Title: Rosie
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Screenplay: Roddy Doyle
Photography: Cathal Watters
Editor: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Music: Stephen Rennicks
Cast: Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Ellie O’Halloran, Ruby Dunne, Darragh McKenzie & Molly
McCann
Production: Element Pictures
Distribution: Protagonist Pictures
Year: 2018
Country: Ireland
Length: 86’
Synopsis: Rosie tells the story of a mother trying to protect her family after her landlord sells
their rented home and they become homeless. Finding a room, even for a night, is a tough job and
finding somewhere permanent to live is even harder. Over 36 hours, Rosie (Sarah Greene) and her
partner John Paul (Moe Dunford) strive to maintain a loving family unit while shielding their young
family from the reality of the situation. Rosie examines how,even in times of crisis, the love and
strength of a family can endure.
Biography: Paddy Breathnach started his directing career making natural history documentaries. His first feature, Alisa, won the Award for Best First/Second Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His second feature I Went Down (BBC films) starring Brendan Gleeson, also won the New Directors prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1997. I Went Down screened at Sundance in 1998 and won the Best Director awards at Thessaloniki and Bogota Film Festivals. He produced SouthPaw, a feature documentary that was selected for Sundance in 1999 and got a US and UK theatrical release. Breathnach went on to direct Blow Dry, Man About Dog, Shrooms and Red Mist. In 2012 he completed the documentary An oíche a gineadh m’athair. In 2016 his Spanish language film Viva was short listed for the Academy Awards best Foreign Language Film. He’s a board member of The Screen Director’s Guild of Ireland.