SHORT FILMS
a little bird told me (2025)
A teenage girl caring for her seriously ill father attempts to contact the spirit of Phil Lynott, to prove to her dad that there’s life beyond death.
Produced under the First Credit Short Film Scheme funded by National Talent Academy for Film & TV. Premiered at Dublin International Film Festival, 2025. Currently touring. CONTACT for festival invitation screeners.
Produced under the First Credit Short Film Scheme funded by National Talent Academy for Film & TV. Premiered at Dublin International Film Festival, 2025. Currently touring. CONTACT for festival invitation screeners.
Written & Directed by Sophie Meehan
Produced by Aoife Derwin
Director of Photography: Carlos Moguel
Editor: Linn Hansen
Composer: Tracey McEvoy
Production Designer: Lauren Kirwan
CAST
Stevie: Ella Rooney
Dad: Alan Devine
Mam: Georgina McKevitt
Terrence: Callum Kelty
Elvis: Kit the cat
Baby Stevie: Evie Kennedy
Trick or Treaters: Willow Gill, Emilia-Raé Murphy, Summer-Raé Murphy
Produced under the First Credit Short Film Scheme funded by National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama, managed by Ardán. The National Talent Academies is a Screen Ireland initiative.
1st Assistant Director: Miles Murphy
Production Assistant: Rebecca O'Laoire
1st Assistant Camera: Katelyn Markham O'Halloran
2nd Assistant Camera: Davy Hudson Tyrrell
Sound Recordist: Tess Doolan Burke
Gaffer: Cian Brennan
Best Boy: Lavinia De Vito
Script Supervisor: Jennifer Burke
Carpenter: Paul Bardin
Stills Photographer: Daniel Martin
Makeup Artist: Mark Hardiman
Costume Designer: Isobel Lord
Costume Trainee: Patricia Gill O'Grady
Props: Lauren Kirwan
Chaperones: Florence Bradish, Amanda Cooke
Cat Wrangler Laura Murphy, Waggymama’s Agility
Sound Design Oscar Freaney
Colour Grade: Patrick Corr, First Element Post
Titles: Cian Pawle-Bates
Director’s Mentor: Frank Berry
Producer’s Mentor: Fiona Kinsella
Transport: Gerard O'Toole, Dublin Mini Coaches
Catering: Kari, Brassfox
For National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama
Programme Director: Eibh O’Brien-Collins
Shorts Project Coordinator: Mags O’Donoghue
Projects Coordinator: Seán Lyons
Produced by Aoife Derwin
Director of Photography: Carlos Moguel
Editor: Linn Hansen
Composer: Tracey McEvoy
Production Designer: Lauren Kirwan
CAST
Stevie: Ella Rooney
Dad: Alan Devine
Mam: Georgina McKevitt
Terrence: Callum Kelty
Elvis: Kit the cat
Baby Stevie: Evie Kennedy
Trick or Treaters: Willow Gill, Emilia-Raé Murphy, Summer-Raé Murphy
Produced under the First Credit Short Film Scheme funded by National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama, managed by Ardán. The National Talent Academies is a Screen Ireland initiative.
1st Assistant Director: Miles Murphy
Production Assistant: Rebecca O'Laoire
1st Assistant Camera: Katelyn Markham O'Halloran
2nd Assistant Camera: Davy Hudson Tyrrell
Sound Recordist: Tess Doolan Burke
Gaffer: Cian Brennan
Best Boy: Lavinia De Vito
Script Supervisor: Jennifer Burke
Carpenter: Paul Bardin
Stills Photographer: Daniel Martin
Makeup Artist: Mark Hardiman
Costume Designer: Isobel Lord
Costume Trainee: Patricia Gill O'Grady
Props: Lauren Kirwan
Chaperones: Florence Bradish, Amanda Cooke
Cat Wrangler Laura Murphy, Waggymama’s Agility
Sound Design Oscar Freaney
Colour Grade: Patrick Corr, First Element Post
Titles: Cian Pawle-Bates
Director’s Mentor: Frank Berry
Producer’s Mentor: Fiona Kinsella
Transport: Gerard O'Toole, Dublin Mini Coaches
Catering: Kari, Brassfox
For National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama
Programme Director: Eibh O’Brien-Collins
Shorts Project Coordinator: Mags O’Donoghue
Projects Coordinator: Seán Lyons
Young people of ireland (2024)
It's the 29th of September 1979 and everyone in Ireland is going to see the Pope. Everyone except Marian and Pamela...
