‘One Million Dubliners’ has won the prestigious Silver Medal for Documentary at the 2016 New York Festivals World's Best TV & Films Awards. The award was presented to Underground Films' producers Rachel Lysaght and Lindsay Campbell at a gala ceremony last night in Las Vegas.
Supported by the Irish Film Board, ‘One Million Dubliners’ had already received national acclaim when it won the Best Feature Documentary Award at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2014 and an IFTA (Best Editing for Emer Reynolds) in 2015. It also recently won the Television Award at the 2015 Sandford St Martin Religious Broadcasting Awards Ceremony in the UK.
The film is the feature directorial debut of Aoife Kelleher and the team behind ‘One Million Dubliners’ have announced the follow up with Aoife's second film, a film focusing on the miracle town of ‘Knock’. Also supported by the Irish Film Board, ‘Knock’ is due for release in summer 2016.
‘One Million Dubliners’ explores the life and death stories around Glasnevin Cemetery, where 1.5million people lie buried. It also offers a poignant portrait of Shane MacThomais, the cemetery tour guide and historian who was a well-known figure in Glasnevin.
The film is an Underground Films production in association with RTÉ, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Shoot for the Moon and with the participation of the Irish Film Board.
Check out our 2014 interview with director Aoife Kelleher about the film here.