New short film celebrates the music and legacy of Cork’s Eoin French (Talos)

The film revisits Talos’s final Sounds from a Safe Harbour residency and the collaboration that produced ‘We Didn’t Know We Were Ready’

Raised in Kilcully, Eoin French passed away at Marymount Hospice in August 2024 at the age of just 36. Picture: Julie Rowland

A new short film has been released to mark the second anniversary of the passing of Cork musician Eoin French (Talos).

The Dreams Are Ours to Keep looks back at the 2023 Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival residency and the making of We Didn’t Know We Were Ready, a collaboration between French, Ólafur Arnalds, Niamh Regan and Ye Vagabonds.