The Island

After suffering a recent loss, a young mother brings her daughter on a trip to Inis Oírr. Set over three days in spring, this film explores the rebuilding of a fractured mother-daughter relationship.

‘The Island’ premiered in the Galway Film Fleadh in 2024, produced by Two Sparks. Funded by Screen Ireland, Bow St, Ger McNaughton and Boyne Valley International Film Festival.

THE ISLAND / AN T-OILEÁN

Cast: Fionnuala Gygax, Amy Sharry, Máire Ní Gráinne and Kwaku Fortune

Directors: Kate Gilmore & Fionnuala Gygax
DOP: Alba Fernandez
1st AD: Christopher Ellis
1st AC: Jakub Bajerski
2nd AC: Aoife McDowell
Location Sound: Danilo Zambrano
Boom Op: Atlanta Ernst Hennessy
Gaffer: Katelyn Markham O'Halloran
Composer : Alma Kelliher
Hair & Make Up: Hannah Sullivan & Faye Miller
Production Manager, location scout, Islander: Emma O’Grady
Stills Photographer: Cormac Coyne

A @_twosparks production ⚡️ ⚡️