FIDIL GHORM (BLUE FIDDLE)
Sunday, March 2 • 1:10 PM • T2
The screening will include a special guest appearance by musician/actor Edith Lawlor and will feature live music.
Dramatic Feature | Irish Language | East Coast Premiere | Award Winner | Woman Director
Screening generously sponsored by Kate Meenan-Waugh
10-year-old Molly believes that, if she can learn to play the fiddle like her father once did, she will be able to wake him from a coma. Whilst in the coma, her dad is moved to a rehab center where Molly, her mother and her brother Jack visit him daily. After the doctor tells her mother that it would probably take a miracle to wake him, Molly becomes curious and inquires about miracles. Her mother tells her that miracles are a kind of magic, and Molly’s imagination goes into overdrive. One day in the rehab home, Molly hears an elderly grumpy man called Malachy play the fiddle beautifully. She is told that he has “magic in his hands” and had once been a champion fiddler. After Molly persuades Malachy to teach her to play the fiddle, they go in search of the miracle and magic that only music can bring.
DIR Anne McCabe; SCR Patricia Forde; PROD Pierce Boyce, Bríd Seoighe; CAST Edith Lawlor, Siobhán O'Kelly, Aindrias De Staic, Ruadhán Flatharta, Marcus Lamb; DOP Ronan Fox; SCORE Odhrán Ó Casaide. Ireland, 2024, color, 84 min. In Irish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Funded by TG4, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Mean and Section 481 tax incentive under the CINE4 scheme.
AWARDS: Winner Best Irish First Feature - Galway Film Fleadh 2024
“That magic is in the music becomes a constant refrain throughout Fidil Ghorm, a wholesome, Irish-language heartwarmer that seems tailor-made for rainy afternoon family matinees.”
- Screen Daily
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Anne Mc Cabe is the director of FIDIL GHORM, a new Cine4 feature film in Irish. She is an experiences drama director, having worked with three national broadcasters over the last thirty years, RTÉ, TG4, and TV3. Her credits include J.J. BIKER, a film about a little girl making her dying father's dream come true starring Brendon Gleeson and Liam Carney, which won the Golden Rose Award at the Bulgarian Film Festival; THEY CALL MY MAMMY NOW, a drama documentary with Liam Cunningham about AIDS orphans in inner-city Dublin, which won a Jacob's Award; and the crime drama series DECEPTION for TV3 (Virgin Media).
Patricia Forde lives in Galway. She has published many books for children, in Irish and in English. She writes for all ages, from picture books to books for young teenagers. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the Artistic Director of Galway Arts Festival. Two of her novels with Little Island: The Wordsmith and Mother Tongue are Library Association of America Notable Books for Children, and were awarded White Raven awards by the International Youth Library. She is currently Laureate na nÓg (The Laureate for Young People) of Ireland.
Edith Lawlor is an All Ireland fiddle champion and has won the fiddle competitions at both the Dublin Fleadh and the Leinster fleadh in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
DINNER AND A MOVIE DEAL
Our festival partner, McGinty's Public House, has generously offered an ongoing discount from February 27 through March 2 for all CIFF ticket holders! When you dine at the restaurant, show your CIFF ticket or pass for a 10% off discount on your bill. Located just around the corner from AFI Silver Theatre, McGinty's (911 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910) is the perfect place to grab a bite to eat between screenings.
The Capital Irish Film Festival is supported by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, Culture Ireland, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Embassy of Ireland, Northern Ireland Bureau, Northern Ireland Screen, and the Irish Film Institute’s IFI International Programme supported by Culture Ireland. Solas Nua is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
