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Film 

3 rd Underground Cinema 

Festival 

Over 100 Films 

3 World Premieres 

50 Festival Premieres 

Free Film Workshops 

The Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire 

September 13 th – 16 th 

Visit 

www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com

Ticket Prices 

Opening & Closing Films 

€20 (includes ticket to 

opening and closing 

festivities) 

Ticket Only €10 

Feature Films 

Documentary’s & 

Short Film Programs €6 

VIP Festival Pass (access 

to all Films inc. Opening 

& Closing Festivities 

€100) 

Feature Film Pass €60 

Short Film Pass €50 

Horror Day Pass 

(Saturday) €30 

Paul Fraser 

Retrospective Pass €10 

Jack Sargeant Journey to 

Darkness Pass €10 

Save by 

booking 

online 

All shorts and 

features 

booked online 

just €5 

Short Film Program 

• The Martello Suite 

• 10am 

Eden 

• The Dargan Suite 

• 10am 

A Fistful Of Diamonds 

• The Dargon Suite 

• 1130am 

32A 


• 1145 

The Gingerbread Men 


• 115pm 

Meeting On The Stairs 


• 130pm 

Snap 

Thursday 


• 3pm 

Dollhouse 

• The Pavilion Theatre 

• 430pm 

Ferdia MacAnna 


• 5pm 

The Other Side of Sleep 


• 515pm 

Gloves and Glory 

• The Laurel Suite 

• 515pm 

The Nixer 


• 645pm 

Portrait Of A Zombie 

• The Pavilion Theatre 

• 8pm 

Friday 

Vinny Murphy Workshop 


• 11am 



• 12am 

Jack Sargeant Program 


• 12pm 

The Treekeeper 


• 215pm 



• 415pm 

The Solution 


• 6pm 

G.B.H 


• 630pm 

Flower 


• 830pm 

Saturday 



• 10am 

Zero Killed 


• 10am 

Ciaran Creagh 


• 11am 

Beyond The Grave 


• 1145am 

Online Bookings at www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com

Saturday (cont.) 

Nosferatu 


• 12am 

Heartlands 


• 1230pm 

The Driller Killer 


• 130pm 

Room For Romeo Brass 


• 2pm 

Colour From The Dark 


• 245pm 

Chillerama 


• 315pm 

Fractional 


• 430pm 

James Heart Skype Call 


• 5pm 

Where The Dead Go To Die 


• 615pm 

Railway Children 


• 615pm 

Somers Town 


• 630pm 

20 th Anniversary Screening of 

Dracula 


• 815pm 

My Brothers 


• 9pm 

Sunday 

Student Short Film Program 1 


• 10am 

Dead Lift 


• 10am 

Who Is Dervla Murphy 


• 1115am 

The Looking Glass 


• 1145am 

The Raj In The Rain 


• 1245 

Colin Bateman Workshop 


• 1pm 

Short Film Program 1 


• 130pm 

The Song For The Year 


• 230pm 

Student Short Film Program 2 


• 345pm 

Bernard McLaverty Workshop 


• 4pm 

Short Film Program 2 


• 545pm 

Fight Or Flight 


• 6pm 

Derelict 

• The Carisle Suite 

• 9pm 

Workshops 

Thursday with 

Ferdia MacAnna 

Friday with 

Vinny Murphy 

Saturday with 

Ciaran Creagh 

Sunday with 

Colin Bateman & 

Bernard McLaverty 

All Workshops 

Free Of Charge 

Places on workshops can be 

booked on our website 

Awards 

Awards will be presented on 

the Final Day of the Festival at 

730pm in the Martello Suite 

Awards Presented by 

An Cathaoirleach Tom Joyce 

Award Categories 

Best Independent Film 

Best Short Film 

Best International Short Film 

Best Student Film 

Best Documentary 

Opening & 

Closing Films 

A Champagne Reception will 

be held in the Pavilion Theatre 

for the Official Festival 

Launch at 7pm 

The Underground Cinema 

Closing Festival Party will be 

held in the Carlisle Suite 

directly after the closing film. 

See Ticket Prices for Details

Welcome to the 3 rd Underground Cinema Film Festival. A champion of 

emerging filmmakers, Underground Cinema has the belief that no matter what the 

film’s budget or the director’s vision it’s the filmmakers passion that drives a film. 

From underground cult films to more traditional family fare, our international film 

festival is an incredibly diverse program, offering something for film fans of all ages 

This year we are delighted to welcome a number of special guests to our festival, including Jack Sargeant 

from Revelations Film Festival in Australia, and writers/directors/producers Ferdia MacAnna, Vinny Murphy, 

Colin Bateman, Ciaran Creagh and Bernard McLaverty. Their contributions to our festival not only enhance 

our annual event but also ensures that the Underground Cinema Film Festival continues to fulfill its various 

educational initiatives throughout the festival week. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for 2012. We are delighted to have onboard 

with us this year Radio Nova, Dublin Gazette Newspapers, The Royal Marine Hotel, The Irish Film Board, Dun 

Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Yelp without whose support this festival would be impossible to 

achieve. 

Funding is still an enormous problem for Underground Cinema and although we receive funding and 

sponsorship in kind from the above named sponsors, the festival still remains relatively self funded. I would 

call on the Arts Council of Ireland to review our festival once more and consider it for funding in 2013. With 

funding and support there is no limit as to what we can achieve. 

