Patsy Dick: from the Côte d’Azur to Schull
Last weekend was the culmination of a busy and rewarding 10 days for Glengarriff actress and writer Clodagh Downing, which saw her take in two very different coastal towns, each with their own film connection. It began on the Côte d’Azur with Downing endeavouring to sell her short film Patsy Dick in the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, and finished with her presenting the film in Schull, at the Fastnet Short Film Festival.
This week she can look back on that period with the satisfaction of having won a special prize for a film with local interest in Schull. But more importantly she has secured an offer for a distribution deal in Cannes, as well as expressions of interest that need to be followed up.
