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Motherland director Sam McGrath teams up with Cars Ireland for their ‘Hello Otto’ campaign. <<< Directed by Sam McGrath Managing Director: Steven Courtney Producer: Louise Byrne Production Assistant: Órla Morris Toolen Location: Mick Quinn DOP: Ignas Laugalis Camera Assistant: Oisin Gallagher Gaffer: Eoghan Hand Best Boy: Orna Murphy Sound Recordist: Steven Power Production Designer: Noelle Slacke Stylist: Sinéad Lawlor Hair & Makeup Artist: Maria Whiting Photographer: Ellius Grace Head of Post Production: Anthony McCaffery Post Producer: Laura Greally Offline & Online Editor: Laura Briggs VFX : John O'Hagan Grade: Leandro Arouca Music Composition: @Ken McCabe Sound Mix: Will Farrell - Audio Blast

Motherland has been selected for two Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Focus Shorts this year. We want to congratulate our teams that will be carrying these projects forward. ‘A Song’ an adaptation of Irish author Colm Tobin’s short story of the same name, will be directed by Ellius Grace and produced by Louise Byrne with a screenplay from Shaun Dunne “Music teacher Noel is reunited briefly with his estranged mother during a local trad session. He must navigate his complicated past alongside his newfound connection with visiting singer James.” <<< ‘Starlets’ is a reimagining of Noah’s Ark from writer-director Aisha Bolaji, and will be produced by Keeva Bolger. “As the world is being consumed by floods, sixteen year old Noelle prepares for her audition on The Ark cruise ship under the wing of her overbearing stage mother.”

Motherland short films, ‘Lost & Found’ and ‘Wife of the Future’ will be screening at the Kerry International Film Festival in October. These two short films were both produced by Motherland with post-production completed in-house. <<< Lost & Found (dir. Ellius Grace) << Sunday 20th October, 11:00am @ Cinema Killarney A young woman's emotional journey through memories and grief leads her to an unexpected connection, renewing her hope and mending fractured family ties in the wake of a devastating loss. Wife of the Future (dir. Rory Hanrahan) Saturday 19th October, 3:00pm @ Cinema Killarney In his garden shed, love-sick 18-year-old Liam encounters a masked middle-aged woman who claims to be his future wife, traveling back in time through an old fridge to prevent him from making a bizarre decision

For World Alzheimer's Day this Saturday September 21st we've teamed up with the Stella Cinema in Rathmines to put on a screening of Don't Forget to Remember. There will be a Q&A with myself and Asbestos and all proceeds from the screening will go towards The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and the great work they continue to do for people who are going through it. Tickets available on Stella website.

Join us on Friday September 20th for an evening of socialising, networking and curated screenings of our recent work! <<< 7pm - Director Ross Killeen and the artist, Asbestos offer insight into the process and self distribution of their feature documentary, ‘Don’t Forget To Remember’. Ross Killeen is the founder of Motherland and is a director of documentaries. Don't forget to Remember is his second feature after Love Yourself Today. Other films include 99 Problems and Becoming Men. A prolific Irish artist, Asbestos has been producing street art since 2003. He was nominated for "Best International Street Art 2021" . His art delves into society's fixation with self-image while using anonymity to become more transparent and candid in his creations 8pm - Producer Lara Hickey discusses the ins and outs of a career in production and development. Her award-winning short film work has screened at over 80 festivals worldwide and her feature film SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane Labed recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2024. She is currently in development with a slate of projects for Copper Alley Productions and Motherland and is Co-Creative Director of X-POLLINATOR and Producer of STORYHOUSE Festival and Lab. 9pm - Stephen Staunton in-house Motherland editor on ‘The Art of Editing’. Staunton is an award-winning commercial and film editor with over a decade of extensive experience spanning films, shorts, TV drama, music videos and commercials. 10pm - The making of ‘Wife of The Future’ followed by a Q&A with director Rory Hanrahan and producer Louise Byrne. Rory is a film and commercial director. He is currently developing a comedic sci-fi coming-of-age feature set in the World of his award-winning short film Wife Of The Future. Louise has produced many award-winning shorts and feature documentaries such as Call Me Mommy and Don't Forget to Remember. Currently, Louise is developing documentary and narrative feature films with Motherland's roster of directors.

Join Motherland director Fern Berresford and SuperValu for dinner to launch the new campaign ‘Dinner Time Well Spent’ celebrating the importance of home meals! Director: Fern Berresford Producer: Keith Bradley Production Manager: Grainne Tiernan Executive Producer: Margaret Levingstone Client : SuperValu Agency : Boys and Girls Cast Coordinator : Hannah Gallagher Casting : Shauna Griffith 1st AD: Nick Thomas 3rd AD: Conor Flannery Location Manager: Liz Kenny Script Supervisor: Emer Regan Production Assistants: Órla Morris Toolen Lucille Carolan DOP: Luke Jacobs 1st AC: Karl Walsh 2nd AC: Sean Doupe Grip: Stephen O’Brien Gaffer: Eoin O’Hagan Sound: Dean Murray Boom Op: Steve Jackson Production Designer: Joe Fallover Props Assistant : Millie Baker Props Assistant : Jack Farley Prop Buyer: Julia Davin-Power Dressing Prop: Harrie Fallover Dressing Prop: Tony Boston Standby: Christina Brosnan Food Stylist: Erica Ryan Nigerian Food Consultant: Edizemi Onilenla (Mama Shee) Stylist: Sinead Lawlor Stylist Assistant: Kieran Killgallon Hair & Makeup Artist: Colette Jackson Hair & Makeup Assistant: Amy Conway POST-PRODUCTION Head of Post-Production: Anthony McCaffery Post Producer: Laura Greally Editor: Stephen Staunton VFX: Screen Scene VFX Supervisor: Allen Sillery Grade: Donal O’Kane Music: Folding Waves

