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The Lightkeeper

When a friend needs help from another timeframe and spacetime, young lighthouse keeper Aisling Fletch must help to find the light even in the darkest times.

  • Mishel Mudryk
    Director
  • Mishel Mudryk
    Writer
  • Varvara Fadieieva
    Writer
  • Mishel Mudryk
    Producer
  • Anna Kudriavtseva
    Key Cast
    "Aisling Fletch"
  • Conn McCormack
    Key Cast
    "Locklight Wolsh"
  • Oleksandr Hroza
    Key Cast
    "Mar Onuchenko"
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, drama, comedy, war
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,300 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland, Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - BCFE
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Waterford International Film Festival
    Waterford
    Ireland
    November 23, 2024
    Finalist
  • 15th Underground Cinema International Film Festival and Comic Con
    Dun Laoghaire
    Ireland
    October 7, 2024
    World premiere
    Official Selection
  • Symbiotic Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    Best Screenplay
  • Muckish Film Festival
    Muckish, Donegal
    Ireland
    October 12, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Film screening in Trinity college (200 seats; sold out)
    Dublin
    Ireland
    October 17, 2024
  • DFM XMAS film screening
    Dublin
    Ireland
    December 9, 2024
  • The People's Pictures short film screening event
    Cork
    Ireland
    January 29, 2025
Director Biography - Mishel Mudryk

My name is Mishel Mudryk. I'm BCFE student (final year) from Ukraine. I have written, directed, edited two films and learned a lot about filmmaking over the last two years in college. I'm also a freelance video editor since 2020. My goal is to talk about important for me topics through films and raising awareness about it. At this point, I want to talk about war in Ukraine and whole world, but there are other topics like family and self-love.

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Director Statement

The main theme of this film is the importance of helping each other even in the darkest times, and it serves as a reminder to the audience about the russian war in Ukraine. However, it also touches on many other different things, and I believe that everyone in the audience will find something personal. While watching the film, you can fall in love with Locklight’s tea, appreciate the beauty of the Irish and Ukrainian languages and recognize the importance of preserving them, laugh at Aisling’s jokes, cry over the many Ukrainian lives lost during the war, spot some Easter eggs in the film and feel inspired to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to help end this war. I admire Nolan’s style of filmmaking, where his films make you think. The Lightkeeper film aims to be one of those.