When Ciara, a “touched” teenager, discovers the secret of her family’s merfolk hunting past, she risks confronting her Grandfather at Christmas dinner. As Colm regales a twisted love story of a fisherman and mermaid whose son’s were culled for fortune, Ciara realises the dark truth of why she was born.
Inspired from literature surrounding sea-peoples and the Irish oral storytelling tradition, MUCK challenges the lens of folk-horror by contrasting aesthetic expectations of the native and indigenous with the violent and exploitative legacy of colonialism.
Brendán Dunlea COLM
Nessa O’Leary CIARA
Seán T. Ó Meallaigh DENNIS
Sarah O’Toole NIAMH
Vera Kilgallon “MARY”
Written & Directed by Barra Convery
Produced by Ruaidhrí Hallinan
Cinematography by Daniel Keane
Music Score by Alain McFadden
Editing by Kim Acheson
First Assistant Director
Caomhán Ó Foigil
Production Designers
Lukasz Simon & Mattie O’Toole
Camera Operator
Fintan Geraghty
Camera Assistants
Harry Bo & Ross Flaherty
Digital Image Technician
Sam Acheson
Gaffer
Ian Ryan
Best Boy
Daniel Horgan
Lighting Assistant
Luzia Mueller
Sound Recordist
Stephen Molloy
Boom Operator
Antoine Curran
Script Editor
Katie Lee Lynch
Script Supervisor
Lily O’Reilly
Art Director
Amy Bradshaw
Props Master
Jacque Dupuy
Hair & Make Up Artist
Rebecca Ruane
Costume Designer
Kin San Pedro
Special Effects Artist
Jess Bruen
Graphics Designer
Deirdre Bolger
Props Maker
Conor Lee
Second Assistant Director
Kevin O’Grady
Third Assistant Director
Seán Callahan
Trainee Assistant Directors
Oran Roper & Maireád Dewar
Production Assistant
Aisling Keogh
Post Associate Producer
Mark Mac Ainmhire
Colourist
Martin Nee
Sound Designer
Vitor Cruz Ó Fahartaigh
Post Sound Mixer
Niall Clarkee
Produced on a micro-budget and shot entirely on location at Ballycurrin House Galway, MUCK is a project of passion of the Galway filmmaking community. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
A Curious Beast Productions 