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The Rest in Jellies

Cigarette smoke fills the space between Erica and her Da as she prepares for another meeting with her caseworker. Her hope jar is rattled in the dole office, but two seven year olds manage to help her piece it back together.

  • Sean Clancy
    Director
    Russian Holiday, Paddy Power advert, Just eat advert
  • Gemma Kane
    Writer
  • Gemma Kane
    Producer
  • Tony Kane
    Key Cast
    "DAD"
  • Aoife Martyn
    Key Cast
    "caseworker "
    Fair city
  • Charlie Duffy
    Key Cast
    "Cal"
    Fair City
  • Hughie Blacker
    Key Cast
    "Luke"
  • Rory McCarthy
    Composer
  • Sadhbh McLoughlin
    Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Galway Film Fleadh
    Galway
    Ireland
    July 22, 2021
    Irish premiere
Director Biography - Sean Clancy

Sean Clancy is an award winning filmmaker from Leitrim. His no budget
feature film ‘Locus of Control’ won the Jury Special Recognition Award at the
2018 Silk Road International Film Festival. In 2019 he was invited to partake
in Berlinale Talents, a platform designed by the Berlin International Film
Festival to support the top 250 emerging filmmakers from around the world.
Most recently, Sean was one of eight participants selected from Ireland for the
2020 Puttnam Scholarship, an educational initiative with Oscar-winning
producer David Puttnam and Screen Ireland.
Gloaming (2020)
Russian Holiday (2020)
Locus of Control (2018)

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Director Statement

I was first introduced to Gemma’s work when I went to see her play, ‘48’. I was blown away by her ability to weave together wit and warmth to bring to life the story of the Stardust tragedy. With ‘The Rest in Jellies’, Gemma had written another beautiful script with humour and subtle, emotional depth so, when she got in touch to ask about directing I jumped at the chance.

The script emanates a raw sincerity and we tried to carry this approach through to the production. With Gemma’s friends and family helping out both sides of the camera I think we were able to create something that feels genuine and true to life. I’m really proud of what we were able to achieve with ‘The Rest in Jellies’ and helping Gemma make her first short film was a wonderful experience.