Three Keenings
TITLE
Three Keenings
DIRECTOR
Oliver McGoldrick
COUNTRY
UK, USA
YEAR
2024
DURATION
10′
GENRE
Live action
Three Keenings
Three Keenings is a dark comedy that follows Ian, a struggling actor who finds himself in the unconventional role of a professional mourner or 'Keener' of the Gaelic Celtic tradition, a vocalist who laments for the dead. Ian navigates the humour and heartache of the local funeral circuit in the Northern Irish countryside. However, over the course of a particularly rough day, Ians' practiced mask of apathy begins to crack as he struggles with his own suppressed grief.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Oliver McGoldrick
Oliver McGoldrick is an Irish filmmaker / doctor. He grew up in the countryside outside Belfast, and currently divides his time between Northern Ireland where he continues to work as a doctor in emergency medicine and New York City where he is an MFA candidate at New York University's Graduate Film programme. He has been selected as part of the 2024 Film at Lincoln Centre Artists Academy cohort and is currently developing his short film, BARNYARD, as well as the feature film iteration of his debut short film, THREE KEENINGS ('24) which will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival 2024.
- DirectorOliver McGoldrick
- Screenplay Oliver McGoldrick
- Cinematography Gianna Badiali
- Cast
- Editing Oliver McGoldrick, Reuben Hamlyn
- Producer/s Oliver McGoldrick, Natalie Remplakowski, Cade Featherstone, Chloe Langton
- Production Company
- Distributor/sLights On Films
- Project TitleThree Keenings
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2024
- Country of originUK, USA
- Country of filmingUK, USA
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Oliver McGoldrick
Oliver McGoldrick is an Irish filmmaker / doctor. He grew up in the countryside outside Belfast, and currently divides his time between Northern Ireland where he continues to work as a doctor in emergency medicine and New York City where he is an MFA candidate at New York University's Graduate Film programme. He has been selected as part of the 2024 Film at Lincoln Centre Artists Academy cohort and is currently developing his short film, BARNYARD, as well as the feature film iteration of his debut short film, THREE KEENINGS ('24) which will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival 2024.
