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{{short description|2020 Irish film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Foscadh
| image          = Foscadh poster.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Poster
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The Thing about December]]''| [[Donal Ryan|Dónal Ryan]]}}
| director       = [[Seán Breathnach]]
| editing        = Conall de Cléir
| producer       = Paddy Hayes
| screenplay     = [[Seán Breathnach]]
| story          = Dónal Ryan
| starring       = {{unbulleted list|[[Dónall Ó Héalai]]|Fionnuala Flaherty|Cillian Ó Gairbhí}}
| music          = [[Sin Fang|Sindri Már Sigfússon]]
| cinematography = Colm Hogan
| production_companies = TUA Films<br />(Magamedia Teo)
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|07|23|Galway Film Fleadh}}
| runtime        = 93 minutes
| country        =  Ireland
| language       = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| gross          =
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'''''Foscadh''''' ({{IPA-ga|ˈfˠasˠkə|lang}}; "Shelter"; also written in [[Gaelic type|Gaelic script]] as '''''Foscaḋ''''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviesvsbooks.com/movies/foscadh-2021/|title=Foscadh (2021): The movie compared to the book|website=Movies vs Books}}</ref> is a 2021 Irish film, based on characters in the novel ''[[The Thing about December]]'' by [[Donal Ryan]].<ref name=IrishTimes2018 /> The film premiered at the 2021 [[Galway Film Fleadh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://galwayfilmfleadh.eventive.org/schedule/60e5655d43c00900301d0a5f|title=Foscadh (Shelter)|work=Galway Film Fleadh|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tg4.ie/en/information/press/press-releases/2021-2/3-tg4-premieres-at-galway-film-fleadh-2021/|title=3 TG4 premieres at Galway Film Fleadh 2021 including the latest Cine4|work=TG4|date=12 July 2021|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> It was selected as the Irish entry for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] at the [[94th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Ireland">{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0922/1248268-irish-language-drama-makes-its-bid-for-oscars-glory/ |title=Irish-language drama makes its bid for Oscars glory |work=RTE |date=22 September 2021 |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
== Plot ==
John Cunliffe ([[Dónall Ó Héalai|Dónall Ó hÉalaí]]) is a 28-year-old recluse, coddled by his parents, living on a farm in [[Connemara]], Ireland. When his parents pass away, John discovers that he has inherited land in the way of a proposed lucrative [[windfarm]] development. Having never had to fend for himself, he has to grow up fast: navigating friendships, romance and matters of trust for the first time.<ref name=FilmingBeginsIFTN /><ref name=FoascadhComingSoon /> Ó hÉalaí described his character as having been "sheltered all his life by his parents […] when he loses them, his story is him becoming an adult, and all that entails."<ref name=OHealaiStarsOfTomorrow />
== Production==
''Foscadh'' was filmed in 2019 and 2020, in [[Corr na Móna]], [[County Galway]]<ref name=FilmingBeginsIFTN /> having received a grant of {{currency|400000|EUR}} from the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland]].<ref name=IrishTimes2018/>
== Reception==
''Foscadh'' received its world premiere at the [[Galway Film Fleadh]] in July 2021, where it won the Award for Best First Film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/galway-film-fleadh-2021-stacey-gregg-s-thriller-here-before-wins-best-irish-film-1.4630719|title=Galway Film Fleadh 2021: Stacey Gregg's thriller Here Before wins best Irish film|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Donald|last=Clarke|date=26 July 2021|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Director, Seán Breathnach was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Director at the 2021 [[Newport Beach Film Festival]] and was nominated for a Zebbie award by the Writer's Guild of Ireland for his script in the feature film category. The film was also awarded the top prize, The Golden Tree, for best film at the 4th Kimolos International Film [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/426962/ Festival]. [[The Irish Times]] in a four star review described the film as a "powerful" piece that "poignantly chronicles rural male loneliness." Declan Burke of [[The Irish Examiner]] praises Seán Breathnach for crafting "...an emotionally charged psychologically complex film." [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] described the film as a "forensic and unflinching examination" of loneliness and longing that is "very well performed and visually striking."  [[The Phoenix (magazine)|The Phoenix]] in its review of the film, described it as "among the very best debut feature films to be made in Ireland."[https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/shelter-review-foscadh-1235104638/].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foscadh: Get ready for the new wave as Gaeilge |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/foscadh-get-ready-for-the-new-wave-as-gaeilge-1.4821546 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuipers |first=Richard |date=2021-11-08 |title=‘Shelter’ Review: A Bleak, Brooding Drama About Isolation and Loneliness |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/shelter-review-foscadh-1235104638/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Declan |date=2022-03-11 |title=Film review: Foscadh is an emotionally charged and psychologically complex film |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40825148.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FOSCADH - DIRECTED BY SEÁN BREATHNACH |url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/foscadh-directed-by-sean-breathnach/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Phoenix Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film]]
* [[List of Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]]
==References==
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<ref name=IrishTimes2018>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/donal-ryan-adaptation-foscadh-and-dublin-drama-townsend-awarded-public-funds-1.3642080|title=Donal Ryan adaptation 'Foscadh' and Dublin drama 'Townsend' awarded public funds|date=26 September 2018|author=Laura Slattery|newspaper=[[Irish Times]]}}</ref>
<ref name=OHealaiStarsOfTomorrow>{{cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2020-donall-o-healai-actor/5153483.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2020: Dónall Ó Héalai (actor)|author=Charles Grant|date=28 September 2020|website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref>
<ref name=FilmingBeginsIFTN>{{cite news|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4293060&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Filming begins on Foscadh, Seán Breathnach's debut Irish Language feature film |website=[[IFTN]]|date=6 Nov 2019 |author=Nathan Griffin}}</ref>
<ref name=FoascadhComingSoon>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuafilms.com/blog/foscadh-feature-length-film-coming-soon|title='Foscadh' feature length film coming soon|date=20 December 2019|website=TUA Films}}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt13448084}}
{{Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film}}
[[Category:2021 films]]
[[Category:Irish-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Ireland]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ireland]]
[[Category:2020s Irish films]]
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