Soulsmith (film)

Soulsmith is a 2017 Irish film, directed, written and produced by Kevin Henry.[1][2][3]

Soulsmith
Directed byKevin Henry
Written byKevin Henry
Produced byKevin Henry
Seamus Waters
StarringMatthew O'Brien
Miriam Devitt
Brian Fortune
Conor Marren
Elva Trill
Tommy Canavan
Aoibheann McCann
Richard Keaney
Tristan Heanue
CinematographyStephen C. Walsh
Edited byEoin McDonagh
Music byMichael Fleming
Production
company
WHIM Films
Release date
1 September 2017
Running time
83 minutes
CountryRepublic of Ireland
LanguageEnglish

Production

€2,176 was raised via an Indiegogo campaign.[4] Soulsmith was filmed in Castlebar and Dublin. It was filmed in 2.35:1.[5] Kevin Henry said that "When writing Soulsmith, so much coverage on my generation had been about emigration but I just wanted to focus on those who stayed. And in a more focused sense, Soulsmith tries to take a step back and look at masculinity within my generation."[6]

Plot

Ed Smith is a once-successful playwright now struggling. Then, his father dies, and he goes home to County Mayo.

Reception

The film was shown at the 2017 Cork Film Festival. It won the Best International Feature award at the Austin Revolution Film Festival.[7] It was shown at the Irish Film Institute[8] and received its TV premiere on RTÉ One on 21 December 2018.[7]

On Scannain.com, Dave Higgins gave it 4.0/5, saying "Soulsmith is a movie brimming over with the passion the director clearly has for the story and it’s full of wonderful characters and clever writing."[9]

References
  1. "Soulsmith" – via www.imdb.com.
  2. McDermott, Stephen. "'We made it for nothing, but it worked': After sold-out audiences and awards, this Irish film will screen on RTÉ tonight". TheJournal.ie.
  3. "Castlebar man's film to air on RTÉ on Friday night". www.mayonews.ie.
  4. "Soulsmith". Indiegogo.
  5. "Soulsmith (2017) – IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  6. "Making Soulsmith – my DIY filmmaking journey". December 17, 2018 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Check Out Award-Winning Irish Film Soulsmith on RTÉ". December 18, 2018.
  8. "Soulsmith".
  9. Higgins, Dave (November 25, 2017). "#Review: Soulsmith (dir. Kevin Henry)". Scannain.
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