Colm Bairéad

Colm Bairéad began making short films as a teenager, later studying Film and Television at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Mac an Athar (His Father’s Son in English), his first short film after graduating, was already being screened at festivals. Focusing his filmmaking on the Irish language, he worked for the Irish-language TV channel TG4. In 2014, Bairéad founded the production company Inscéal alongside Cleona Ní Chrualaoi. Cumann na mBan – Women of the Revolution and Murdair Mhám Trasna (The Maamtrasna Murders in English) are the director’s most successful documentaries to date. The Quiet Girl premiered at the Berlinale, where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the Generation Kplus section and a Special Mention from the Children’s Jury, as well as seven Irish Film and Television awards. It was Ireland’s entry to the Oscars in 2022.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla