'Patrick’s Day' wins the Screen Directors Guild ‘Finders Series’ Award

Terry McMahon’s award winning and critically acclaimed film, Patrick’s Day, has won the Screen Directors Guild ‘Finders Series’ Award. The award will see the Director’s Guild of America host a screening of the film for an industry audience at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles on October 10th.

Written and Directed by McMahon, the film stars Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave), Moe Dunford (Vikings), Catherine Walker (Strike Back) and Philip Jackson (Little Voice). Full foley for the film was recorded at Ardmore Sound and Ken Galvin mixed it in Centre Stage 2.

Produced by Tim Palmer (Into the West) and Rachel Lysaght (The Pipe), Patrick's Day premiered at this years SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas and won the ‘Best Irish Feature Film’ at this summer's Galway Film Fleadh. It is set for cinema release later this year. Watch the trailer below:

Winner of the Audience Award for 'Best Film' at the 26th Galway Film Fleadh 'Patrick's Day' tells the story of young man with mental health issues who becomes intimate with a suicidal air hostess but, when his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them, illusion and reality collide.