Turf
A Derryman and a Syrian asylum seeker spend a day working on a bog with a complicated journey across the Irish border.
Writer/Director: Ara Devine
Producer/Editor: Isabella Djalili-Devine
DOP: Thomas McKeown
Sound: Stevie Lennox
1st AC: Michael Boyle
2nd AC: Colm McGlone
Starring: Micheál McDaid & Fayez Bakhsh
Music: Joel Grainger
Poster: Bahiyyih Devine
Funded by Future Screens NI
A Tiny Speck Productions Film
Screenings
October 2021 - Louth International Film Festival (Winner: Best Short Fiction)
October 2021 - Richard Harris International Film Festival
November 2021 - Belfast Film Festival
November 2021 - Foyle Film Festival (Special Recognition: Debut Irish Short Film)
December 2021 - London Lift-Off Film Festival
February 2022 - Mayo International Film Festival
February 2022 - Rathmullan Film Festival
March 2022 - St Patrick’s Day Film Festival, London
March 2022 - Irish Film From Home, Irish Film Festival London
March 2022 - Difficult Conversations, University of Canberra, Australia
April 2022 - Catalyst International Film Festival
June 2022 - Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny
September 2022 - Disappear Here Film Festival, Donegal
March 2023 - Scéal Eile, Irish Film Festival, Belgium
July 2023 - No Borders, Rich Mix Cinema, London
March 2024 - The People’s Picturehouse, Cork (Nominated: People’s Picture of the Year - Drama)
July 2024 - No Borders, The Garden Cinema, London
Selected for inclusion in Ireland’s Border Culture Digital Archive by Trinity College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast: https://borderculture.net/map/