Ciaran Creagh (Irish writer)

Ciaran Creagh is an Irish writer from Dublin who writes for the theatre and film. He has had three plays publicly performed and his first film, PARKED, starring Colm Meaney and Colin Morgan is due for release in late 2010/early 2011:

High Flyers will distribute ‘Parked’ in the UK with Element Pictures Distribution releasing it in Ireland in October 2011 and Olive Films bringing it to American audiences in the autumn.

"Parked - a story about the unlikely duo of Fred, a mobile homeless man who loses his London-based job at the start of the film and Cathal, a frenzied 21 year old with a serious dope problem. Both men live out of their cars and are drawn together through a common bond of having a troubled history. Through many events – funny and poignant Fred’s life is turned around and he comes to understand the importance of feeling truly at home."

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 Brussels Film Festival, Belgium (Belgian Premiere) 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival 2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Dutch Premiere) 2011 Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden (Scandinavian Premiere) 2011 Irish Film Festival Boston, USA (American Premiere) 2011 Dallas International Film Festival, USA 2010 Torino Film Festival, Italy (World Premiere)

AWARDS Aer Lingus Best Feature Award - The Irish Film Festival Boston 2011 Target Narrative Feature - Honorable Mention - Dallas International Film Festival 2011

NOMINATIONS Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAS) 2011 - Best Actor in a Lead Role Film; Best Editing; Best Original Score; Best Make-Up and Hair.

Press Links. http://blog.bestoftexas.com/best/parked-dallas-intl-fim-festival-review/

His three published plays are:

Last Call - "set in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail in the 1950s ... centres on Bertie Maguire, condemned to be hanged for the murder of his wife, despite his protestations of innocence, and the wardens who mind him on his last night." The novel is based on the real-life execution of Michael Manning, the last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland, which was witnessed by Creagh's father, Timothy, who was a prison guard minding Manning on his last night.

Blaggers - "follows a well-planned revenge attempt on the local tough guy made by three of his hard-done-by former friends who try to set him up for the robbery of a dole office".^{[citation needed]}

Homefront - "Three Irish soldiers stuck in a trench in france in WW1 at Easter 1916 fighting for the British during the Easter rising in Dublin."

External links

• Irish Emigrant interview
• Solstice Arts Centre
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• http://www.redcarpetcrash.com/2011/04/03/diff-review-parked/

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