Bringing Home The Bacon

A short ‘performative’ documentary film in collaboration with Femme Bizarre. Supported by the Arts Council.

The film premiered at Fastnet Film Festival in May 2022 and was released on Beyond The Short.

Bound by their joy of expression, Jade & Kate share their love/hate relationship with being performing artists.

Jade and Kate are Femme Bizarre, an Irish duo-act with buckets of attitude. They both share their personal stories, inspiration and relationship with the arts. A performative odyssey in three parts, underscored by the inspiring message, to always follow your dreams in life.

Director: Gavin Fitzgerald | Writers: Jade O’Connor, Kate Finegan, Gavin FitzGerald | Producer: Killian Connolly | Cast: Jade O’Connor, Kate Finegan, Emily Kilkenny Roddy Vitor Bassi, Kévin Coquelard | Choreography by: Sibéal Davitt | Director of Photography: Colm Hogan | Camera Operator: Roman Bugovskiy | Sound Recordist: Stephen Power | Production Assistant: Adam Martin Connolly | Production & Costume Designer: Kate Moylan | Assistant Production Designers Caitriona Finnegan & Hannah McAteer | Key Makeup Artist Sadhbh Nic Uidhir | Assistant Makeup Artist Aoibhe Maguire | Riggers Gill Byrne Merlin Stone Tony Mahon | Edited by James Baldwin | Project Composers Aaron Cranley & Stephen Kerr | Additional Music Kevin Whyms | ReRecording Mixer Dean Jones | Sound Edit Alex Derby & Conall O’Brien | Colourist Yoomin Lee | Title Design Kate Hynes

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Gavin FitzGerald is an IFTA-nominated film director whose slate of internationally acclaimed documentaries and television series has established him as a leading Irish voice in factual storytelling. His work often explores compelling sporting worlds and subcultures, driven by exceptional characters and crafted with a cinematic, intimate style. He began his career directing commercially successful, access-driven feature documentaries including Conor McGregor: Notorious and Liam Gallagher: As It Was, both of which went on to be acquired by Netflix. He followed these with the award-winning festival favourite Million Dollar Pigeons and a four-part boxing series Stable: The Boxing Game, later acquired by BBC. He is currently completing Soul of the Sea, an Irish-language documentary about a declining rowing tradition in the west of Ireland, supported by Screen Ireland and TG4. His latest feature, LOMU, explores the complexities of identity and Tongan culture through the life of one of rugby’s most iconic figures, Jonah Lomu, and is currently screening at festivals worldwide.

Contact
gavfitzgeraldfilm@gmail.com

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