• BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY

    Directed by Sinéad O'Shea
    Ireland/United Kingdom | 99 minutes | California Premiere | True Stories

  

Special Mention: Best Documentary

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Film Festival 2025

Condemned by the Catholic Church, the taboo-shattering Irish novelist Edna O'Brien, who passed away in 2024 at 93, is the subject of this fascinating portrait. Her feminism, liberated lifestyle, famous London parties, and brutally honest writing changed the landscape of Irish literature.

film details

Director: Sinéad O'Shea
Producers: Claire McCabe, Eleanor Emptage, Sinéad O'Shea
Screenwriter: Sinéad O'Shea
Cinematographers: Eoin Mc Loughlin, Richard Kendrick
Editor: Gretta Ohle
Music: Richard Skelton, George Brennan
Cast: Edna O'Brien, Jessie Buckley, Gabriel Byrne, Carlo Gebler, Sasha Gebler, Walter Mosley
Country: Ireland/United Kingdom
Language: English
Year: 2024
Running Time: 99 minutes
Premiere Status: California Premiere
Director Filmography: Pray for Our Sinners (2022), A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot (2018)
Primary Company: INDOX
Contact Email: luke@indoxfilms.com

Film Festival 2025