CATHAIR NA MÍLTE GRIAN (CITY OF A THOUSAND SUNS)
Producer, Co-written and Co-Directed with Feargal Ward
“This year is unlikely to deliver anything as potent or memorable. Every second of it sang.” Sunday Independent
City of a Thousand Suns is an immersive cinematic pilgrimage. Part poem, part elegy, this haunting film forges connections between the inhabitants of two distant cities, Dublin and Hiroshima. Drawing on a rich legacy of world cinema to dive into our collective memory and shine a light on the trauma we all share as descendants of the atomic age.
Is tum-oilithreacht fhileata scannánaíochta í Cathair na Mílte Grian. Caoineadh is ea í a chruthaíonn ceangal idir pobail dhá chathair i bhfad ó chéile: Baile Átha Cliath agus Hiroshima. Tugann Cathair na Mílte Grian isteach inár gcomhchuimhne muid trí oidhreacht shaibhir an cineama dhomhanda chun an tráma atá go smior ionann go léir mar shliocht an ré núicléigh a nochtadh.
Is é an dán Aifreann na Marbh (Mass of the Dead) le hEoghan Ó Tuairisc a spreag.
Cast: Marcus Mac Conghail, with Kazuyoshi Meiki, Tristan Warner, Rióna Ní Fhrighil, Narrated by Taim Haimet & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Cinematographer & Editor: Feargal Ward, Camera assistant & Sound Recordist: Jonathan Sammon New music: Seán MacErlaine, and music by Paul Jebanasam
Saoi Media supported by Ildána (TG4, the Arts Council, BAI), with additional support from the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee
Photo Courtesy of Hiroshima International Film Festival