2025 Iris Prize

Fr. Brennan is Having a Breakdown!

Fr. Brennan has been acting rather strange lately, and who better than Man of the Year Richard Hennessy to whip the naïve parish priest into shape?

DIRECTOR:

Luke Faulkner (He/Him/His)

PRODUCER:

Luke Faulkner and Denny Redmond

WRITER:

Denny Redmond

RELEASE YEAR:

2025, Language: English

Ireland, 12 mins

Mae’r Tad Brennan wedi bod yn ymddwyn yn rhyfedd iawn yn ddiweddar, a phwy well na Dyn y Flwyddyn Richard Hennessy i roi’r offeiriad plwyf diniwed mewn cyflwr da?

Luke Faulkner is a filmmaker, musician and photographer from Dublin. Faulkner studied photography at IADT Dublin, his graduate documentary won the 2018 Inspirational Arts Award and showed at PhotoIreland Festival. Shameless, a queer experimental film which he co-directed was showed at the 2021 GAZE and 2022 Galway Fleadh Film festivals.

Mae Luke Faulkner yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau, cerddor a ffotograffydd o Ddulyn. Astudiodd Faulkner ffotograffiaeth yn IADT Dulyn, enillodd ei raglen ddogfen raddedig Wobr Celfyddydau Ysbrydoledig 2018 a’i dangos yng Ngŵyl PhotoIreland. Dangoswyd Shameless, ffilm arbrofol cwiar a gyd-gyfarwyddodd yng ngŵyl ffilm GAZE 2021 a Galway Fleadh Film 2022.

2025 Iris Prize Shortlist