Ireland, 2025
Running time: 52’
Director: Daire Collins; writers: Sadhbh Devlin, James O’Brien Moran, Daire Collins; cinematography: Jar Finnegan, Ross Boldai; editing: James O’Brien Moran; animation: Daire Collins; music: Marina Elderton; voiceover: Macdara Ó Fátharta; producer: James O’Brien Moran; production companies: Paper Mountain Films, Black Lobster Productions.
SYNOPSIS
In 1968, Irishman Mick Meaney was buried six foot under the London soil in a simple wooden coffin. Hundreds came to see his burial, and toast Mick on his way. The thing was, Mick was not dead. He was competing in the world record competition for ‘Longest Time Spent Buried Alive’. Using never before seen archive, animation, and interviews with the people who personally knew Mick, this story is brought to life through the eyes of his loving daughter, who grapples with her father’s bizarre legacy.
DIRECTOR
Daire Collins began his career as a multimedia journalist with Channel 4 News, BBC, HuffPost, AJ+ and others before moving into creative documentary. He directed For Emergency Use Only (2021) for The New Yorker, and is currently in production on The Fool or the Holyman, a Swiss–Irish co-production funded by Screen Ireland. Beo Faoin bhFód is his debut film.
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