film festivals across 6 continents and has also qualified for BAFTA and IFTA consideration.
Just some of the awards this film has garnered include the Oscar Qualifying Grand Jury Prize at Edmonton International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Norwich Film Festival, Best Comedy Short Film at Indy Shorts International Film Festival.
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