All that is left for me to say is to enjoy yourselves and I look forward to meeting you all over the next four 

days of the festival 

Is mise le meas 

David Byrne 

Festival Director 

Underground Cinema Film Festival 2012 

Festival Team 

David Byrne – Festival Director – Denise Pattison Assistant Festival Director 

Anna Pospieszynska – Marketing & Advertising Manager – Brynmor Pattison Press Officer 

Volunteer Coordinator - Kasia Zukowska, Festival Assistants – Karen Hughes, Micaela Arruda, 

Suzette Merashino, Paul Ward & Noel Brady 

Special Thanks 

Patrick O’Shea, Sean Bhreathnach, Fintan Lane, Alan Mulligan, Sinead O’Riordan, Declan Cassidy, Peter J 

McCarthy, Trench Entertainment, Andrea Coyne, Maria Ann Hylton, Mark Cogan, Fiona Reid, Mantra Train, 

Niall Murphy, Louise Butler Sherlock, Paddy Slattery, Cid Campbell, Brian O’Neill, Caroline Farrell, Niall 

Murphy, Gerry Shanahan, Frank Kelly, Joan Fleetwood, James Keating, James Browne, Aidan Duffy, Donal 

Farrell, Aidan Ryan, David Larkin, Lucys Lounge, Lazer DVD, Adele Ryan, Carolyn Browne, Ferdia MacAnna, 

Vinny Murphy, Colin Bateman, Ciaran Creagh, Jack Sargeant, Paul Fraser, Bernard McLaverty, Dacre Stoker, 

John Moore, Dave O’Donohoe, Gordon Gafney, The Kingston Hotel, the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire 

Shopping Centre and all our volunteers 

The 2012 Underground Cinema Film Festival 

Is Supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Thursday September 13th 

The opening day of our film festival is dedicated to women who have worked tirelessly in the film industry over 

the years in Ireland. We have an incredible selection of short and feature films Produced and Directed by some of 

Irelands most talented women in the industry. Throughout the day we will have a number of panel discussions 

including Edwina Forkin, Fiona Ashe, Orla Murphy and Kirsten Sheridan to name but a few. 

Short Films Directed by Women – The Martello Suite at 10am 

1. A Scare Less Ordinary - Fast paced film following Una who thinks she may be pregnant, while slugging glasses 

of wine and searching the net for symptoms. 

Directed & Produced by Rita Marie Lawlor - Running Time 7 Mins 

2. Losing Memories - An elderly lady is losing her memories. This mood piece is seen through her eyes. Her past 

and present merge. She becomes the child she once was. 

Directed by Orlagh Heverin & Produced by Paddy O'Connor - Running Time 9 Mins 

3. Off The Board - Off the board is a short poetic documentary dealing with a sense of fear through the 

experience of diving. 

Directed by Siobhan Perry & Produced by Roisin Linnie - Running Time 8 Mins 

4. Rapunzel - The Blonde Years - Rapunzel is desperate to escape. The handsome prince comes to rescue 

her, but discovers there are situations where size does really matter. 

Directed by Fiona Ashe & Produced by Trish Groves - Running Time 2 Mins 

5. Clues - William wakes up to find himself locked in his bedroom. he must solve a series of elaborate clues 

created by his girlfriend Sam, in order to win his freedom. 

Directed by Kathy Kelly & Produced by John Lynch - Running Time 6 Mins 

6. Two Margaritas And One Daiquiri -Three girls with a very particular way to have fun when going out. Directed 

by Carmen Reig Llabata & Produced by Carmen Reig Llabata & Carmen Montero – Running Time 14 Mins 

7. The Deal - Five players, two peelers, a bag, a drop of blood and a pile of puke in the Belfast docks set the 

scene for this black comedy about a heist that doesn't quite go to plan. 

Directed by Delyth Thomas & Produced by Diane Shorthouse - Running Time 11 Mins 

8. Out of the Blue – A bitter sweet comedy about finding friendship when it is least expected. 

Directed & Produced by Katherine Murphy - Running Time 11 Mins 

9. The Legend - A struggling playwright turns to whiskey and his idol, Arthur Miller to overcome 

writers block, when he meets a blonde bombshell in the local pub, he discovers real inspiration. 

Directed & Produced by Shannon Moncrief - Running Time 18 Mins 

10. Riders to the Sea - A surfing duel breaks out between a male and female surfer off the West Coast 

of Ireland. Breaking waves, racing hearts, and the treachery of Lycra. 

Directed by Orla Walsh & Produced by Ian W. Davis - Running Time 5 Mins

Thursday September 13th 


1. Eden - Eden deals with what could possibly be a future for most people caught up in the current economic 

climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of the financial apple and borrowed beyond our means. 

Directed and Produced by Robbie Walsh 

Screening in the Dargan Suite at 10am 10am - Running Time 70 Mins 

2. A Fistful of Diamonds - A modern day Irish Western in which a wayward stranger, a wronged thief and a 

bereaved daughter collide in the search of an elusive stash of stolen diamonds. 

Directed by David Keeling - Produced by David Keeling & Keith Hennigan 

Screening in the Dargan Suite at 1130am - Running Time 87 Mins 

3. 32A - After casting many envious glances at other women’s busts (even the nuns’), 13-year-old Maeve finally 

gets her first bra, size 32A, but no one expects her to get the local heartthrob. 

Directed by Marian Quinn & Produced by Tommy Weir & Roshanak Behesht Nedjad 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 1145am - Running Time 89 Mins 

4. The Gingerbread Men - The Gingerbread Men' is a dark comedy, set in Dublin, Ireland. It follows two final year 

Trinity College students, Charlie (womanizer) and Ken (virgin), over the course of 2 (two) life-changing months. 

Directed by Dáire McNab - Produced by Dáire McNab, Simone Cameron Coen amd Robert Kearns 

Screening in the Dargan Suite at 1115pm - Running Time 105 Mins 

5. Meeting on the Stairs - Molly, student, meets Dave, artist, they form a relationship, all goes well till Dave 

discovers that Molly is pregnant to someone else. 

Directed by Lorna Fitzsimmons & Produced by Carl Shaaban 

Screening in the Martello at 130pm Suite - Running Time 73 Mins 

6. Snap - Snap begins with a documentary crew invading the home of Sandra who has agreed to be interviewed 

despite her caustic tongue and what seems like a burning desire to antagonize the filmmakers. 

Directed by Carmel Winters & Produced by Martina Niland 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 3pm - Running Time 120 Mins 

7. Dollhouse - Dollhouse explores a night in the life of a group of street teens from Dublin's inner city who break 

into a house in an upper class suburb. The break in quickly moves into a night of frenzy, driven by a series of 

revelations that will leave lasting marks on each of them, and resulting in an emotional conclusion that they will 

carry with them. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan & Produced by John Wallace 

Screening in the Pavilion Theatre at 430pm - Running Time 95 Mins 

8. Gloves and Glory - Feature documentary focusing on female amateur boxing in Ireland. 

Directed by Caitriona Costello & Produced by Caitriona Costello & Rita Marie Lawlor 

Screening in the Laurel Suite at 515pm - Running Time 103 Mins 

9. The Other Side Of Sleep - The film looks at the tensions just beneath the surface of a small community; as it 

supports and isolates its own at the same time. 

