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Out of Place

A meditation on the role music plays in building community, exploring the tensions that emerge when musicians struggle to carve out a space for themselves in their city.

Featuring performances from Denise Chaila, God Knows, Hey Rusty, His Father’s Voice, MuRli, and Post Punk Podge & the Technohippies, OUT OF PLACE is an intimate portrayal of a local music scene, capturing the incredible diversity of cultural activity happening in Limerick City.

Exploring music made at a local level, this film follows a variety of musicians as they try to navigate their changing city, in an attempt to find places to create, perform and connect with others. This proves difficult as space provided for culture is always shrinking, turning the act of music-making into an act of defiance.

Filmed with a DIY spirit, this is both a celebration of music as a form of individual and collective expression.

  • Graham Patterson
    Director
  • Jack Brolly
    Writer
  • Graham Patterson
    Writer
  • Hugh Heffernan
    Writer
  • Hugh Heffernan
    Producer
  • Jack Brolly
    Producer
  • Diarmuid O'Shea
    Producer
  • Mícheál Keating
    Original Score
  • Denise Chaila
    Key Cast
    "Narolane"
  • God Knows
    Key Cast
    "Narolane"
  • MuRli
    Key Cast
    "Narolane"
  • Aisling O'Connor
    Key Cast
    "His Father's Voice"
  • John Ahern
    Key Cast
    "Hey Rusty"
  • Padraig O'Donoghue
    Key Cast
    "Post Punk Podge"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 11 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Irish Film Festival London
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 16, 2022
    World Premiere
    Nominated Best Documentary
Director Biography - Graham Patterson

Graham Patterson is a filmmaker based in Limerick City, Ireland. Since 2015, he has been collaborating and documenting artists from the burgeoning Irish music scene, creating music videos for acts including TPM, Just Mustard, and Bleeding Heart Pigeons. In his feature length debut, Graham has expanded the connection with the musicians he works with, turning his focus behind the scenes to share their stories.

Graham is part of Féile na Gréine, a cultural collective of musicians, artists, and designers in Limerick City, who are the team behind the film. As director, editor and co-writer of OUT OF PLACE, Graham worked alongside sound engineers, photographers and filmmakers, many of whom double as musicians who play in bands active in Limerick’s music scene.

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Director Statement

Limerick City has been my home for the past five years, and to experience first-hand the explosion of music and creativity that has been coming from the city has been exhilarating, intense, and I have found a true home within this community.

Making OUT OF PLACE was a journey of discovery. What set out as a celebration of DIY spirit and the thriving music scene, became more. In conversation with the artists, I quickly learned that this wasn’t the full picture, as we explored the challenges and struggles they’re faced with as independent musicians in Ireland. The result was a balance of the virtues and limitations of community and the DIY ethos, and the importance space plays in nurturing and building creativity.

Music scenes can be found all over the world, and this is the view from our corner. I believe it’s important to acknowledge the value and cultural richness they bring to a place because they are worth supporting, developing and protecting.