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PRODUCTION NOTES
WITHOUT NAME
Directed by Lorcan Finnegan
Contact
Evanna Walsh
ELEMENT PICTURES 21 Mespil Road Dublin 4 IRELAND Tel: +353-(0)1-618 5032
TRT 93 MIN | ENGLISH | COLOUR
SYNOPSIS
Land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna) travels to a remote and unnamed Irish woodland, to assess its suitability for a new development project. Here, he sets up temporary residence, in an old unused house, right in the midst of the forest. Eric learns about the man who once occupied the house and begins to discover that all is not what it would appear to be in the woods. The idyllic backdrop almost seems to speak back to him and an ominous lingering presence fills him with a sense of dread. Alone and alienated from urban existence, he becomes increasingly fascinated yet disturbed by his surroundings. Are there really external
and sinister elements at play here or is Eric becoming a prisoner of his own thoughts, in this place Without Name?
FESTIVALS
TIFF 2016 - Toronto International Film Festival (Vanguard Programme) World Premiere
SITGES 2016 - International Fantastic Film Festival (Noves Visions One) European Premiere
BFI LFF 2016 - London Film Festival (Cult Section) UK Premiere
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016 ADIFF 2017 - AUDI Dublin Film Festival Irish Premiere
AWARDS
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016 WINNER Best Director, Best Editor, Best Cinematography & Best Feature.
BACKGROUND ‘Without Name’ is the debut feature film of director Lorcan Finnegan and was developed with writer Garret Shanley and producer
Brunella Cocchiglia through the Irish Film Board, ‘Catalyst Project’ scheme which ran in 2014. The ethos of this competitive scheme is to give Irish emerging talent the opportunity to create a a fully funded feature film. The trio had in fact
met at the original Catalyst Project initiative launched in 2007 and have been collaborating since then on both feature and short
film projects, producing the IFTA (Irish Film & TV Awards) winning short ‘Foxes’ in 2012. Without Name was shot on location in Ireland.
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Lovely Productions
Lovely Productions was set up in 2004 by creative collaborators Lorcan Finnegan & Brunella Cocchiglia with a focus on creating
original content. Working in live action and animation, sometimes combining the two, they have produced and directed
numerous award winning short films, TV commercials and music videos. In 2015 they made their debut feature film WITHOUT
NAME with writer Garret Shanley. They are currently in development on several other feature films including sci-fi, horror
VIVARIUM and supernatural thriller, NOCEBO both also written by Garret Shanley.
Previous works of note include Foxes (2011) short film, winner of the 2012 IFTA for Best Short Film and Fear of Flying (2012), winner of The
Galway Film Fleadh 2012 Best Animation, Best Animation at LA Shorts and numerous other festival awards.
BIOGRAPHIES
Cast
Alan McKenna Eric
Alan has been acting in the TV and Film industry for over 20 years and has appeared in numerous productions, ranging from
BAFTA winning dramas to Hollywood movies. He has worked alongside such industry heavy weights as: Tom Wilkinson,
Julie Delpy, Heather Graham, Andy Serkis, Julie Walters, Andy Garcia and Kate Winslet. His most recent film credits include;
The Dark Channel, Macbeth and Without Name.
In 2013 Alan wrote, produced and played one of the leads in Pressure, a claustrophobic underwater thriller starring
Danny Huston and Matthew Goode. The film was released theatrically in 2015 by Fox Searchlight.
Niamh Algar Olivia
Niamh began acting at the Actors Studio in the Factory and was mentored by filmmakers Kirsten Sheridan, Lance Daly, John Carney and
Shimmy Marcus. She then went on to graduate from the Programme For Screen Acting, now currently known as Bow Street. Upon
leaving the programme Niamh was cast as the lead in From The Dark, which screened in competition at Fantastic Fest in Texas, the Stiges
Film Festival, and had its Irish premiere at the 2015 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. She was awarded the CINETalent award at
JDIFF for her performance in the film.