Directed by Rebecca Daly & Produced By Morgan Bushe & Macdara Kelleher 


10 . The Nixer- Two petty criminals tired of living on the breadline and begging for scraps, decide to branch out 

on their own into a life of crime. 

Directed by Fiona Graham & Produced by Lisa McNamee 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 645pm Running Time 77 Mins 

11. Portrait of a Zombie - A working class Irish family decides to care for their zombie son much to the 

annoyance of the neighbours and the local crime boss and all under the gaze of an American documentary 

film crew. Produced by Bing Bailey and Laura Morand Bailey Directed by Bing Bailey 

Screening in the Pavilion Theatre at 8pm (Official Opening Film) - Running Time 90 Mins

Friday September 14th 

Short Film Program 1 – The Maretello Suite at 10am 

1. Bogman - Set in the Irish midlands, a quiet man's lonely existence takes a mysterious turn when he uncovers 

something out cutting turf. 

Directed by Garret Daly & Produced by Martina McGlynn - Running Time 14 Mins 

2. Mass - Mass, an underground street fighter wakes up in an interrogation room after an unlikely 

confrontation. 

Directed by Robbie Hamilton & produced by Lauterio Zamparelli - Running Time 8 Mins 

3. Case #377 - A Crooked cop cons an odd ball hazmat team into helping him locate a mysterious duffel bag in a 

banshee infested labyrinth 

Directed and Produced by John Gigrich - Running Time 9 Mins 

4. Rose - Rose is a short documentary that portrays a daughters despair as she comes to terms with having to 

put her own mother into a nursing home due to the onset of Alzheimer's. 

Directed & Produced by Peter O'Brien - Running Time 7 Mins 

5. An Cluiche - This short film tells the story of a man who loves his team more than his girlfriend 

Directed & Produced by Cathal O'Cuaig - Running Time 8 Mins 

6. The Road of Souls - A moment in time in 1950's that captures the imagination of an eleven year old boy. 

Directed by Garret Daly & Produced by Garret Daly & PJ Curtis - Running Time 18 Mins 

7. No Messages - Dave, a beleaguered Dublin barman, awaits an important phone call. 

Directed by Cian McGarrigle & Produced by Eoin Lynch - Running Time 18 Mins 

9. Fifty People - One Question - One Town - Fifty Different People - One Very Difficult Question 

Directed & Produced by Kamil Krolak - Running Time 11 Mins 

10. Partly Cloudy - Fiona is dealing with the trials of being bridesmaid to her demanding sister Gillian. The 

stress is about to takes its toll. 

Directed by Mark Cogan & Produced by Amanda Ferriter - Running Time 15 Mins 

11. The Arrival - Michael and John have been married for two years and are ready to take the next step into 

fatherhood. Having failed to adopt a baby through all the legal routes, Michael discovers a website where 

pregnant women sell their babies little knowing that these women are not what they seem. 

Directed by Christian Kotey & Produced by Jonathan Clancy - Running Times 16 Mins 

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Short Film Program 2 – The Maretello Suite at 415pm 

1. Lose the Booze - Two estranged best friends wake up one morning after the night before in the mountains in 

a beer delivery truck, a full load of kegs and no clue how to undo the mess they are in. 

Directed by Declan Reynolds & Produced by Declan Reynolds, Ronan Connolly & Conor Hipwell 

Running Time 11 Mins 

2. Channel 31 - Edgar Allen Poe has nothing on this macabre tale of burial, CB radios and graveyards. Cosmo 

helps his dying brothers fear of being buried alive in a most unusual fashion. 

Directed by Dermot Tynan & Produced by Lara O'Connell - Running Time 11 Mins 

3. Breaking Up - After his girlfriend throws him out, Steve realises he doesn't have his wallet. He hides and 

waits for her to leave, then sneaks back into the apartment to look for it. 

Directed & Produced by Tim Hanan - Running Time 3 Mins 

4. Bayonet - Jack is intrigued by his Grandfather who fought in WWII. When his house is broken into, Jack takes 

matters into his own hands to avenge his Grandfather 

Directed by Anthony Downes & Produced by Caitriona Costello - Running Time 8 Mins 

5. Jeremiah O'Dea- Hand carving works of art is my key to the walled garden, my way down the rabbit hole, my 

looking glass, my chosen path, my inspiration - Jeremiah O'Dea 

Directed and Produced by Kamil Krolak - Running Time 6 Mins 

6. It's A Wonderful Death - A suicidal man gets a new lease of life after hearing the world is about to end. 

Directed by Liam Upton & Produced by Big Salad Productions/Snugboro Films - Running Time 10 Mins 

7. Premiss - 1969: A British intelligence officer is assigned to debrief a colleague returned from Soviet captivity. 

He soon suspects a link between the murder of a Russian defector in the US years earlier and a possible double 

agent in his department 

Directed by Bryan Tyrrell & Produced by Raymond Lamb, Aodán Ó'Coileáin & Bryan Tyrrell 


8. Unusual Victim - An Abduction takes place, the pursuer becomes the pursued. 

Directed by Jason Figgis & Produced by Jason Shalloe - Running Time 8 Mins 

9. For Sarah - For Sarah follows Sarah Jordan in the wake of her boyfriends death. She was the last person to 

see him alive and two days later, she remains the only person to have seen him dead. Alone together in their 

small apartment Sarah finds herself besieged by the demons of her past. 

Directed & Produced by Vincent McEntee - Running Time 16 Mins 

10. The Court Astronomer 

Life mirrors class as a Bishop, Knight and King try to outwit each other. 

Directed and Produced by Alex Fegan - Running Time 15 Mins 

11. Spare Change? 

A homeless man is in desperate need for some extra cash - but what are his intentions? 

Directed by Jordan Ballantine & Produced by Jordan Ballantine & Patrick Murphy - Running Time 4 Mins 

12. Uisce Beatha - A young man leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the doomed Titanic. 

But a night of celebration beforehand results in a twist that will effect his fate drastically. 

Directed by Shaun O'Connor & Produced by Aideen Wylde - Running Time 8 Mins 

13. Trust - This is a tragic story of hurt, of how a meaningless sexual act can have a disturbing effect on 

the people we love. In one moment…. with one selfish Act…. you can ruin everything 

Directed & Produced by Alan Mulligan - Running Time 13 Mins



1. Treekeeper - tells the story of a young mans struggle to protect his inherited woodlands from being 

developed as a landfill site. 

