IN WAKE OF JOHN DOYLE

An excommunicated priest returns to his remote island community in a documentary, previously lost to time.

Excommunicated for miraculously rising from the grave, former priest John Doyle returns to the remote island community that was formerly his parish in a documentary, previously lost to the depths time.

Stepping through his old home, John retraces the events of a traumatic past as he is recorded by two documentarians. 

Title: In Wake of John Doyle
Genre: Experimental/Drama
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Duration: 14:57
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frame Rate: 25fps
Shooting Format: Hi-8: Sony CCD-TR511E
Exhibition Format: 4K Digital
Sound: 5.1, Stereo

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Key cast/crew bios

  • Thomas Bennett

    Co-Writer/Director/Producer.

    Thomas is a multi-award winning director who alongside Niall co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced and was Director of Photography for ‘In Wake of John Doyle’. Tom usually works across the props & art department in the NI Film & TV industry.

  • Niall McCloskey

    Co-Writer/Director/Producer.

    Niall is a multi-award winning producer who alongside Tom co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced ‘In Wake of John Doyle’. Niall usually works across the NI Film & TV industry in the assistant directing department, where he met lead Richard.

  • Richard Mcferran

    ‘John Doyle’

    Richard is an exeptionally talented Northern Irish film, TV and theatre actor; having worked on ‘Say Nothing’, ‘Hope Street’, ‘Bloodlands’ and more Richard has a large portfolio of reputable work. In this short he shows deep vulnerability as excommunicated priest, John Doyle.

  • Katie Ireland

    Costume Designer

    Katie is a multi-award winning freelance costume designer working in the NI Film and TV industry having designed for shorts but most notable as costume designer on OSCAR award winner, ‘An Irish Goodbye’.

Festivals and Awards

In Wake of John Doyle (2024)

Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Niall McCloskey and Thomas Bennett.

Featuring
Richard Mcferran – John Doyle.
Paul Livingstone – Father Oisin Clarke.
Anna McAlorum - Claire Bailey.
Matthew Branagh – Mark Firth.

Director of Photography – Thomas Bennett

First Assistant Director – Eoin Donnelly
Script Supervisor – Katie Goody
Gaffer – Samuel Mair
Spark – C.J Snodden
Production Sound Mixer / Boom Operator - John Panayotou Standby Prop – Jenny Parkhill
Costume Designer - Katie Ireland
Unit Stills - Nathan Magee

Format - HI-8