World premiere

Ann

Local title
Ann
Director
Ciaran Creagh
Country
Ireland
Year
2022
Programme
Official Selection - Competition
Genre
drama
Subject
individual vs society, school bullying, child in a grown ups role, historical personas

With his previous feature films, Ciaran Creagh has shown himself to be an author with a sensitive social nerve. He continues in this direction also in the third film which is based on what happened to 15-year-old Ann Lovett in 1984. In 2018, an abortion referendum was held in Ireland and Ann’s story again rose to the foreground.

When she wakes up that morning, Ann feels that it is going to happen that day. She puts on her school uniform, but instead of going to school she is terrified of what is to come and quietly wanders the streets, hoping for human kindness and help, hoping for a miracle, while afraid to approach anyone. As a Catholic school student, she can in the end only count on the blessing of Virgin Mary and thus she gives birth to a baby boy beneath the statue of Our Lady in a grotto near the house of the congregation’s priest.

This is not just a film about how a child has a child. Ann’s internal struggles are accompanied by a general portrait of the community with its prejudices, taboos and traditions. In cooperation, director Creagh and camera operator David Grennan have found the perfect format for telling this story. And although forty years will soon have passed from the event on which the film is based, the matter remains topical due to the society’s attitudes. The authors have created a mercilessly honest film that touches us all.

Mihkel Möölman

Director
Ciaran Creagh
Screenwriter
Ciaran Creagh
Cast
Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Ian Beattie
Producer
Ferdia Doherty, Ciaran Creagh, Niall Flynn
DoP
Dave Grennan
Editor
Tony Cranstoun
Composer
Craig Wedren
Production
Hill Sixteen Feature
World sales
Media Luna
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Director
Ciaran Creagh

Filmograafia In View (2016), Samanta Nobody (2021), Ann (2022)

Grand Prix for The Best Film, grant of 20 000 euros from the city of Tallinn

Screenings

Chill-Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070102 / Ann
SubtitlesEstonian
Q&A guestsCiaran Creagh (Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer)
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Hall Athena Center, Tartu
Screening082102 / Ann
SubtitlesEstonian
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening101302 / Ann
SubtitlesEstonian
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Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker