SAFE AS HOUSES
Short drama | 16 min | 2022
Screen Ireland | Samson Films
Aggie is a young woman with Down Syndrome living in an inner-city council housing estate. Aggie's innocent intentions to save the distressed young girl next door have disastrous consequences.
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Nominated Best Short - Celtic Media Award 2024
Gold: Mia Mullarkey - Young Director Award, Cannes Lions 2023
Best Director: Mia Mullarkey - Emerging Director Awards 2023
Best Producer: Claire Mc Cabe - Emerging Director Awards 2023
Best Short Film - Toronto Irish Film Festival 2023
Grand Prix - Uhvati Film Festival 2023
Best Short Film - Swedish International Film Festival 2023
Best Foreign Short - Arizona International Film Festival 2023
Special Mention Best Irish Short - Catalyst International Film Festival 2023
Nominated Best Screenplay - Fastnet Film Festival 2023
Inclusivity Award - Bass Coast Shorts 2023
Gold Shark for Best Irish Short - Kinsale Shark Awards, 2022
Silver Prize - GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival 2022
Nominated Best Director - Kinsale Shark Awards, 2022
Nominated Best Actor - Kinsale Shark Awards, 2022
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Galway Film Fleadh 2022, Ireland
Canberra Film Festival 2022, Australia
Belfast Film Festival 2022, Northern Ireland
Rome Independent Film Festival 2022, Italy
Cork International Film Festival 2022, Ireland
Foyle Film Festival 2022, Northern Ireland
GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival 2022, Korea
Slamdance Film Festival 2023, USA
Dublin International Film Festival 2023, Ireland
Brussels Independent Film Festival 2023, Belgium
Toronto Irish Film Festival 2023, Canada
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival 2023, Bulgaria
Catalyst International Film Festival 2023, Ireland
Achill Island Film Festival 2023, Ireland
Fastnet Film Festival 2023, Ireland
Arizona International Film Festival 2023, USA
Swedish International Film Festival 2023, Sweden
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2023, Japan
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2023, Norway
Provincetown International Film Festival 2023, USA
New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2023, USA
Seize the Film Uhvati Festival 2023, Serbia
Bass Coast Shorts 2023, Australia
Woods Hole Film Festival 2023, USA
Bali International Short Film Festival 2023, Indonesia
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2023, India
Aesthetica Film Festival 2023, UK
Shorts México 2023
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2023, USA
Kerry Film Festival 2023, Ireland
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2023
Uhvati Film Festival 2023, Serbia
Cork Cine Club 2023, Ireland
Las Cruces International Film Festival 2024, USA
OFF/ON Producers Night LA 2024, USA
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Siobhan Loscher as Aggie
Nova Farrelly as Lucy
Jacinta Sheerin as Peggy
Ali Fox as Nicole
Terry O'Neill as Eddie
Jed Murray as Shopkeeper
Lauren Kinsella as Jennifer
Dane Whyte-O'Hara as Dano
Daisy Cantwell as Kayla
Geraldine McAlinden as Garda Carthy
Jack Hickey as Garda Sinnott
Eddie Mullarkey as Garda Quirke
Tania Notaro as Denise
Calum Jess as Georgie
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Director - Mia Mullarkey
Writer - Sarah Ahern
Producer - Claire McCabe
Director of Photography - Luke Jacobs
Editor - Colin Campbell
Music - Kevin Brady
Sound Designer - James Latimer
Production Designer - Aoife Fealy
Costume Designer - Sarah Heraughty
Make-up/Hair Designer - Sandra Dunne
1st Assistant Director - Ger Duffy
2nd Assistant Director - Misha Fitzgibbon
3rd Assistant Director - Robert Kiernan
Trainee Assistant Director - Dee Doyle
Sound Recordist - Chris Carroll
Boom Operator - Kieran Sherry
Stills Photographer - Enda Bowe
Production Manager - Zoë Brennan-Whitmore
Production Co-ordinator - Eamon Hughes
Production Executive - Kathleen Horan
Production Assistant - Andrew King
Location Manager - David Mc Neill
Location Scout - David O’Mara
Waste Management - GLON
Script Supervisor - Eleanor Bell
Art Director - Mary Naughton
Costume Assistant - Nelle Russell
Make Up Assistants - Julie Caulfield, Jordan Cassidy
1st AC - Anna O'Carroll
2nd AC - Barra O’Doherty
Trainee AC - Ruairí O hOisín
DIT - Niall Flynn
Gaffer - Eoghan Hand
Best Girl - Natasha O'Neill
Stunts Coordinator - Ciaran O Grady
Action Vehicles Coordinator - Stephen Carroll
Choreographer - Jessica Kennedy
Chaperones - Angela Loscher, Susan Farrelly, Steven Jess, Marian Slats, Pam Harrington, Anita Cantwell
Medics - John Mc Carton, Jimmy Maher, Helen Kirwan
Health and Safety Assessment - Tom Dowling
Catering - Kitchen Twenty-Eight
Insurance - MIB Insurance
Assembly Editor - Aaron McGurgan
Post production Supervisor - Brian Raftery
Colourist - Leandro Arouca
Online Editor - Diarmuid Kelly
Engineer - Darragh O’Keefe
Equipment Rental - Vast Valley, Film Equipment Hire
Executive Producer - Emma Scott
Shorts Co-ordinator - Jill McGregor
Marketing Executive - Mags O’Sullivan
Development Executive - Eimear Markey
Production Company - Samson Films
Post Production House - Element Post
Funder - Screen Ireland
