CLODAGH Directed by Portia A. Buckley is an Official Selected Short at Cleveland

Portia A. Buckley’s CLODAGH Irish short is a selection at Cleveland International Film Festival

Los Angeles, CA (April 15, 2024). British/Irish director Portia A. Buckley’s CLODAGH follows Mrs Kelly, a lonely, devout, and rigorously honest housekeeper (Bríd Ní Neachtain) who discovers a young Irish girl with an exceptional gift, Clodagh (Katelyn Rose Downey). This meeting creates a moral conundrum for Mrs. Kelly. This heartfelt film by producer by Michael Lindley of Afternoon Pictures and PG Productions.

It is Executive Producer is Academy Award winner Serena Armitage. CLODAGH is a selection by the prestigious OSCAR qualifying film festival Cleveland. This film had a predominantly female cast and crew. 

Writer and Director Portia A. Buckley grew up between Ireland and England. Shooting primarily on film, Portia’s work focuses on character-driven narratives centered around marginalized, strong-willed, female protagonists. She graduated from Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, with an MFA in Writing and Directing Film. This director has been sponsored by the BFI and Kodak. Her previous short BIRTHDAY GIRL won the ‘Kodak Best Shot on Film’ award at HollyShorts and many more international accolades.

Logline: A lonely priest’s housekeeper encounters a young Irish girl of exceptional promise.

The Official Trailer for CLODAGH Directed by Portia A. Buckley

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Writer and Producer Michael Lindley is a co-founder of Afternoon Pictures, a film production company telling stories of modern British and Irish life. As a screenwriter, Michael has written for Universal Pictures, Altitude Film Entertainment, Sky Film and Maven Screen Media.

Executive Producer Serena Armitage is a director and producer from North Yorkshire, UK. She is well known for producing the short film STUTTERER. Which earned her an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards, an Irish Film and Television Award and a Critic’s Circle Award.

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This wonderful film co-stars Aidan O’Hare (Jackie, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sisters Brothers) and Jim Kitson. The film’s incredible cinematography is by the award-winning Director of Photography, Jomo Fray.

CLODAGH Premiere
CLODAGH received its world premiere in January 2024 at Flickerfest, Australia, where it played as part of the opening night ‘Festival Highlights’ programme. In April, CLODAGH will screen at the 48th Cleveland International Film Festival.

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