Cré na Cille (film)

Cré na Cille is a 2007 Irish film directed by Robert Quinn. In the Irish language, it is an adaptation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain's 1949 novel Cré na Cille.[1][2] It was released outside Ireland under the English title Graveyard Clay.[3]

Cré na Cille
DVD cover
Directed by	Robert Quinn
Produced by	Mickey Walsh Ciarán Ó Cofaigh
Written by	Robert Quinn Macdara Ó Fátharta
Based on	Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Starring	Bríd Ní Neachtain Peadar Lamb Máire Ní Mháille Macdara Ó Fátharta Joe Steve Ó Neachtain Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair Máire Uí Dhroighneáin Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta Peadar Ó Treasaigh Máirín Uí Neachtain Dara Devaney Seán Ó Coisdealbha Mairéad Ní Chuaig Pádraic Ó Tuairisc Mícheál Ó Conaola
Music by	Jim Lockhart
Cinematography	Tim Fleming
Edited by	Conall de Cléir
Production company	ROSG
Release date	17 February 2007
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	Irish
Budget	€1,200,000

Production

Cré na Cille was filmed in various locations in Connemara, County Galway in 2006 to commemorate the centenary of Ó Cadhain's birth.[4] It was filmed with HDCAM in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and with Dolby Digital sound.[5]

Plot

A graveyard in Connemara. As the members of a small community die, their spirits linger on in the grave and can speak to each other.

Release

Cré na Cille premiered in Galway in December 2006.

It screened at the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival (shortlisted for the Jin Jue Award)[6] and at the Irish Film Festival, Boston.

Cré na Cille won an award for Outstanding Services to the Irish Language at the 2007 Aisling Awards.

It premiered on television on TG4 on St Stephen's Day 2007.[7]

Bríd Ní Neachtain's performance was highly praised by critics.[8]

Awards

Awards	Category	Recipients	Result
Irish Film & Television Awards[9][10]	Best Director	Robert Quinn	Nominated
	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Bríd Ní Neachtain	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Jim Lockhart	Nominated
	Special Irish Language Award	Cré na Cille	Nominated

Legacy

Dr Seán Crosson of NUI Galway observed that "It was remarked to me by one of those involved in the production of Cré na Cille, for example, that if it had not been made this year, it would have been increasingly difficult for the work ever to have been successfully adapted as fluent speakers of the richly textured and complex Irish found in Ó Cadhain’s masterpiece become more difficult to find."[11]

Actress Bríd Ní Neachtain appeared on an Irish 55-cent stamp in 2008, depicted in a still from Cré na Cille.[12][13]

References

1. "Cré na Cille on DVD". www.gaelport.com.
2. Corff, Isabelle Le; Epinoux, Estelle (25 February 2019). Cinemas of Ireland. Cambridge Scholars Pub. ISBN 9781443802406 – via Google Books.
3. "Cré na Cille DVD - CIC". www.cic.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
4. "Major coup as deal keeps top shows on TV3". Independent.ie.
5. "Graveyard Clay (2007)" – via www.imdb.com.
6. "Cré na Cille shortlisted at Shanghai Film Fest". 29 May 2007 – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "'Cré na Cille' To Premiere on TG4 - The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie.
8. "Judges hold court at Miller's Abbey crossing". Independent.ie.
9. "And the winners are..." Independent.ie.
10. "Irish emigrant film receives 14 Ifta nominations". The Irish Times.
11. https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/bitstream/handle/10379/621/FromKing.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
12. "Filmed in Ireland". www.anpost.ie.
13. "New stamps mark Irish language contributions". The Irish Times.

External links

• Cré na Cille at IMDb
• Cré na Cille at Rotten Tomatoes