An Irish Goodbye by Ross White and Tom Berkeley
Two brothers, two diverging dreams. Can the wishes of their mother bring them together?
A short black comedy about love, loss, family and dreams, written and directed by Tom Berkeley and Ross White, and starring Seamus O’Hara, James Martin, Paddy Jenkins and Michelle Fairley.
After the death of their mother, two estranged brothers are reunited on the family farm in rural Northern Ireland. While Lorcan, a robust and dedicated farmer with Down Syndrome, dreams of continuing to work the land he grew up on, Turlough, who lives and works in London, plans to sell the farm and send his younger brother to live with an aunt on the other side of Ireland. When the parish priest reveals that he has found their mother’s unfulfilled bucket list, Lorcansenses an opportunity: he’ll agree to leave the farm once he and Turlough have completed every one of their mother’s wishes …
The acclaimed second collaboration from UK writer-director duo Tom Berkeley and Ross White, An Irish Goodbye has played at over 60 film festivals worldwide and been recognised with a number of international awards, including the 2023 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, the BAFTA award for Best British Short Film and the IFTA Award for Best Short Film.
Artist Profile
Ross White and Tom Berkeley
Award-winning filmmaking duo Tom Berkeley and Ross White rose to prominence in 2023 with their breakout black comedy An Irish Goodbye – the first short film in history to win an Oscar, BAFTA and IFTA award. Hailing from England and Northern Ireland respectively, the pair began working together in 2019, founding Belfast-based Floodlight Pictures as a vehicle through which to produce their work. Their debut short film ROY (2021), starring BAFTA winner David Bradley, played at over 50 international film festivals and was one of ten films shortlisted for Best British Short Film at the 75th BAFTA Awards. The duo’s most recent short film, The Golden West, played festivals internationally following Grand Jury Awards at Raindance, Aesthetica and Norwich Film Festivals in 2023.
