Callus

Horror, Ireland, 2023, 17:43 min

English, Irish with English subtitles

When his daughter is born with an affliction warned of in fable, a widowed father struggles to defy the violent superstitions of their rural community.

Credits

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Bear Print Media

PRODUCER

Finbarr Crotty

DIRECTOR

Ciarán Hickey

DOP

Alba Fernandez

SCRIPT

Ciarán Hickey

EDITING

Ian Burke

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Joe Doherty

SOUND

Anthony Egan

SOUND DESIGN

Rob Flynn

MUSIC

Stefan French

CAST

Michael Patric, Gráinne Good, Claire J. Loy, John Quinn

About the director(s)

Ciarán Hickey

An award-winning Irish-born director/writer and Honors graduate of the esteemed National Film School IADT Dún Laoghaire, Ciarán Hickey’s short film credits include The Boy Murder (2015), DLR’s The Lighthouse (2018), Just Fine (2018), and Terrible Things (2021).