Feature length fantasy drama 'The Shadows', produced by Eimear O Kane (Pentecost) for Emu Productions and directed by Colin Downey, has wrapped shooting on location in Bective and Navan, County Meath.
’The Shadows’ is inspired by a fairytale of the same name by George MacDonald. It tells the story of Matthew, a lonely young boy who finds a doorway into a magical world beneath his grandmother's garden. In a subterranean chamber, Matthew meets a Shadow man called Yorrick (Michael Parle). Yorrick is the guardian of an ancient crown and he brings Matthew on an adventure where he falls foul of a treasure hunter (Eddie
Webber) and an evil witch called Eldren (Natalia Kostrzewa), the greatest enemy of the Shadows. Matthew is given a shadow guardian, Alice (Emma Eliza Regan), who watches over him and tries to protect him from danger.
Other cast in the feature include Sam Homan (Ros na Run), Irene Wright (Sugar Stick) and Gráinne McHale.
’The Shadows’ is the first in a series of fantasy films written by Colin Downey who is also developing an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's ‘The Brave Tin Soldier’ with the Irish Film Board. The feature was filmed on RED One and will be delivered in early 2012.
