Tadhg McSweeney, Painter: A Film Portrait (2014)

This is an intimate portrait of Irish painter Tadhg McSweeney, who continues to find extraordinary beauty in the absolutely ordinary, while illuminating a whole other way of looking at the world around us, in the process. Describing Tadhg, Brian Lynch writes that 'The simplicity, the stubbornness, the freshness, and the joy he finds in nature are facets of an ongoing self portrait, expressions of the soul of an original artistic personality. He is in the tradition of Irish genius, but there is no genius like him. Tadgh McSweeney is unique'. 'We are delighted to award filmmaker Donal O Ceilleachair for the outstanding way in which he captures the talent and spirit of this artist' (Festival Jury - Cork Film Festival, 2014)