Directed & Produced by Patrick O'Shea 


2. The Solution - This film explores the greed, apathy, prejudices and racism of a society transformed by an 

"economic miracle". Jerry has done well during Irelands recent economic boom. A wealthy property man, he 

has recently married a younger woman. They live with his physically disabled son from a previous marriage. It 

looks like he has the perfect life, but if we scratch the surface there is something very dark and disturbing 

underneath. 

Directed by Ivan Kavanagh 

Screening in the Laurel Suite at 6pm - Running Time 90 Mins 

3. G.B.H - London 2011. As the worst riots the capitol has ever seen in decades rages, a lone wolf cop must 

choose between his friends or his duty as two worlds collide in this violent uncompromising crime epic in the 

tradition of 'The Long Good Friday' and 'The Sweeney'. 

Directed by Simon Philips 

Produced by Jonathan Sothcott 


4. Flower - 'Flower', a celebration of being different. A loveable imperfect man, a dying father, an estranged 

beleaguered brother, unrequited love, street bullying and the realisation that nobody's perfect. 

Directed by Ger Thompson & Peter Thompson 

Produced by Eileen McCarthy 


The 2012 Underground Cinema Film Festival is supported by 

The Irish Film Board and Yelp

Saturday September 15th 

Short Film Program 1 – The Maretello Suite at 10am 

1. Area 51 - The Duke is called in for an emergency delivery 

Directed and Produced by Carl Collins - Running Time 13 Mins 

2. Impetuous - On her way to a party with some friends, Kerrie is in a sudden car accident and awakes tied up in an 

abandoned shed unable to move 

Directed & Produced by Dave Thorpe - Running Time 12 Mins 

3. Suitcases - When twins spend the summer with their grandfather, they uncover a tragic family secret. 

Directed by Alan Dunne - Produced by Alan Dunne & Elaine Dunne - Running Time 15 Mins 

4. Kara - Kara is a dark drama that sees a young woman follow a nightmarish creature to an isolated farmhouse 

where she starts to uncover memories that she has repressed. 

Directed & Produced by Traolach Ó'Mhurchú - Running Time 7 Mins 

5. Beach - A lonely man finds himself on a secluded beach after a nights heavy drinking and becomes aware of a 

presence that seems to want something. 

Directed by Thomas J Smyth - Running Time 3 Mins 

6. Prodigal Son - Shadowy US medical company Prodigal Inc. bring a Dublin mobsters son back from the dead, to 

the horror of his devoted mother, and without reckoning on the son's enigmatic killer returning to finish the job 

Directed by CJ Scuffins - Produced by CJ Scuffins & Ellis Mernagh - Running Time 18 Mins 

7. The Hatch - Set against the backdrop of a stormy night onboard a small rural fishing trawler, Jeremiah the 

skipper and his Ronan witness an unearthly glowing object fall into the sea. 

Directed by Enda Loughman & Mike Ahearn - Produced by Gary Moore - Running Time 14 Mins 

8. Solaria - Alex Russell, a geneticist on-board the Solaria Research Station has devoted his life to test subject 

Rachel, a comatose woman who is immune to the ageing process. 

Directed by John Hoey & Produced by Craig Broughton - Running Time 11 Mins 

9. Walt - James is an abandoned young child who meets Walt. Walt befriends him and teaches him how to fish. 

The pair become friends. But Walt is not all he seems 

Directed & Produced by Randal Plunkett - Running Time 23 Mins 

10. Sliced - A mysterious voyeur catches a young couple inside a house. In this eight minute 'one take' film, not all 

is as it seems. 

Directed & Produced by Alex Fegan - Running Time 8 Mins 

11. Refugio 115 - 1938. The population of Barcelona is devastated by the continued indiscriminate bombing. In one 

of the refuges something unknown is hidden in the darkness, hidden and waiting to take people one by one. 

Directed by Ivan Villamel & Produced by Maria José Garcia - Running Time 6 Mins 

12. Hell Cat - Charlotte lives alone with the internet sensation Charlie, her adorable talking cat. However she begins 

to suspect what Charlie is saying might not be so innocent. 

Directed by Ged Murray & Produced by David Lestor Mooney - Running Time 9 Mins 

13. He Moved Through The Fair - Mick was a simple man, never spared a thought for yarns. Yet this man with no 

time for superstition, finds himself facing a nightmare he can scarcely believe 

Directed by John Hennesey & Produced by Jack Kavanagh - Running Time 13 Mins

Saturday September 15th 


1. Zero Killed - What happens when you offer typical everyday working class people to film their personal murder 

fantasies, with only one condition - they must play a role in the film? Then follow-up with interviews of each of them 

to further explore what conditions would make them kill? 

Screening in the Dargan Suite - Directed & Produced by by MichalKosakowski – Running Time 90 Mins 

2. Beyond The Grave - In a devastated post-apocalyptic world where the rules of reality are transformed by magic and 

madness, a vengeful police officer searches for a possessed serial killer in a battle of the not-so-good versus absolute 

evil. 

Directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro & Produced by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro & Isidoro B. Guggiana 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 1145am - Running Time 89 Mins 

3. Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based 

on the story "Dracula." 

Directed by FW Murnau & Produced by Enrico Dieckmann & Albin Grau. 


4. The Driller Killer - An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for 

his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts 

with a power drill. 

Directed by Abel Ferrara & Produced by D.A. Metrov & Rochelle Weisberg 


5. Colour From The Dark - One day while drawing water from the well, Pietro and Alice produce a casual and 

apparently insignificant incident, which frees something from Earths womb. A strange and alien colour flashes 

underwater at the wells bottom, then disappears. From that moment on, inexplicable events start happening all 

around the farm, and by night the surrounding vegetation glitters with a sinister glow. 

Directed by Ivan Zuccon & Produced by Ivan Zuccon & Roberta Marrelli 


6. Chillerama - It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the 

ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons 

Directed by Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin & Tim Sullivan 

Produced by Jason Richard Miller, Andrew Mysko & Cory Neal 


7. Fractional - A psychiatrist, John Hatchett, wakes up tied to a chair in an abandoned warehouse. Left with no food or 

water, or chance of escape, John's only weapon is his mind to distract his capture. 

