Director
Frankie Fenton
Starring
Simon Fitzmaurice, Ruth Fitzmaurice, Colin Farrell
Certificate
U
Run Time
81 mins
Release Year
2016
Country of Origin
Ireland
Language
English
Director of Photography: Kate McCullough
Editor: Dermot Diskin
Produced by: Kathryn Kennedy, Lesley McKimm
Music: Stephen Rennicks
Director Bio
Frankie Fenton
P&I - Director Bio
Frankie Fenton is an award winning Irish Film and TV director and producer specialising in documentary film to do with pressing social matters. He has a Masters in Film and Television Studies from Dublin City University. His debut feature documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, based on the best-selling book by Simon Fitzmaurice, premiered at Sundance 2017.
It's Not Yet Dark
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Simon Fitzmaurice came to EIFF in 2016 with his feature debut, My Name is Emily. This new documentary tells his story of his brave fight against the life changing effects of the degenerative disease ALS (a form of MND). The film is as much the family’s story as it is Fitzmaurice’s; not least his wife Ruth’s, whose own journey of self-discovery is utterly breathtaking. Sobering in its honesty, and bereft of all nods to sentimentality, this is a deeply enlightening, and absolutely inspirational watch.
This film is supported by Culture Ireland.
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