FEATS OF MODEST VALOUR

Tom, Milena and Brian live clockwork existences, dictated by a strict regime of medication and the challenging physical reality of living with Parkinson's disease. Meanwhile, Éilís and her team of scientists are developing a new medical device, which could potentially cure the devastating disease. Woven together with observation and animation, this short documentary invites you to witness the story of groundbreaking medical science and offers a contemplation of life and mortality.

Feats of Modest Valour won the prestigious Scientist Award at the Imagine Science Film Festival 2017 in New York. The Scientist Award is given by the leading international science journal, Science, and its publisher, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The select jury included Nobel prize-winning scientist, Professor Martin Chalfe, and award-winning science columnist for the New York Times, Professor Carl Zimmer.

24/04/18 - Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic

23/02/18 - 4 FICAE - Diseases International Short Film and Art Festival, Spain

21/01/18 - Kashmir International Film Festival, India

​13/01/18 - docLAHOMA, USA

06/01/18 - Raw Science Film Festival, California USA

25/11/17 - London International Documentary Festival, UK

11/11/17 - InScience Dutch International Science Film Festival, Netherlands

15/10/17 - Imagine Science Films, New York

14/10/17 - dokumentART, Germany

06/10/17 - Dublin International Short Film and Music Video Festival, Ireland

05/10/17 - FICSAM International Mental Health Film Festival, Portugal

02/10/17 - Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, Netherlands

08/08/17 - MindScape Film Festival, USA

07/08/17 - Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland

16/07/17 - Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland

06/07/17 - Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Sweden

03/07/17 - Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia

25/06/17 - Katra Film Summer Series II, New York, USA

Leading into it's screening on Irish national television to over 160,000 viewers, Feats of Modest Valour was one of the Critic's Choice picks in The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, and one of Sunday's TV Highlights according to the Irish Independent.

Following a screening of the film at the Neuroscience Ireland conference in August 2017, head of BrainMatTrain research Dr Eilís Dowd said the film 'literally stunned the (neuro) audience into silence - you couldn't hear a pin drop - the feedback was incredible'.

24/04/18 - Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic

23/02/18 - 4 FICAE - Diseases International Short Film and Art Festival, Spain

21/01/18 - Kashmir International Film Festival, India

​13/01/18 - docLAHOMA, USA

06/01/18 - Raw Science Film Festival, California USA

25/11/17 - London International Documentary Festival, UK

11/11/17 - InScience Dutch International Science Film Festival, Netherlands

15/10/17 - Imagine Science Films, New York

14/10/17 - dokumentART, Germany

06/10/17 - Dublin International Short Film and Music Video Festival, Ireland

05/10/17 - FICSAM International Mental Health Film Festival, Portugal

02/10/17 - Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, Netherlands

08/08/17 - MindScape Film Festival, USA

07/08/17 - Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland

16/07/17 - Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland

06/07/17 - Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Sweden

03/07/17 - Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia

25/06/17 - Katra Film Summer Series II, New York, USA

BRIAN CARNEY

MILENA LULIC

TOM HICKEY

DR EILÍS DOWD

UNA CARNEY

PATRICK CARNEY

DR BRYAN MCMAHON

JUHI SAMAL

NIAMH MORIARTY

MARINA LEAHY

PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS

Writer/ Producer/ Director - Mia Mullarkey​ & Alice McDowell

Director of Photography - Aidan Maguire

Sound Recordist & Mixer - Simon Murphy​

Additional Sound Recordist - Rory O'Flynn​

Composer - Anna Mullarkey​

Music Recorded at Forge Studios, Galway

Synth - Anna Mullarkey

Fiddle - Alice McDowell

Double Bass - Sam Wright

Harp - Hazel Collins

Sound Engineering and Mixing - Liam King

Music Mastered by Fergal Davis

Animation Director/Animation - David Blanche

Animation/CG Layout - Tess Atkins

Visual Development - Hubert Forgeot

Storyboard/Animation - Rosemary Andrews

Film Editor - Mia Mullarkey, Alice McDowell

Colourist - Sophia Tamburrini

Production Company - Ishka Films

Animation Company - Small Fry Animation

Music Recording Company - Bofin Audio

Post Production House - Screen Scene

Funder - Science Foundation Ireland & Galway Film Centre