Directed by Malcom Deegan & Produced by Malcom Deegan and Peter Bergin 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 430pm Running Time 93 Mins 

8. Where The Dead Go To Die - Where the Dead Go To Die" revolves around a troubled group of children living on the 

same block. They are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different 

dimensions and time periods. 

Directed and Produced by Jimmy Screamerclauz 

Screening in the Dargan Suite at 615pm Running Time 90 Mins 

9. Railway Children - In Dublin, Ireland, Evie and her younger sister Fran are coping with life without their parents since 

a deadly virus wiped out the entire adult human race with children and teenagers strangely immune. Squatting in 

empty, derelict houses and gathering food, the two are doing anything they can to survive. Directed by Jason Figgis, 

Produced by Jason Shaloe 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 615pm – Running Time 90 Mins 

10. Dracula - The vampire comes to England to seduce a visitor's fiancée and inflict havoc in the foreign land. 

Directed and Produced by Francis Ford Coppola 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 815pm - Running Time 128 Mins

Sunday September 16th 

Student Short Film Program 1 – The Maretello Suite at 10am 

1. Red Bear - While documenting the Bosnian War in the early nineties, a lonesome Irish conflict 

photographer experiences life on the other side of the lens. 

Directed by Ricardo Deakin & Produced by Conor O'Farrell & Max Ramsbottom - Running Time 12 Mins 

2. Ambrose - A day in the life of ill strucken Ambrose takes a turn from the mundane when Samuel receives 

an unexpected letter 

Directed by Gavin Butler & Produced by Robert Mulligan - Running Time 9 Mins 

3. Flippin The Bird - Two ignorant bird watchers suffer the consequences of taking a hungry magpie for 

granted. 

Directed by Adam Kavanagh, Maureen Walshe, Barry Keegan & Mike McCann 

Produced by Ballyfermot College of Further Education - Running Time 3 Mins 

4. Following Strangers - A chronic stalker leaves his previous relationship in order to find true love. 

Directed by Chris Kelly & Produced by Vanessa Malone - Running Time 3 Mins 

5. Imbalance - Owen Hunt is living a double life. While he leaves his wife Lydia at home to care for his young 

child, he keeps up a tawdry affair with his mistress Clarissa. His two worlds collide when he is kidnapped by 

the mysterious Yohannes Riyadi and forced to make a heartbreaking choice. 

Directed by Daniel J Doody & Produced by Patrick Thompson - Running Time 10 Mins 

6. Muddy Feet Mountain High 

Set back in the time of the Celts. One Celt races to get to his comrades. Does he get there in time? 

Directed & Produced by Benjamin Barry - Running Time 3 Mins 

7. Nunday - A documentary short about a town in Kerry attempting to break the world record for the most 

nuns in a single place to raise awareness about suicide. 

Directed and Produced by James Keating - Running Time 5 Mins 

8. Trapped - An autobiographical film told in a chase sequence of a fox character getting chased by demonic 

dogs in a claustrophobic environment 

Directed by Laura Murray - Produced by Ballyfermot College of Further Education - Running Time 3 Mins 

9. Chat -Chat is a short film about the connection between two people, Adam & Jane 

Directed by David Cullinan & Produced by David Cullinan & Elliot Murphy - Running Time 7 Mins 

10. Marionette - A man who has recently lost his wife discovers a marionette puppet made in her image. 

What follows is the man finding his own way of saying goodbye. 

Directed by Sam Banahan & Produced by Kieran O'Byrne - Running Time 5 Mins 

11. Flight of the South - A young boy builds a robot to help him escape the violent reality of his stepfather. 

Directed & Produced by James Fitzgerald - Running Time 15 Mins 

12. Oddity - Oddity is a story about Alex, a young teenager who is just now ready to 'Come Out' to his 

parents. He soon finds he must learn to cope with pre-judgments about his sexuality in a world where 

prejudice is rife. 

Directed by Eoghann McEntee & Produced by Emer Flaherty - Running Time 8 Mins


Student Short Film Program 2 – The Maretello Suite at 345pm 

1. Red Flag - Two friends attempt to find the last safe place on earth, in this post apocalyptic world. 

Directed and Produced by James Fitzgerald - Running Time 7 Mins 

2. Right of Way - Documentary short about the legal battle faced by two men who claimed a public right of way 

over private land. 

Directed & Produced by James Keating - Running Time 5 Mins 

3. Ar Scáth a Chéile - Adopted from a Joyce short story, 'A Painful Case', taken from his book 'Dubliners', this 

Irish language short tells the story of a bachelor, reflecting on his time spent with an old flame. 

Directed by Daithí Ó'Cinnéide & Produced by Daithí Ó'Cinnéide & Seán Breathnach 


3. Ciarán - A documentary film based around the life of a twelve year old boy with a sever mental disability which 

has never been diagnosed. 

Directed & produced by Diarmuid Hayes, Shauna Farrell & Jane Wilson - Running Time 22 Mins 

4. Taryn Barker - When Taryn's young sister is abducted from school, she must journey to the darkest corners of 

the city to save her. 

Directed by Zoe Kavanagh & Produced by Steve Jackson - Running Time 13 Mins 

5. Unheard - Unheard tells the story of a young piano teacher and aspiring open mic musician, Aisling. With the 

help of her loyal friend Joanne, she tries to cope with losing her hearing without losing the music in her life. 

Directed by Carla Maria Tighe & Produced by Lynda Bradley - Running Time 16 Mins 

6. Shellshock - Ireland, 1923. A young man returns home after having served with the British Army during World 

War I. He struggles to readjust to civilian life, his memories of the trenches far from his mind. 

Directed & Produced by John Corcoran - Running Time 11 Mins 

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1. Happy Family - Dylan is a 9 year old boy living happily with his mother Rachel. When she brings home 

her new boyfriend, Ola. Dylan takes matters into his own hands, to claim back his home and his mothers 

love. 

Directed by Hugh Noonan - Running Time 11 Mins 

2. Desiderata - A brief moment in the life of a prostitute in Ireland, as she meets a client, recovers 

afterwards and is returned 

Directed & Produced by Ciaran O'Reilly - Running Time 5 Mins 

3. Past Pupil - Cassidy encounters a bully from his past in the form of his ex school teacher. 

Directed by Graham Cantwell -Running Time 13 Mins 

4. The Gardener - They mess you up your mum and dad, they not mean to but they do. This personal 

story reveals the universality of our potential relationships, warts and all, but in doing so, casts a light on 

the beauty. 

Directed by Simon Daniels & Produced by Simon Daniels & Stephen James Smith 


5. The Underground - A retired fighter is made make a come back due to a large debt his father owes a 

well known gangster 

Directed by Stephen Patrick Kenny & Produced by One Shot Entertainment - Running Time 25 Mins 

6. Nuts - Dominic discovers a lump on his testicles. He tries to go about his day. 

Directed by Irvine Welsh & Produced by Emer Martin - Running Time 16 Mins 

7. No Comment - A young woman tries to deal with tragic upheaval in her life and takes drastic action in 

order to full come to terms with it. 

Directed by Gerard Shannon & Produced by Laura Cullen, Damien Dunne & Gerard Shannon 


8. True-D - Sometimes in life it can seem to much, that there is no answer. John Walker was one such 

man who thought this way. Till one day at his wits end he set out to end it all. However on his journey he 

would learn some of life’s lessons, lessons from the unlikely of teachers. 

Directed & Produced by Noel Brady - Running Time 11 Mins 

9. The Video Box - George, a film critic with a marriage that’s grown cold and distant, starts receiving 

videos in the post of his wife with another man, with unexpected results 

Directed by Georgios Mastrakoulis & Produced by Maggie Mitchell & Neal Rowland 

10. My Fathers Son - My father's son is about JOHN, a teenage Boy living in a modern day working class 

estate with his mother and brother in a provincial Irish. town. It deals with A few days in Johns life were 

he finds out he might have more in common with his absent violent father than he thinks. 

Directed & Produced by James Mulholland - Running Time 19 Mins 

11. Timeless Man - Have you ever imagined that you could back in time and meet your heroe’s? Benjamin 

Hewson has. He has travelled back from the year 2330 to meet his hero, legendary rock God Johnny 

Murtagh. But in his bid to witness history in the making, has Benjamin put Johnny’s future in jeopardy? 

Directed by Brian O'Neill & Paul Bushe & Produced by Laura McNicholas - Running Time 24 Mins



1. Untitled - A young singer searches for a piece of music to sum up his life after coming to terms with his 

fatal illness. 

Directed by Eamonn Tutty & Produced by Eamonn Tutty, Denise Pattison & Andrew Doherty 


2. Cross Purpose - A young woman arrives at a train station already late for an interview and her 

predicament attracts the attention of a middle-aged man. Flustered and impatient, the woman is rude to 

him, but there is a surprise soon in store for her. 

Directed by Aaron Harris & Produced by Denise Pattison - Running Time 6 Mins 

3. Unspoken - A short film about the importance of expression and the effect one mans inability to speak his 

heart and mind has on his perception of life and relationships. 

Directed by Patrick Bridgeman & Produced by Camile Donegan - Running Time 8 Mins 

4. Stories From The Projection Booth - A short documentary marking the retirement of Freddie Diviney 

after projecting films in Galway for over 40 years. 

Directed & Produced by Thomas Quain - Running Time 16 Mins 

5. Playtime - Playtime tells the story of a brothers bond no matter what happens 

Directed by Michael Kelly & Produced by Kim Campbell - Running Time 6 Mins 

6. Ninety Seconds - In a city of the near future, a surveillance expert takes on a job that may prove to be his 

downfall. 

Directed by Gerard Lough & Produced by Gerard Lough & Michael Parle - Running Time 27 Mins 

7. Heartbreaker - Don't turn on the television, the news is worse than you could imagine. 

Directed and Produced by Thomas Quain - Running Time 3 Mins 

8. Gently Down The Stream - Innocence becomes vulnerability. Mandy seeks comfort within the shadow 

illusions of her deceased twin sister as their mother desperately tries to keep a grip on the humble world 

they live in. 

Directed & Produced by Brian Oglanby - Running 19 Mins 

9. The Peter Habit - Peter leads an unnatural lifestyle which takes its toll once his own habits create surreal 

and heinous consequences. 

Directed by Jon Rorke & Marc Campbell & Produced by Caitlin McInnes - Running Time 5 Mins 

10. Bad Karma - Katherine tries to let go of Peter her ex boyfriend, she breaks up with Andy who she's been 

dating. Katherine soon realises her decision has cause to haunt her present. 

Directed & Produced by Stephen Brady - Running Time 11 Mins 

11. Tiger - A battle of wits develops during a tiger kidnapping between one of the kidnappers and one of the 

victims, a snobbish bank manages wife 

Directed by Cathal Nally & Produced by Cathal Nally & Eilis Mernagh - Running Time 10 Mins


Documentaries 

1. Dead Lift - World Gym is the last of Dublin's traditional bodybuilding establishments. Unlike the 

plethora of lifestyle fitness centres around the country, it is a bastion of old school power lifting. Dead 

Lift will cast an acerbic but affectionate all seeing eye on a vibrant and vital Dublin institution. 

Directed & Produced by Patrick Cooney 


2. Who Is Dervla Murphy? - A profile documentary of Irelands foremost travel writer Dervla Murphy 

Directed by Garret Daly & Produced By Martina McGlyn 


3. The Raj in the Rain - The Anglo Irish Ascendancy were Medieval immigrant gangsters who for centuries 

led the life of Riley in the wild pastures of Ireland. But in Celtic Tiger.com, their numbers have dwindled 

to a few hundred, with even fewer living in the crumbling ramshackle palaces that great great grand 

daddy built 

Directed & Produced by Patrick Cooney 


4. The Song For The Year - Living between Waterford and Manhattan, Pierce Turner has been lauded for 

over 20 years by a cult following, receiving the sort of press better known acts only dream of. He has 

been championed by Americas most important modern composer Phil Glass, and found himself 

immortalised by the folk legend Christy Moore's tribute recording 'I love the way Pierce Turner Sings' 

Directed & Produced by Colin Murnane 


5. Fight or Flight - Filmmaker Peter McCarthy was randomly attacked on a night out in Galway, 

leaving him badly scarred and threatening the vision in his left eye. On his recovery Peter 

came across an article on Muay Thai boxing in a newspaper and decided to leave Ireland for 

Thailand and learn how to defend himself. Fight or Flight documents Peter's journey over a 

year and a half in Thailand as he goes from novice in Muay Thai to fighting in semiprofessional 

bouts in arenas full to capacity around Thailand. 

