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Troubles

A troubled traditional Irish musician reenters the fold after a long absence. An emotionally stunted friend wants to offer an apology. When words fail them both, music is all they have to bring them together.

  • Jonathan Harden
    Director
    GUARD
  • Bronagh Taggart
    Writer
    GUARD, Call It A Night
  • Jonathan Harden
    Producer
    GUARD
  • Shauna Shivers McAtamney
    Producer
    A Christmas Star
  • Fra Fee
    Key Cast
    "Liam"
    Les Miserables
  • Niall McNamee
    Key Cast
    "Peter"
    The Foreigner, The Party
  • Tony Devlin
    Key Cast
    "Terry"
    Band of Brothers
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 23, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Irish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Galway Film Fleadh
    Galway
    Ireland
    July 12, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Cork Film Festival
    Cork
    Ireland
    November 16, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    March 15, 2020
    Best Narrative Short
Director Biography - Jonathan Harden

Jonathan is a director and actor from Belfast. Troubles is his second short film as a director and producer. His first GUARD - a female led boxing film - premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2017.

Film Credits as an actor include: Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Bad Robot, Lucas Film), Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul (Working title), Ralph Fienne’s The Invisible Woman (BBC Films), and Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC Films).

Jonathan has appeared in her twenty shorts, including four with Oscar nominee Michael Lennox, for whom he narrated the 2015 BAFTA winner, Boogaloo and Graham.

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