My second short film Young People of Ireland playfully explores underground responses to social norms in 1970s Ireland, through a day in the life of two young women. It has screened in the Official Selections at Galway Film Fleadh, Toronto Irish Film Festival, Directed by Her, Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, Atlanta Women's Film Festival, Cannes Indie Shorts, Bloomsday Film Festival and Bleeding Pig Film Festival.
Written and directed by Sophie Meehan
Produced by Aoife Derwin for Fishty Fagan Films
Director of Photography, Carlos Moguel
Starring Bebhinn Hunt-Sheridan and Gemma Kane
Featuring Martin O'Sullivan, Liam Meates and Cian Adamson
Composer and Sound Designer, Tracey McEvoy
Editor, Linn Hansen
Production Manager, Rhiannon Shipton
Production Design and Costume Design by Sophie Meehan
Set Dresser, Jemma Curran
1st Assistant Director, Miles Murphy
1st Assistant Camera, Katelyn Markham O'Halloran
2nd Assistant Camera, Lavinia De Vito
Gaffer, Adam Kennett
Spark & Grip, Bornil Anurag
Hair & Makeup, Aisling Eyre
Colour Grade, Conor Tobin
Location Scout, Eddie Kenrick
Stills Photography, Peter Bjoerk
Sound Recordist, Daniel Martin
Runner and First Aid, Seán Raphael Kimmage
Runner, Rebecca O'Laoire
Poster Design, Beth Morris
Research and development supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Agility Award.
My second short film Young People of Ireland playfully explores underground responses to social norms in 1970s Ireland, through a day in the life of two young women. It has screened in the Official Selections at Galway Film Fleadh, Toronto Irish Film Festival, Directed by Her, Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, Atlanta Women's Film Festival, Cannes Indie Shorts, Bloomsday Film Festival and Bleeding Pig Film Festival.
Written and directed by Sophie Meehan
Produced by Aoife Derwin for Fishty Fagan Films
Director of Photography, Carlos Moguel
Starring Bebhinn Hunt-Sheridan and Gemma Kane
Featuring Martin O'Sullivan, Liam Meates and Cian Adamson
Composer and Sound Designer, Tracey McEvoy
Editor, Linn Hansen
Production Manager, Rhiannon Shipton
Production Design and Costume Design by Sophie Meehan
Set Dresser, Jemma Curran
1st Assistant Director, Miles Murphy
1st Assistant Camera, Katelyn Markham O'Halloran
2nd Assistant Camera, Lavinia De Vito
Gaffer, Adam Kennett
Spark & Grip, Bornil Anurag
Hair & Makeup, Aisling Eyre
Colour Grade, Conor Tobin
Location Scout, Eddie Kenrick
Stills Photography, Peter Bjoerk
Sound Recordist, Daniel Martin
Runner and First Aid, Seán Raphael Kimmage
Runner, Rebecca O'Laoire
Poster Design, Beth Morris
Research and development supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Agility Award.
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MONDAY TO FRIDAY PERSON (2020)
In Dublin, a Young Professional tries to convince an owner-occupier landlord he's the perfect tenant by emphasising his complete lack of human needs.
Written and directed by Sophie Meehan
Starring Lloyd Cooney and Andrea Kelly
Camera by Rory Sinnott
Edited by Louie Carroll
Produced by Matt Taylor
Crowdfunded by the greatest people you will ever meet
Official selection, Kerry International Film Festival 2020. Also screened at FanVid Film Club; Fillum Ireland's Dublin After Dark; and Vsevolod Plotkin's event Who's To Blame and What's To Be Done.
Written and directed by Sophie Meehan
Starring Lloyd Cooney and Andrea Kelly
Camera by Rory Sinnott
Edited by Louie Carroll
Produced by Matt Taylor
Crowdfunded by the greatest people you will ever meet
Official selection, Kerry International Film Festival 2020. Also screened at FanVid Film Club; Fillum Ireland's Dublin After Dark; and Vsevolod Plotkin's event Who's To Blame and What's To Be Done.