Directed by Peter J McCarthy & Produced by Shane Sutton & Peter J McCarthy 



1. The Looking Glass - The film follows Paul, a troubled young man who lives in a rural 

cottage with his pregnant girlfriend Claire. Paul's world is turned upside down one night 

when Claire's sinister, predatory mother Agnes arrives at their house to visit. 

Directed by Colin Downey & Produced by Eimear O'Kane 

Screening in the Martello Suite at 1145 am - Running Time 75 Mins 

2. Derelict - Four desperate men try to change their fortunes by kidnapping a bank manager 

and his family. It should be a simple job. But when they think someone might be watching 

them things start to fall apart. 

Directed by Frank Kelly & Produced by Frank Kelly, Richard Quinn & Elliot V. Kotek 

Screening in the Carlisle Suite at 9pm - Running Time 74 Mins

Free Workshops 

Ferdia MacAnna – Workshop will take place on Thursday September 13 th 

in the Dargan Suite at 5pm 

Ferdia Mac Anna was born in Dublin in 1955. He has worked as a television 

producer/director, journalist, magazine editor, screenwriter and scriptwriter. For 

some years he toured Ireland as lead singer and songwriter with first Rocky De 

Valera and the Gravediggers (1977-79) and latterly, The Rhythm Kings (1980-83). 

He was producer and script editor on the acclaimed award-winning BBC/RTE 

children’s drama series, ‘Custer’s Last Stand-Up’ (2000-2002) which won a BAFTA 

for best drama series. He has written the plays ‘Big Mom’ (Project Arts Centre) 

and ‘The Last of Johnny Synge’ as well as three novels, ‘The Last of the High 

Kings’ (made into a Hollywood movie starring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea and 

Christina Ricci in 1996), ‘The Ship Inspector’ (screenplay in development) and 

‘Cartoon City’. 

His memoir, ‘The Rocky Years’ (Hodder Headline, 2006) is in development for a TV drama series. He has taught at 

various colleges and institutions, including DCU, NUI Maynooth and IADT where he currently lectures in 

Screenwriting and TV and Radio Broadcasting. His works as a freelance TV producer/director and writer on 

Dramas, Sitcoms, Documentaries, and Soaps. He has written one poem. 

Ferdia’s workshop is entitled ‘The Fucking Mad Thing About Character Stereotypes’. 

Vinny Murphy – Workshop will take place on Friday September 14 th 

in the Laurel Suite at 11am 

Vinny Murphy has worked as a Director, Writer, Actor and Composer 

for Film, Television and Theatre. He directed and co-wrote the 

feature film Accelerator, which won several awards internationally 

and earned him the U.I.P. Best Director prize. He has directed ten 

short fiction films ( five of which he also wrote) as well as various 

other formats, has acted in more than forty films and television 

programs and has composed music for several films, the latest being 

the feature “the Disturbed”. 

He currently teaches screen writing on the M.A. Course at the National Film School, D.L.I.A.D.T., screen acting 

on the Degree Course at D.I.T. Rathmines, directing with filmbase and all of the above with the Digital Skills 

Academy at the Digital Hub. He also teaches through his own company the Screen Project - 

http://www.facebook.com/thescreenproject.dublin 

Vinny’s workshop is “a fast (possibly manic!) look at the process of film making from the point of view of the 

writer and the director. This is a hands-on workshop, scenes will be written, shot and viewed. There will also be 

a fair bit of talk, questions being encouraged." 

Ciaran Creagh – Workshop will take place on Saturday 

September 15 th in the Laurel Suite at 11am 

Irish playwright and screenwriter Ciaran Creagh rose to 

attention in the film industry last year when his 

screenplay ‘Parked’ was made into a cinema-released 

feature film starring Colm Meaney (The Snapper) and 

directed by Darragh Byrne. Picking up numerous awards 

internationally, ‘Parked’ came after Creagh had three of 

his plays publicly performed. 

Ciarans program is entitled 'Characters, their actions and 

how to get them to stop talking'. The main thrust of the 

program is character development and making them 

real and not ruining them by endless dialogue.

Free Workshops 

Colin Bateman– Workshop will take place on Sunday September 16 th 

in the Dargan Suite at 2pm 

Colin Bateman has been producing novels since his debut, Divorcing Jack in 

1994. Divorcing Jack won a Betty Trask Award in the same year and was 

adapted into a 1998 film starring David Thewlis. Several of Bateman's novels 

featured the semi-autobiographical Belfast journalist, Dan Starkey. 

His book Murphy's Law was adapted from the BBC television series Murphy's 

Law (2001–2007), featuring James Nesbitt. Bateman explains on his website 

that "Murphy`s Law was written specifically for James Nesbitt, a local actor 

who became a big TV star through Cold Feet. The ninety minute pilot for 

Murphy's Law on BBC 1 was seen by more than seven million people, and led 

to three TV series, on which I was the chief writer.” 

Has just completed the 8 part series "SCUP", Which he wrote in English but has been translated into Irish. It is 

in production by Sterling Films & BBC Northern Ireland. His children's book Titanic 2020 has been shortlisted 

for the 2008 Salford Children's Book Award. Much of his work is produced under the name "Bateman" (rather 

than his full name); his 2007 novel I Predict a Riot bears (among others) the dedication: "For my Christian 

name, gone but not forgotten". 

Colin’s Workshop will be entitled ‘Writing for the Screen’. 

Bernard McLaverty – Workshop will take place on 

Sunday September 16 th in the Dargan Suite at 4pm 

Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast (14.9.42) and lived there until 

1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four 

children. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, 

a teacher of English and, for two years in the mid eighties, Writer-in- 

Residence at the University of Aberdeen. 

After living for a time in Edinburgh and the Isle of Islay he now lives in 

Glasgow. He is a member of Aosdana in Ireland and is Visiting 

Writer/Professor at the University of Strathclyde. 

