Tinseltown In The Rain

Gerry Cannon 1JAN18

iving in an area where there are 3.7 artists per square foot, it’s somewhat unsurprising that a bunch of local filmmakers would end up pooling all their talents and resources.

What is surprising though is just how prolific this busy little collective has proven to be.

Forming in October 2016, after writer/director Brian Matthews Murphy put the shout-out for other local filmmakers to join forces with, No WiFi [short for North Wicklow Filmmakers, acronym fans] managed to complete over 20 short films in 2017 alone.

Enough, it turns out, to fill a big-screen showcase, in fact. Which is why The Whale are hosting a special No WiFi evening on Saturday, January 20th.

In the mix will be such award-winning offerings as Conor Waldron’s The Confessional, plus festival favourites The Underground and A Blindman Walks Into A Bar.

The next generation of award-winners are well represented too, with Delgany dynamo Finian Duff Lennon appearing in Zeff Lawless and Oisin McFarland Smith’s freshly-minted Double Or Nothing, whilst premiering on the night will be David Keeling’s Boxed In.

With members from not only Ireland but Russia, Poland, Italy, England and America, No WiFi may be a local filmmaking collective but its scope and vision is distinctly global. And widescreen, of course.

We caught up with one of the ringleaders, Gerry Cannon, this afternoon to talk about movies, mates, moolah and mission statements. Oh, and his porn star past…

Find out more about No WiFi on their website here, and catch Gerry’s Day In The Life from 2021 here.