Ciaran Creagh (Irish writer)
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Ciaran Creagh is an Irish
writer from Dublin who writes for the theatre and film. He has had three plays publicly performed and his first film, PARKED, starring Colm Meaney
and Colin Morgan
is due for release in late 2010/early 2011:
High Flyers will distribute ‘Parked’ in the UK with Element Pictures Distribution releasing it in Ireland in October 2011 and Olive Films bringing it to American audiences in the autumn.
"Parked - a story about the unlikely duo of Fred, a mobile homeless man who loses his London-based job at the start of the film and Cathal, a frenzied 21 year old with a serious dope problem. Both men live out of their cars and are drawn together through a common bond of having a troubled history. Through many events – funny and poignant Fred’s life is turned around and he comes to understand the importance of feeling truly at home."
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2011 Brussels Film Festival, Belgium (Belgian Premiere)
2011 Newport Beach Film Festival
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch Premiere)
2011 Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden (Scandinavian Premiere)
2011 Irish Film Festival Boston, USA (American Premiere)
2011 Dallas International Film Festival, USA
2010 Torino Film Festival, Italy (World Premiere)
AWARDS
Aer Lingus Best Feature Award - The Irish Film Festival Boston 2011
Target Narrative Feature - Honorable Mention - Dallas International Film Festival 2011
NOMINATIONS
Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAS) 2011 - Best Actor in a Lead Role Film; Best Editing; Best Original Score; Best Make-Up and Hair.
Press Links.
http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/parked-dallas-intl-fim-festival-review/
His three published plays are:
Last Call - "set in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail in the 1950s ... centres on Bertie Maguire, condemned to be hanged for the murder of his wife, despite his protestations of innocence, and the wardens who mind him on his last night." The novel is based on the real-life execution of Michael Manning
, the last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland
, which was witnessed by Creagh's father, Timothy, who was a prison guard minding Manning on his last night.
Blaggers - "follows a well-planned revenge attempt on the local tough guy made by three of his hard-done-by former friends who try to set him up for the robbery of a dole office".
Homefront - "Three Irish soldiers stuck in a trench in france in WW1 at Easter 1916 fighting for the British during the Easter rising in Dublin."
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
writer from Dublin who writes for the theatre and film. He has had three plays publicly performed and his first film, PARKED, starring Colm Meaney
Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons...
and Colin Morgan
Colin Morgan
Colin Morgan is an actor from Armagh, Northern Ireland, best known for playing the title character in the BBC TV series Merlin. Morgan went to Integrated College Dungannon and, during his third year, won the 'Denis Rooney Associates' Cup awarded to the best overall student of that academic year...
is due for release in late 2010/early 2011:
High Flyers will distribute ‘Parked’ in the UK with Element Pictures Distribution releasing it in Ireland in October 2011 and Olive Films bringing it to American audiences in the autumn.
"Parked - a story about the unlikely duo of Fred, a mobile homeless man who loses his London-based job at the start of the film and Cathal, a frenzied 21 year old with a serious dope problem. Both men live out of their cars and are drawn together through a common bond of having a troubled history. Through many events – funny and poignant Fred’s life is turned around and he comes to understand the importance of feeling truly at home."
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2011 Brussels Film Festival, Belgium (Belgian Premiere)
2011 Newport Beach Film Festival
2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch Premiere)
2011 Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden (Scandinavian Premiere)
2011 Irish Film Festival Boston, USA (American Premiere)
2011 Dallas International Film Festival, USA
2010 Torino Film Festival, Italy (World Premiere)
AWARDS
Aer Lingus Best Feature Award - The Irish Film Festival Boston 2011
Target Narrative Feature - Honorable Mention - Dallas International Film Festival 2011
NOMINATIONS
Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAS) 2011 - Best Actor in a Lead Role Film; Best Editing; Best Original Score; Best Make-Up and Hair.
Press Links.
http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/parked-dallas-intl-fim-festival-review/
His three published plays are:
Last Call - "set in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail in the 1950s ... centres on Bertie Maguire, condemned to be hanged for the murder of his wife, despite his protestations of innocence, and the wardens who mind him on his last night." The novel is based on the real-life execution of Michael Manning
Michael Manning (carter)
Michael Manning was a 25-year-old carter from Limerick who on Tuesday 20 April 1954 , became the 24th and last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland.He had been found guilty the previous February of the capital murder of Catherine Cooper, a...
, the last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, which was witnessed by Creagh's father, Timothy, who was a prison guard minding Manning on his last night.
Blaggers - "follows a well-planned revenge attempt on the local tough guy made by three of his hard-done-by former friends who try to set him up for the robbery of a dole office".
Homefront - "Three Irish soldiers stuck in a trench in france in WW1 at Easter 1916 fighting for the British during the Easter rising in Dublin."
External links
- Irish Emigrant interview
- Solstice Arts Centre
- http://rippleworld.com
- http://www.redcarpetcrash.com/2011/04/03/diff-review-parked/