Film Director: West Cork is ‘the best place to make a film’

The Sparrow, a film released tomorrow (Friday, July 5), was shot entirely in West Cork, CARA O’DOHERTY talks to the people behind it

West Cork director Michael Kinirons.

THE Sparrow, a gripping new film by West Cork-based filmmaker Michael Kinirons, is set to hit cinemas this week. Set and filmed in West Cork, the movie follows the emotional journey of a dysfunctional family grappling with their grief from one trauma and about to face another heart-wrenching situation.

The film stars newcomer Ollie West, veteran David O’Hara, and Cork’s BAFTA-nominated Éanna Hardwicke as a father and two sons who are very much at odds. Kinrions says the initial idea for the film came from a dream.