In 2015 Niamh worked on several Irish Film Board productions. She was cast as Clara the leading role in the IFB
Signature short drama January Hymn which premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and ran in competition at the Leeds
International Film Festival. Niamh was cast as Olivia in Without Name a psychological supernatural drama directed by
award-winning director Lorcan Finnegan. This is Niamh’s second time cast in a leading role in a feature film. Niamh is
about to begin shooting The Drummer and The Goalkeeper directed by Nick Kelly and funded through the Irish Film
Board Catalyst scheme.
James Browne Gus
James began acting after graduating from University College Cork with a Bachelor of Arts in 2005.
He made his professional theatre debut in Meridian Theatre Company’s, Knock Three Times. He followed this up with a sell-out run in
Clinic Media’s, Night Swimming and numerous other stage performances culminated in a National Tour for Meantime Theatre Company’s
production of Christian O’Reilly’s, The Good Father. Browne returned with another critically acclaimed sell-out show for Conflicted
Theatre, 18 – 35. This was followed by Cleansed by Sarah Kane and a run on the National Theatre of Ireland’s Peacock Stage with William
Shakespeare’s, Richard II for Ouroboros Theatre Company.
Browne’s first feature film credit was in Strength and Honour. He then took time away from the stage to associate
produce and play the lead for Independent Feature Film, Tree Keeper. Screen credits also include numerous short
films and supporting roles in feature film, The Quiet Hour and television shows Vikings and A Dangerous Fortune.
Browne co-wrote, produced and played the lead for General Cinematic’s feature film, Storage. Lovely Productions
then cast James in the role of Gus in their feature film Without Name.
BIOGRAPHIES
Crew
Lorcan Finnegan Director
After completing a BA in graphic design in Dublin, Lorcan moved to London to work for Charlie Brooker’s (Black Mirror, Nathan Barley)
company Zeppotron as a motion designer, editor and later as a director. In 2004 Lorcan returned to Dublin to set up Lovely Productions.
Since then Lorcan has written and directed several award winning short films, TV commercials and music videos. WITHOUT NAME is his
first feature film. He is currently collaborating with writer Garret Shanley (Foxes/Without Name) on the sci-fi feature ‘VIVARIUM’,
dystopian ‘GOLIATH’ and supernatural thriller ‘NOCEBO’.
Garret Shanley Writer
Garret Shanley is a screenwriter from Dublin and holds a B.Des in filmmaking and an M.A. in Media Studies. In 2016,
his first feature script Without Name (dir. Lorcan Finnegan) world premiered at the Toronto International Film
Festival and continued on to Sitges and the London BFI Film Festivals. Garret has also written a number of short films, including the IFTA award winning Foxes (2012) also directed by Finnegan.
Garret’s work ranges from the supernatural to the satirical. He has written for a range of media and is interested in
exploring more. He is currently developing several feature films including Vivarium and Goliath.
Brunella Cocchiglia Producer
Coming from a background in graphic design, Brunella set up Lovely Productions with Lorcan Finnegan in 2004 and moved into
producing animation & live action short films and TV commercials. Her short film credits have won many awards, including Fear of
Flying, which received two IFTA nominations, Best Short at Galway Film Fleadh & LA Shorts, amongst many other international
awards. She also produced the live action supernatural drama Foxes, which won Best Short at IFTAs 2012 and has garnered much
international attention. In 2015 she successfully secured financing for Lovely Production’s first feature film, Without Name. She is
currently developing a slate of projects, including The Goliath, Nocebo (co-pro with Wigwam UK) and is exec. producing Vivarium
with Film4, the IFB and Fantastic Films.
Piers McGrail Cinematographer
Graduating from IADT eight years ago, Piers McGrail worked his way up from shorts and music videos and was
eventually thrown into the feature film deep-end with the BAFTA-winning ‘Kelly+Victor’ in 2011. He has continued
to be in demand ever since with 2015 proving his most fruitful year to date with three features hitting cinemas – ‘Let
Us Prey’, ‘The Canal’ and ‘Glassland’ – with the latter project earning him an IFTA nomination. He recently became a
member of the Irish Society of Cinematographers.
