FEATS OF MODEST VALOUR

Short documentary | 26 min | 2016

Galway Film Centre & Science Foundation Ireland | Ishka Films

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 condition. 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