Draft:Clodagh

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| director = Portia A. Buckley

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| screenplay = Michael Lindley
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| producer = Michael Lindley

| starring = Bríd Ní Neachtain
Katelyn Rose Downey
Jim Kitsonl

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| cinematography = Jomo Fray

| editing = Harry Cepka

| music = Fergal Scahill

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Clodagh is a short film directed by Portia A. Buckley. It is a color film of 16 minutes in both English and Irish.{{Cite web |title=Afternoon Pictures About Us: Portia A. Buckley & Michael Lindley |url=https://www.afternoonpictures.com/afternoon-pictures-about |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Afternoon Pictures |language=en-US}} The film portrays a lonely, devout, and rigorously honest housekeeper (played by Bríd Ní Neachtain) who discovers a young Irish girl with an exceptional promise, Clodagh (Katelyn Rose Downey). This meeting creates a moral conundrum for Mrs. Kelly, it tells the story of her moral battle between religious integrity and bending the rules in the name of passion.{{Cite web |title=First steps {{!}} The Irish World |url=https://www.theirishworld.com/first-steps/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=www.theirishworld.com}}

Plot

Mrs. Kelly is the devoted housekeeper of a priest. Frugal, pious, and unwaveringly honest, she cares for her priest and church with meticulous pride. On her morning off, she teaches Irish dance to the local girls. Her predictable life takes an unexpected turn when a recently widowed man enrolls his daughter, Clodagh, in her class. In Clodagh's dancing, Mrs. Kelly sees what she believes to be "God's hand." Yet, taking Clodagh under her wing would mean breaking long-standing rules. What ensues is a moral struggle, as Mrs. Kelly grapples with her steadfast values of honesty and integrity against the temptation to bend the rules in the name of passion and artistic expression.{{Cite web |last=Prestridge |first=James |date=2024-04-18 |title=Close-Up: An Interview With Clodagh Director Portia A. Buckley |url=https://closeupculture.com/2024/04/18/close-up-an-interview-with-clodagh-director-portia-a-buckley/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Close-Up Culture |language=en-US}}

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Mrs. Kelly: Bríd Ní Neachtain

Clodagh: Katelyn Rose Downey

Mr. Hickey: Jim Kitson

Father: Tom Lawlor

Mrs. Quinn: Noelle Brown

Clodagh’s Father: Aidan O’Hare

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Director: Portia A. Buckley

Screenwriters: Portia A. Buckley, Michael Lindley

Producers: Michael Lindley

Executive Producer: Serena Armitage

Director of Photography: Jomo Fray

Editor: Harry Cepka

Costume Designer: Margaret Elizabeth Cooke

Production Designer: Lyndon Ogbourne

Dance Choreography: Clare Watson, Lisa Watson

Music: Fergal Scahill

Production

Clodagh was produced by Afternoon Pictures{{Cite web |title=Afternoon Pictures Filmography: Films Written, Produced & Shot By Afternoon Pictures |url=https://www.afternoonpictures.com/afternoon-pictures-films |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=Afternoon Pictures |language=en-US}}, a co-founded independent production company by Michael Lindley and Portia A. Buckley. the company aims to "bring original stories of life in contemporary Britain and Ireland to the big screen".

The story was inspired by an old RTÉ clip featuring archival footage of a priest's housekeeper, which caught the director's attention.

Release

The world premiere of Clodagh took place at the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in 2024{{Cite web |title=Flickerfest {{!}} Best Of International Shorts 1 – 2024 |url=https://flickerfest.com.au/programme/best-of-international-shorts-1-2024/ |access-date=2024-12-24}}. The sort movie is qualified in the Live Action Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |title=97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED |url=https://press.oscars.org/news/97th-oscarsr-shortlists-10-award-categories-announced |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}}

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scope="row" \| Cleveland Film Festival \| YES \| Spalding & Jackson Award
scope="row" \| Hollyshorts \| YES \| Kodak, Best Shot on Film
scope="row" \| Tribeca \| NO \| Official Selection

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! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" | Cleveland Film Festival

| YES

| Spalding & Jackson Award

scope="row" | Hollyshorts

| YES

| Kodak, Best Shot on Film

scope="row" | Tribeca

| NO

| Official Selection