The Kid Gets In The Picture

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e all know how the story goes – the kid in the mailroom with the boundless energy and great ideas is suddenly running the whole show.

For Greystones teenager Ciarán Cullen, that mailroom experience all began when he watched our January interview with local actor Gerry Cannon, as he waxed lyrical about No WiFi – aka North Wicklow Filmmakers.

Before you could shout “ACTION!”, Ciarán was on set for No WiFi’s next shoot, making sure that clapperboard clapped just so. The move to management came with his suggestion that he take the raw footage home and do his own particular edit.

Impressed, other directors started handing over their raw footage to this ambitious young teenager. Ciarán clearly knew the language of film, and it wasn’t long before he was editing his own short film, Where’s The Fuss? – which just happens to be up for a My RØDE Reel prize.

Once it gets enough votes, that is. Closing date is Wednesday, September 5th, so, get clicking, Greystonians, right here.

That closing date also happens to mark the big-screen debut of Where’s The Fuss?, when it plays support to Talking Heads’ seminal concert film Stop Making Sense at The Whale.

It’s going to be a magical night. With dancing.

In the meantime, we caught up with Ciarán this afternoon – on his way to buy-out Ardmore Studios, no doubt – to talk inspirations, aspirations and working on a school night…

You can vote for Ciarán’s Where’s The Fuss? right here, and catch it on the big screen on Wednesday, September 5th right here.