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Katie Lee Lynch – Screen Writer, Script Editor, Producer Katie Lee Lynch is a Screenwriter and Script Editor, currently employed as Assistant Producer at Hot Cod Productions. She was Assistant Script Editor on the first season of the Sky Series, “Small Town, Big Story” and is currently working in script development. She is a Facilitator …

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Deirdre O’Connor – Writer & Director Deirdre O’Connor is an independent film director, writer and producer.  After making several short documentaries and writing narrative screenplays, she made her feature directorial debut with the comedy, One Moment (2022), starring Danny Aiello in his final screen performance.   The film won numerous festival awards and secured distribution with …

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We’re very impartial to the music that makes cinema come alive. This year at the Ashbourne 2024 Fim Festival we’re extremely excited to announce that David Agnew will be performing a rendition of “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the 80’s classic movie “The Mission” with the Dublin String Quartet. The song “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the movie “The …

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Tom Shrapnel – Writer & Director Born in the UK Tom is an award winning writer and director of several short films including ‘The Knackerman’ and ‘Strange Weather’ starring Maxine Peake for Creative England and BFI. He has been mentored by directors Ben Wheatley and Hong Khaou and was also one of the applicants selected …

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Lex Shrapnel – Actor & Producer Alexander Shrapnel is an actor and producer. As an actor Lex has starred in films including Marvels ‘Captain America : The First Avenger’ , ‘K-19 : The Widowmaker’, ‘Nine Lives’, ‘Breakfast on Pluto’, ‘Thunderbirds’, ‘Extinction’, ‘Flyboys’, ‘An Organisation of Dreams’ , SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines’ ‘ The …

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Stephen Rennicks – Film/TV Composer For twenty years, award-winning Irish composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television. In 2020 Rennicks scored the Emmy nominated ‘Normal People’, continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel, tells the coming-of-age story …

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Winner of ‘Best Original Score’ at the 2023 IFTAS for ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ AFF24 are absolutely thrilled to welcome Stephen Rennicks to Ashbourne this year! A prolific composer for film and tv for over twenty years, Stephen has built an international reputation for his work and in particular for scoring all of Lenny Abrahamson’s feature …

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