Soulsmith (film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Henry |
| Written by | Kevin Henry |
| Produced by | Kevin Henry Seamus Waters |
| Starring | Matthew O'Brien Miriam Devitt Brian Fortune Conor Marren Elva Trill Tommy Canavan Aoibheann McCann Richard Keaney Tristan Heanue |
| Cinematography | Stephen C. Walsh |
| Edited by | Eoin McDonagh |
| Music by | Michael Fleming |
Production company | WHIM Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
Soulsmith is a 2017 Irish film, directed, written and produced by Kevin Henry.[1][2][3]
Production
[edit]€2,176 was raised via an Indiegogo campaign.[4] Soulsmith was filmed in Castlebar and Dublin. It was filmed in 2.35:1.[5] Kevin Henry said that "When writing Soulsmith, so much coverage on my generation had been about emigration but I just wanted to focus on those who stayed. And in a more focused sense, Soulsmith tries to take a step back and look at masculinity within my generation."[6]
Plot
[edit]Ed Smith is a once-successful playwright now struggling. Then, his father dies, and he goes home to County Mayo.
Reception
[edit]The film was shown at the 2017 Cork Film Festival. It won the Best International Feature award at the Austin Revolution Film Festival.[7] It was shown at the Irish Film Institute[8] and received its TV premiere on RTÉ One on 21 December 2018.[7]
On Scannain.com, Dave Higgins gave it 4.0/5, saying "Soulsmith is a movie brimming over with the passion the director clearly has for the story and it’s full of wonderful characters and clever writing."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Soulsmith" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ McDermott, Stephen. "'We made it for nothing, but it worked': After sold-out audiences and awards, this Irish film will screen on RTÉ tonight". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ "Castlebar man's film to air on RTÉ on Friday night". www.mayonews.ie.
- ^ "Soulsmith". Indiegogo.
- ^ "Soulsmith (2017) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Making Soulsmith – my DIY filmmaking journey". December 17, 2018 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "Check Out Award-Winning Irish Film Soulsmith on RTÉ". December 18, 2018.
- ^ "Soulsmith".
- ^ Higgins, Dave (November 25, 2017). "#Review: Soulsmith (dir. Kevin Henry)". Scannain.