Kathleen is Here

What does the future hold when the past is all you’ve got?

Kathleen, played by rising star Hazel Doupe (Say Nothing, Calm With Horses, You Are Not My Mother) is 18 and fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother and so she returns to her hometown to take ownership of her mother’s house.

She gets a job and even a friend; but the emptiness of Kathleen’s life cannot be filled by social media and reality shows. Alone and desperate for a mother figure, she sets out on a destructive path to find one.

Winner, Bingham Ray New Talent Award at 2024 Galway Film Fleadh for Eva Birthistle’s directorial debut

“KATHLEEN IS HERE ranks among the most compelling domestic offerings of 2024, the well-told small story that asks a lot of big questions.” Harry Guerin, RTE

Screenings are followed by an exclusive Q&A with Hazel Doupe