Left, actors Liam O’Brien, Nigel Mercier, Carol Morahan, Lee O’Donoghue on set with a victim of petnapping
ONE of Film Limerick’s bursary of €15,000 winners funded by City of Culture’s purse, ‘Lost and Found’ is a short film written and directed by Liam O’Neill.
Shot in the city, in Thornfields estate at Ahane and other parts, this production has begun a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in order to raise post-production funds.
The campaign will only receive funds if meets its target by Saturday July 25.
Producer Magdalena Puzmujniak describes ‘Lost And Found’ as “a charming film featuring rescue animals. After the death of his dad, Charlie finds a way to help his grieving Mom. He decides to kidnap local pets and claim rewards from their owners. Like many a plan, all is well at first but things don’t quite turn out the way Charlie had hoped”.
Liam O’Neill, better known as a producer with Paradox Pictures, is an award winning writer and director. Behind the camera was Patrick Jordan whose body of work includes the Oscar nominated short ’Pentecost’. Actress Caroline Morahan, the 2015 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards host, and an animals rights advocate, plays the role of Kathleen, Charlie’s mother. Lee O’Donoghue, a 10 year-old film and TV, is the petnap brat.
Film Limerick, working with Behind the Scenes network, notes that the film had “invaluable animal-driven support from Limerick Animal Welfare”, a charity that will receive something of this crowd funding venture.
More details, including a teaser and fragments from the film, can be found at http://igg.me/at/lostandfoundashortfilm
