Kathryn Kennedy

Winner of the the ADIFF Discovery award 2016 and the Bingham Ray New Talent award2015, 'Kathryn Kennedy' (qv) is an Irish Producer, and a member of ACE. Established in December2012 Kennedy Films achieved international attention through short film JUST SAYING whichwent viral, achieving half a million hits online. Kennedy Films first feature film MY NAME ISEMILY (2015) is with writer/director Simon Fitzmaurice, producing together with NewgrangePictures. The film achieved an Irish record-breaking crowd funding campaign in 2013, raisingEUR120,000 in 30 days. MY NAME IS EMILY is a world-first for film making as the DirectorSimon Fitzmaurice is completely physically incapacitated with Motor Neuron Disease (ALS).Simon wrote and directed the entire film solely with his eyes and Tobii eye gaze technology.MY NAME IS EMILY is a teenage love story and a road movie, it was the opening film at theGalway Film Fleadh 2015, winning Best Cinematography for DoP Seamus Deasy and winningthe Bingham Ray New Talent Award 2015 for producer 'Kathryn Kennedy' (qv) at the festival. MYNAME IS EMILY had its North American Premiere at the prestigious Toronto InternationalFilm Festival 2015. Most recently the film screened at the Audi Dublin International FilmFestival 2016 where Producer 'Kathryn Kennedy' (qv) won the ADIFF Discovery award. KennedyFilms first feature documentary ITS NOT YET DARK, narrated by Colin Farrell and directed byFrankie Fenton, producing together with Newgrange Pictures, won Best Documentary at theGalway Film Fleadh 2016 and Best Cinematography. Kennedy Films are developing twofurther fiction features in conjunction with the Irish Film Board 'In Future' with writer KevinLehane, and 'The Indecents' with writer David Turpin. Kennedy are also financing twofeature documentaries 'The Good Reactor' and 'White Flag' with Director Frankie Fenton.::Kennedy Films Ltd