FEW CAN SEE

Few Can See

Irlanda. 2024. . 39 min. Experimental. .
  • Film Director: Frank Sweeney.
  • Scriptwriter: Séan Finnan; Frank Sweeney.
  • Cast: Jane Deasey; Janie Doherty; Domhnall Herdman; Gerard Kelly; Lauren Larkin; Matthew Malone.
  • Cinematography: Gráinne Galvin.
  • Editing: Michael Barwise; Frank Sweeney.
  • Art director: Ellen Kirk; Michelle Malone.
  • Music: Morgan Buckley.
  • Sound: Morgan Buckley.
  • Special Effects: Dylan Montgomery.
  • Poster designer: Cóilín O’Connell.
  • Producer: Emma Coen.

In the late 1980s, as violence continues in the north of Ireland, broadcasters have entered into a blackout strike and are transmitting a programme bringing censored voices back onto the airwaves.



Frank Sweeney

Frank Sweeney is an artist with a research based practice, using found material to approach questions of collective memory, experience and identity through film and sound.

"Few Can See" (ganador del concurso Tiger Shorts en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Róterdam, mención especial en los premios Filmadrid, encargado por EVA International - Bienal de Irlanda), "2 Channel Land" (Festival Internacional de Cine de Cork, Docs Ireland, LUFF Suiza), "People enjoy my company" (IMMA 2021-22, Transmediale Berlin, BFI Southbank LSFF 2022) y "Made Ground" (colaboración con Eva Richardson McCrea, Temple Bar Gallery 2021, adquirido para la Colección del Arts Council en 2021).

PROGRAMME ALCINE 53:

  • · 11/08/2024 - 21:00 at Corral de Comedias
  • · 11/12/2024 - 17:00 at Gilitos - LabCrea Alcalá de Henares