Director appeals for help to fund movie

A man who overcame drug addiction to become a successful film director has appealed for public help funding his latest movie.

Corkman Philip A McCarthy, who had a short film screened in a prestigious section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, has teamed up with website, www.letscrowdit.com, to help get his new thriller off the ground.

“In an environment where financing from the traditional sources such as the banks is virtually non-existent, this new approach to financing artistic and creative projects is really coming into its own,” he said.