We are delighted to announce Motherland’s collaboration as official host and industry partner for The GALPAL Collective and the National Talent Academies ‘Writers Club’ 2024. As a production company and post-house Motherland’s ethos has always been supporting emerging talent within the film and commercial sectors. Motherland hosted the group’s first in-person event at our Hill Street offices, where members of the Writers Club had the chance to meet each other ahead of their first sessions. Writers Club is a space for screenwriters to develop their skills and short film projects while receiving feedback from a diverse range of people and peers. The club aims to cultivate original storytelling that often doesn’t get space to flourish in development spaces. Through this club, 25 talented writers and script editor David Walsh have been chosen to participate and will be led across four groups, each divided by facilitators Emer Hussey, Ian Fallon, Katie Lee Lynch and Motherland's Lucille Carolan Thank you to our Intro Session speakers Eibh Collins (National Talent Academies) , Steven Courtney (Motherland), Aisha Bolaji (The GALPAL Collective / Motherland), Ashley Chadamoyo Makombe (The GALPAL Collective) Photography & Videography : Roxana Pedan The National Talent Academy for Film and TV Drama is an initiative of Screen Ireland managed by Ardán

DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER OPENS IN SELECT IRISH CINEMAS ON SEPT 6TH <<< Don’t Forget to Remember follows the Irish street artist Asbestos as he and his family learn to navigate his mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and cope with her fading memories. The film is at once a moving portrait of one woman’s memory loss but also a celebration of a family coming together in the face of this condition. Throughout this process, director Ross Killeen turns the lens on Asbestos, investigating his artistic process and examining the role that art can play as a tool to heal throughout even the most turbulent times of our life. https://lnkd.in/e7SZJ3-w

‘Wife of the Future’ from Motherland writer-director Rory Hanrahan has won Best First Short at the Galway Film Fleadh!  Massive thank you to all the cast and crew involved, this film wouldn’t have been possible without their hard work, creativity and dedication. Thank you to the amazing Eibh Collins and the team at Galway for selecting ‘Wife of the Future’ for this years Fleadh Writer & Director - Rory Hanrahan Starring  Cal O’Driscoll  Phillipa Dunne  Maeron Libomi  Kiera Crawford Casting - Emma Gunnery Producer - Louise Byrne  Executive Producer - Ross Killeen  Line Producer - Keeva Bolger  Production and Distribution Coordinator - Aisha Bolaji  Sustainability Manager - Lara Roche  Intimacy Coordinator - Pippa Molony Cinematographer - Aidan Gault  1st AD - Ciara McIlraith  First A.C - Dean Gordon   Second A.C - George Adegboyega DIT - Kyle Stuart Sound - Graham Newcombe  Assistant Sound - Dave Dolan Production Designer - Noelle Slacke  Costume Designer - Sarah Flanagan Hair and Make-Up Artist - Caroline Mackey Videography & Stills - Wiktoria Weintritt Videography & Stills - Ashish Prasai Post-Production - Motherland Head of Post-Production - Anthony McCaffery Post Producer - Laura Greally  Editor - Vincent McEntee  Sound Designer - Sinead Hegarty @ Outer Limits  Sound facility coordinator -Sarah Caraher @ Outer Limits Score - Cameron Doyle Colour Grade - Andrew Francis @ Gabha Studios

Motherland director Rory Hanrahan makes his fiction debut with ‘Wife of the Future’ premiering at the Galway Film Fleadh on Sat 13 July @ 9:30am, Town Hall Theatre. Starring Cal O’Driscoll as Liam, a love-sick 18 year old, who is visited in his garden shed by a masked middle-aged woman Mandy played by Phillipa Dunne who claims to be his wife from the future. She has come back in time through an old fridge to stop him from eating a slug. Link to Tickets Here : https://lnkd.in/emy-VUT7 Writer & Director - Rory Hanrahan  Starring -  Cal O’Driscoll, Phillipa Dunne, Kiera Crawford, Maeron Libomi Producer - Louise Byrne  Executive Producer - Ross Killeen Line Producer - Keeva Bolger  Production and Distribution Coordinator - Aisha Bolaji  Sustainability Manager - Lara Roche Cinematographer - Aidan Gault  1st AD - Ciara McIlraith  First A.C - Dean Gordon  Second A.C -  George Adegboyega DIT - Kyle Stuart Production Designer - Noelle Slacke  Costume Designer - Sarah Flanagan  Hair and Make-Up Artist - Caroline Mackey Videography & Stills - Wiktoria Weintritt   Videography & Stills - Ashish Prasai Post-Production - Motherland Head of Post-Production - Anthony McCaffery   Post Producer - Laura Greally Editor - Vincent McEntee  Sound Designer - Sinead Hegarty @ Outer Limits  Sound facility coordinator - Sarah Caraher @ Outer Limits Composer - Cameron Doyle Colour Grade - Andrew Francis @ Gabha Studios