Irish mental health nurses, who double as comedy duo, to have their story shown around the country and North America
'Gone Viral', a short film by Charlo Johnston, is the story of Fupin Eejits - otherwise known as Senan Byrne and Eddie Whelan.
They've been keeping Ireland skitting for the last few years with their Facebook sketches and Vine videos.
What makes their rise to comedy viral prominence even more remarkable is their day jobs, they are both mental health nurses.
The film has been received well by critics since its release at the Galway Film Fleadh in July and has been earmarked for showings at prestigious film festivals across the Atlantic, such as the DocUtah International Documentary Film Festival, Edmonton Film Festival and Tacoma Film Festival.
From this weekend, it will play in selected IMC Cinemas across Ireland before each showing of Mark Wahlberg's Deepwater Horizon.
It will also be competing against other films at festivals in Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Belfast, Limerick and Waterford.
Eddie Whelan of the Fupin Eejits told the Irish Examiner that his mother has Clonmel cinema booked out for the whole day today and she's paying for everyone... on his credit card.
Senan Byrne praised the efforts of filmmaker Charlo Johnson who decided to make the film a short in the tradition of their own sketches: "We had enough material to make a feature but went for a high impact short film instead."
GONE VIRAL Trailer [2016] from Zimmerhands Films on Vimeo.
For more information, check out Gone Viral's website and you can keep up to date with the short's progress on Facebook.