Tony Cranstoun A.C.E. Editor
Tony is a multi-award winning editor. His editing work has received craft recognition from The British Academy of Film and Television
Arts (BAFTA), The American Cinema Editors (ACE) and The Royal Television Society (RTS). His television credits include Cracker, Queer As
Folk, The Royle Family, The Second Coming and Wallander. His cinema credits include Mr. Bean’s Holiday, The League Of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse, A Film With Me In It, I Give It A Year and Love Rosie.
Without Name is his fifteenth feature film and his first collaboration with director Lorcan Finnegan.
Neil O’Connor Composer
Neil began his career as a filmmaker (B.A in Film – National Film School, IADT) and in 2007, he received a score
commission to work with the RTE Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he completed a PhD in Music Composition at
Trinity College. He has scored a number of features, documentaries, animations, commercials, shorts films for the
Irish Film Board and Independent production houses, some of which have won international prizes and have
premiered at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals.
Working in a multitude of styles in genres, both orchestral and electronic, as a performer and composer, Neil has his
own studio for recording and mixing in 5.1.
Gavin O’Brien Composer
Gavin O’Brien has been composing music for film since 2005. His got his start with Stars, an experimental short
animation starring Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Negga which won Best Animated Short at the Galway Film Fleadh.
Since then he has worked with such up-and-coming award-winning Irish directors as Mark Noonan (Getting Air) and
Lorcan Finnegan (Foxes, Without Name).
CREDITS
Directed by Lorcan Finnegan Written
by Garret Shanley Produced by
Brunella Cocchiglia
Executive Producer for Bord Scannan Na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board Rory Gilmartin
Cinematography by Piers McGrail
Edited by Tony Cranstoun A.C.E.
Production Design by Jeannie O’Brien
Costume Designer Niamh Buckley
Music Composed by Neil O’Connor & Gavin O’Brien
Sound Design by Aza Hand Casting by
Thyrza Ging & Louise Kiely
CAST
Eric Alan McKenna
Olivia Niamh Algar
Gus James Browne
Margaret Olga Wehrly
Justin Brandon Maher
The Client Morgan C. Jones
Devoy Brendan Conroy
Publican Donncha Crowley
Silhouette Alan McNally
Eric’s Double Michael McLaughlin
Devoy’s Sister Helen Roche
Chaplin the dog Jaro
Pub Customers Paddy O’Dwyer, Pat Cullen, Angela Crockford
Peter Drennan, Paul Moorhouse, Kevin Mulvey
Julie Holmes and Garret Shanley
Search Party Dermot Joyce, Stephanie Kennedy, Mark Healy and John Perkins
Garda Paul Ward
Orderly John Paul Murphy
Patient Sylvia Callan
Radio Voices Bryan Quinn, Aoibhéann McCann,
Marie Ruane, Steven Courtney and Jennifer Butler
CREW
Production Manager Steven Davenport
1st Assistant Director
Jonathan Shaw
2nd Assistant Director Richard Cosgrove
3rd Assistant Director Robert Kiernan
Trainee Assistant Director Niall Brady
Production Co-ordinator Lyndzi Doyle
Production Assistants Max Carpio and Jason Cullen
Production Accountant Sue Henderson
Key Make Up Artist Nina Ayoub
Key Hair Stylist James Sinnott
Assistant Costume Designer Saileóg O’Halloran
Wardrobe Trainee Emily Vaughan
Wardrobe Assistants Laura Ann Moone and Miriam Donohue
Gaffer Darragh Scott
Best Boy Donal Lafferty
Additional Electrician Daniel Mulligan
Electrical Driver Derek Finn
Focus Pullers Christine Ayoub and Tommy Fitzgerald 2nd
Assistant Camera Richard Lacey
