THE PASSION

Short drama | 19 min | 2021

Film Offaly | Little Rose Films

This award-winning short drama, based on The Passion by renowned Irish author Donal Ryan, portrays a young man who accidentally kills his girlfriend in a car crash. Following his release from prison, Steven begins a strange relationship with his deceased girlfriend’s mother.

Best Cinematography - Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021
Best Original Score - Kerry International Film Festival 2021
Nomination for producer Roisín Geraghty for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award - Galway Film Fleadh 2021
Finalist - Oudeis International Film Festival 2021
Nomination for Best Irish Short - Irish Film & TV Academy Awards 2022
Nomination for Best Short Screenplay - Zebbie Awards, Writer’s Guild of Ireland 2022
Best Original Score - Venezia Shorts Festival 2022
Best Cinematographer - Transilvania Shorts 2022
Best Actress - Transilvania Shorts 2022
Best Editor - Transilvania Shorts 2022
Winner ‘Made in Midlands’ - Still Voices Film Festival 2022
Best Women’s Film - Gangtok International Film Festival 2022
Best Short Film - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Director - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Actor - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Original Score - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Cinematography - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Editor - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Screenplay - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Nomination Best Actress - Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022
Best Short Film - Golden Short Film Festival 2022
Nominated Best Short Drama - Celtic Media Festival 2023
Best International Film - San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2023
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021, USA
Galway Film Fleadh 2021, Ireland
Kerry International Film Festival 2021, Ireland
Offline International Film Festival 2021, Ireland
Belfast International Film Festival 2021, Ireland
Cork International Film Festival 2021, Ireland
Oudeis International Film Festival 2021, Italy
Dublin International Film Festival 2022, Ireland
Fastnet Film Festival 2022, Ireland
Underwire Film Festival 2022, UK
St Patrick's Film Festival 2022, UK
8th Annual Flickers' Film Feis 2022, USA
Golden Short Film Festival 2022, Italy
Venezia Shorts Festival 2022, Italy
Hollywood Shorts Fest 2022, USA
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest 2022, Romania
Torino Underground Cinefest 2022, Italy
Bleeding Pig Film Festival 2022, Ireland
Still Voices Film Festival 2022, Ireland
Transilvania Shorts International Short Film Festival 2022, Romania
Bengaluru International Film Festival 2023, India
Europanarama 2023, Cities across Europe
Visualízame Festival 2023, Portugal
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2023, USA
Frank Blake as Steven
Olga Wehrly as Gráinne
Andrew Bennett as Dad
Jenny Gavin as Girlfriend
Mark Kelly as Man at Station
Oisín Robbins as Filling Station Attendant
Anna Mullarkey as Bonny’s Voice
Director - Mia Mullarkey
Writer - Frank Blake
Based on the short story ‘The Passion’ by Donal Ryan
Producer - Roisín Geraghty
Director of Photography - Luke Jacobs
Composer - Anna Mullarkey
Production Designer - Mark Kelly
Costume Designer - Saileóg O’Halloran
Make-up Designer - Ber Drennan
First Assistant Director - Jim Corr
Production Coordinator - Oisín Robbins
Script Supervisor - Áine Máire Ní Thaibhís
Story Consultant - Colm Farren
Focus Puller - JJ Sullivan
Second Assistant Camera - Ger O’Keeffe
Movi Operator - Martin Osborne
Sound Operator - Simon Murphy
Boom Operator - Chris Dolan
Gaffer - Noel McElligot
Best Boy - Eoghan Hand
Stills Photographer - Madeline Mulqueen
Camera Equipment - Vast Valley, Progressive Productions
Lighting Equipment Red Rum Lighting
Editor - Mia Mullarkey
Editing Consultant - David Stevens
Sound Designer - James Latimer
Colourist - Leandro Arouca
Online Editor
Post Production Supervisor - Chriona O’Sullivan
Production Company - Little Rose Films
Post Production House - Element Post
Funder - FilmOffaly & Offaly County Council