Currently he is employed as a teacher of creative writing on a postgraduate course in prose fiction run by the 

Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He has published five 

collections of short stories and four novels. He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio plays, 

television plays, screenplays. Recently he wrote and directed a short film 'Bye-Child‘. Bernard’s screenplays 

include 'Bye Child', 'Lamb' and 'Cal'. 

We are delighted to welcome Bernard to our festival to speak about his writing over the last few 

decades. Bernard’s workshop will take place on Sunday in the Dargan suite at 4pm 

All Workshops Free of Charge 

If you are interested in attending any of our workshops, please log on to our website and fill in the 

workshop Application form. Numbers for these workshop are limited to 50 people. Festival Pass holders 

and Friends of the Festival will be given preference for these workshop. For more information about 

Festival Passes and our Friend of the Festival scheme, please log on to our website 

www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com 

NB* Workshop times are subject to change at short notice. Please keep an eye on our website for our 

most up to date information

Special Guest – Jack Sargeant Program Director for 

Revelation Film Festival Australia 

As an author Jack Sargeant’s work has been described as "dangerously 

inspirational" by Six Degrees magazine, his numerous books on cinema 

include Deathtripping: The Extreme Underground, Naked Lens: Beat Cinema 

(like Deathtripping now in its third English language edition) and Cinema 

Contra Cinema. He is co-editor with Chris Barber of No Focus: Punk on 

Film and with Stephanie Watson of Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of 

the Road Movie. In addition he has written on underground and cult film, 

sonic art / alternative music and subcultures for numerous books and 

anthologies including From The Arthouse To The Grindhouse and 

Underground USA, amongst others. 

Jack has written introductions for books by Lydia Lunch, Romain Slocombe, and Joe Coleman. The author 

of the acclaimed book on underground art Suture, he has also edited several volumes of true crime 

writing. He writes a regular column for FilmInk, and has written articles for The Wire, Xochi 23, Fortean 

Times, World Art, Real Time, Metro, Headpress and many other publications. 

His writings have also appeared in the booklets accompanying numerous DVDs in the USA and UK, 

including the BFI release of Jeff Keen’s films and the Industrial Records Throbbing Gristle DVD box set. 

In addition to writing, Sargeant has lectured on underground film and culture, beat culture, William 

Burroughs and many other topics across the world. He has curated numerous film, performance and fine 

art events, and is currently program director for the Revelation Film Festival in Western Australia. 

We are delighted to welcome Jack from Australia to bring us a unique view and insight into the world of 

Underground Cinema. Jack’s program will take place in the Dargan Suite on Friday September 14 th from 

12pm to 1145pm . See our website www.undergroundcinema-filmfestival.com for a complete list of 

Underground Films bring screened. 

Warning: Jack’s program is strictly over 18’s 

Paul Fraser Retrospective 

Underground Cinema are delighted to screen a selection of some of Paul Frasers 

brilliant work including Heartlands, A Room For Romeo Brass, Somers Town and 

Paul's directorial debut 'Our Brothers'. 

We are honored to have Paul with us this year during the festival and we are delighted 

that he has agreed to speak to our audiences after each one of his films 

All Screenings will take place in the Laurel Suite on 

Saturday September 15 th 

Heartlands – 1230pm 

Room For Romeo Brass – 230pm 

Somers Town – 630pm 

My Brothers - 9pm

Bram Stoker Centenary Celebration – The Martello Suite at 815pm 

Stoker on Stoker 

Underground Cinema are delighted to announce that Dacre Stoker 

will be travelling from America to Dun Laoghaire to help us 

celebrate the centenary of Bram Stokers classic novel Dracula, with 

an incredible and fascinating presentation on the Stoker family 

history. 

Dacre Stoker‘s compelling and informative presentation weaves 

together the details of Dracula’s history with Stoker family history, 

and Bram Stoker’s life in Dublin and London, then separates fact 

from popular fiction....revealing the truth about all things Stoker 

and Dracula. Customized to appeal to secondary school and 

university groups, Gothic scholars, vampire fans, or history buffs, 

Stoker on Stoker has fascinated audiences around the world, 

exploring the issues behind the mysteries that have baffled Dracula 

scholars and fans since the book’s publication in 1897. 

Directly after Dacre’s presentation, our final horror 

film for the day will be the 20th Anniversary 

screening of Bram Stokers 'Dracula' . 

Since Bram Stoker first brought the tale of Dracula 

to life in 1897, the story has been told and retold 

countless times on screen. Directors such as F.W. 

Murnau, Tod Browning, Terrence Fisher and John 

Badham have all offered up different versions of 

this story, while actors as diverse as Max Schreck, 

Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and Frank Langella 

have all portrayed the blood sucking count. By 

1992, it seemed that this tale had been told so 

many times that there was nothing left to say. 

However, that is the year that the legendary director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford 

Coppola, presents us with a flamboyant new look at Dracula. Over one hundred years after Stoker first 

penned the novel, Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the most faithful film adaptation of the book. It is an 

engaging and visually exhilarating exercise in screen horror. 

"Ambition, intelligence, terrific momentum and genuine creativity" - The Irish Times 

After the screening of Dracula the PaperDolls will display some their most incredible acrobatic talents 

IN THE BEGINNING... 

It all started when four young ladies gathered to discuss a mutual problem: they wanted to fly but had nowhere to 

do it in their city. Their driving passion was aerial – performing with airborne circus equipment like trapeze, hoop, 

rope and silks. After years of ad-hoc aerial training they had run out of patience and so began a search for a space 

to develop their aerial craft. As fate would have it, they soon found their performance home - the Complex, a citycenter 

venue that was the answer to their prayers. From vastly diverse backgrounds, the Dolls found the creative 

chemistry between them urgently needed an outlet. They had met each other for a reason, to realise their 

childhood imaginings of wild adventures, mystifying spectacles and immensely invigorating happenings. 

IN THE FUTURE... 

PaperDolls are at a very interesting juncture in their growth as a new company. Having only formed in January 

2011 and recently completed full-time aerial and acrobatics training at Belfast Circus School, they have jumped 

head first into their creative work and have received just as much back as a result. Their intention is to go on 

exactly as how they started, doing what they want and seeing what can come about when you throw a group of 

intense, creative, physical, young, hungry people into a room and give them a platform from which to work. 

PaperDolls are Emily Aoibheann, Elaine McCague and Karen Anderson.

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