THROWLINE

Short documentary | 14 min | 2017

Ishka Films

Throwline follows a group of taxi drivers in Kilkenny, Ireland, who join together to form a suicide prevention group called Taxi Watch. Uniquely positioned to patrol the night, drivers keep vigil over the city's streets and bridges and offer help to those who feel forlorn. In Throwline we accompany the drivers at night and witness their world of rescues and revelations.

  • Best Short Documentary - Galway Film Fleadh 2017

    Best Short Documentary - Largo Film Awards, Switzerland 2017

    Best Short Documentary, 2nd Prize - Rivne International Film Festival, Ukraine 2017

    Special Jury Award - Saratov Sufferings Documentary Drama Film Festival, Russia 2017

    Best Short Documentary - Wexford Documentary Film Festival 2017

    Best Short Film, 2nd Prize - Waterford Film Festival 2017

    Best Non-Scripted Award - TriForce Short Film Festival 2017

    Audience Choice Award - TriForce Short Film Festival 2017

    Audience Award - Bleeding Pig Film Festival 2018

    Favourite Film at the Official Competition - Euregion Film Festival, Netherlands 2018

    Nomination Best Short Documentary - Kerry Film Festival 2017

    Nomination Best Cinematography - Oregon Documentary Film Festival 2017

    Nomination Best Short Documentary - Oslo Independent Film Festival 2017

    Nominated International Shorts Award - Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival 2018

    Nominated Best Documentary - Fastnet Film Festival 2018

    Nominated Best Irish Award - Still Voices Film Festival 2018

  • 16 July 2017 - Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland

    19 July 2017 - SHORT to the Point, Romania

    25 July 2017 - Largo Film Awards, Switzerland

    5 Aug 2017 - Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland

    26 Sep 2017 - Rivne International Film Festival, Ukraine

    22 Sep 2017 - Saratov Sufferings Documentary Drama Film Festival, Russia

    23 Sep 2017 - Wexford Documentary Film Festival, Ireland

    30 Sep 2017 - Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival

    13 Oct 2017 - OFFline Film Festival, Ireland

    13 Oct 2017 - IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland

    19 Oct 2017 - Kerry Film Festival, Ireland

    4 Nov 2017 - Waterford Film Festival, Ireland

    17 Nov 2017 - Panorama of the European Film, Egypt

    18 Nov 2017 - Oregon Documentary Film Festival, USA

    25 Nov 2017 - Oslo Independent Film Festival, Norway

    2 Dec 2017 - TriForce Short Film Festival, London

    3 Dec 2017 - Irish Film Festival London

    8 Dec 2017 - London Lift-Off Film Festival

    3 Mar 2018 - Capital Irish Film Festival, USA

    3 Mar 2018 - Toronto Irish Film Festival, Canada

    24 Mar 2018 - Dingle International Film Festival, Ireland

    24 Mar 2018 - Euregion Film Festival, Netherlands

    24 Mar 2018 - Irish Film Festival Boston, USA

    26,28 Mar 2018 - Millenium Documentary Film Festival, Brussels

    15 April 2018 - Belfast Film Festival, Ireland

    19 May 2018 - CheapCuts Documentary Festival, UK

    7 May 2018 - Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival, Austria

    22-25 May '18 - Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland

    8 July 2018 - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Australia

    19 July 2018 - Illinois Independent Film Festival, USA

    27 July 2018 - Baton Rouge Irish Film Festival, USA

    12 Aug 2018 - Pull Focus Documentary Film Festival, Ireland

    16 Aug 2018 - Still Voices Film Festival, Ireland

    11 Sep 2018 - The Bleeding Pig Film Festival, Ireland

    15 Sep 2018 - Bristol Independent Film Festival, UK

    23 Sep 2018 - Georgia Documentary Film Festival, USA

    29 Sep 2018 - Exit 6 Film Festival, UK

    11 Oct 2018 - BendFilm Festival, USA

    3 Nov 2018 - British Documentary Film Festival

  • 22 May 2017 - Kilkenny Town Hall screening launched by Mayor Patrick O'Neill

    26 June 2017 - Clonmel Town Hall screening launched by Mayor Andy Moloney

    ​13 Dec 2017 - Loreto School Kilkenny with Derek Devoy, Taxi Watch Founder

    6 Jan 2018 - IFI Cinema Dublin, First Fortnight Mental Health Festival

    10 Jan 2018 - Setting up Taxi Watch in Belfast with Belfast City Council, the NHS, Police Service Northern Ireland, and Value Cabs

    19 Jan 2018 - Abbey Community College with Derek Devoy, Taxi Watch Founder

    22 Jan 2018 - C.B.S Mitchelstown School Cork with Derek Devoy, Taxi Watch Founder

    24 Jan 2018 - Kilkenny Youthreach with Derek Devoy, Taxi Watch Founder

    1 Feb 2018 - Huston Film School, Galway, with director Mia Mullarkey

    5 Feb 2018 - Colloquium by the French National Union for Suicide Prevention, Ministry of Health, Paris

    5 Feb 2018 - Gorey School of Arts, Wexford, with director Mia Mullarkey

    7 Mar 2018 - RHIFF Present Women In Film in association with Limerick City and County Council & Friars Gate Theatre

    7 Mar 2018 - Kosy Kino presents A Night of All Shorts, Short Film Screening Fundraiser for Pieta House, Co Clare

    20 Mar 2018 - Life Voice presents Throwline at Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    17 Apr 2018 - Foreign Female Filmmakers screening at Film House, 230 Washington Street, Connecticut

    20 Sep 2018 - Vienna Anthropology Days International Conference in New Institute Building, Austria

  • Derek Devoy

    Dan Connolly

    Angela Hayes

    Michael Brennin

    Tony Slevin

    Martin Butler

  • Producer / Writer / Director - Mia Mullarkey​

    Director of Photography - Jass Foley​

    Sound Mixer - Niall Creaven

    Composer - Anna Mullarkey​

    Editor - Mia Mullarkey

    Additional Editors - Cara Holmes​, Colm Farren, Eddie Mullarkey​, Maeve Brosnan

    Sound Design - Simon Murphy

    Grip Fabricator - Ronan Kearns

    Musicians - Anna Mullarkey, Alice McDowell, Sam Wright, Henry Egan

    Studio - The Forge, Galway

    Engineer - Liam King

    Mastering Engineer - Fergal Davis, Liam King

    Production Company - Ishka Films