'As a nation we’re traumatised': Oscar-tipped famine movie filmed as gaeilge

Arracht, written and directed by Tom Sullivan, will be put forward as Ireland’s candidate for Best International Picture at the 2021 Oscars (Arracht/Macalla Teo/PA)

Parasite has kicked down the door for foreign films in Hollywood, according to the director of Oscar-tipped Irish language famine film Arracht.

The Korean movie Parasite wowed audiences and made history when it scooped four Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English film to win Best Picture in the process.