Data Wranglers Niall Cullinane and Zianna Pfeiffer
Steadicam Operator Fiachra Judge
Grip Paddy Treanor
Script Supervisor Fiona Graham
Camera Intern Alfie Hollingsworth
Location Managers Mick Swan and Lorcan Berney
Sound Recordist Graham Newcombe
Boom Operator Stef Jaconelli
Art Director Mick Minogue
Stand-by Props Barry Davenport and Damian Byrne
Prop Buyer Ciara O’Donovan
Technical Advisor Liam Bowens
Special Effects Team FX
Animal Handler Julie Holmes
Stunt Coordinator Giedrius ‘Gee’ Nagys
Assistant Stunt Coordinator Eimear O’Grady
DAILIES
Wardrobe Liadain Aiken and Annick Counihan
Makeup Assistant Julie Ann Ryan
Makeup Trainees Niamh O’Malley, Gillian Brown
and Maya Cullen Petrovic
3rd Assistant Director Declan Brophy
Notebook Design Fergal Brennan
Graphic Designer Mark Wickham
Electrographs Len Massey
Kerlian Images Ronan McMeel
Model Making Bobby McGlynn
Stills Photographer Ross McDonnell
Assistant Editor Tom Pierce
Action Vehicles Stephen Carroll
Transport Captain Paul Kelly
Drivers Kevin Mulvey, William Kelly
and Eamonn Lynam
Facilities Irish Film Facilities
Camera Equipment Vast Valley
Lighting Equipment Teach Solais
Catering Locater
Health & Safety Kevin Kearns
Visual Effects Adriaan Smuts, Grainne Freeman,
Emmet Griffin, Ronan McMeel, Kevin McGloughlin and Lorcan Finnegan
Electrographic Sequence Thorsten Fleisch
Accountants Brophy Gillespie
Philip Lee Solicitors Brian Gormley and Cian McElhone
Insurance MIB Insurance Services Ltd
Post Facilities Outer Limits
Colourist Gary Curran
Online Editor Cillian Duffy
Online Assistant Sam Noone
Post Production Supervisor Ciara Walsh
Mixed at EGG Post Production
Supervising Sound Editor Patrick Drummond
Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer Aza Hand
Effects Editor Colm Mullally
Dialogue Editor Katie O’Mahony
Foley Artist Eoghan McDonnell
Foley Editor Colm Finnegan
BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN / IRISH FILM BOARD
Chief Executive James Hickey
Deputy CEO Teresa McGrane
Production & Development Executive Sarah Dillon
Legal & Business Affairs Executive Oisín O’Neill
Production & Distribution Manager Emma Scott
CATALYST PROJECT MENTORS
Script Dearbhla Regan
Production Design Derek Wallace
Production Management Donna Eperon
Filmed on location in Ireland.
Produced with the support of incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland.
THANKS Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Wicklow Mountains National Parks and Wildlife Services,
Anne Fitzpatrick, Coilte, Eddie Fox, Sean Murphy & the patrons of Mick Murphy’s pub, The McKeogh Family, Peter Summers, Newcastle Hospital, Brendan Ahearne, Brittany Murphy,
Amy Rowan, Simon Redden, Glen Fox, Niall O’Connor, Mick Bane, Mick Fortune, Joan Rogers, James Mather, Peter Agnew, Muriel Belle, Larry Finnegan, Lucy Hughes, Paul Hughes, Emmet Murphy, Conor Finnegan, Anne
Finnegan,
Ben Conway, John O’Connell, David Kindlon, Orlagh Marmane, Rita Scott, William Morgan, Laura Douglas, Emer
Reynolds, Brendan Muldowney, Rodney Lee, Cathal Duggan, Jean Ni Bhaoill. The Skype name, associated trademarks, logos, the “S” logo and any other marks, are
trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. The characters and incidents portrayed and the names herein are ficticious, and any similarity to the name, character or
history of any actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and unitentional. This motion picture is protected under the laws of Ireland and other countries. Unauthoriesd
duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
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