Kieron J. Walsh’s ‘Skintown’ at Edinburgh International Film Festival: Prize-Winning, Review & Clip
Kieron J. Walsh’s Skintown had its world premiere in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday 16th August 2026 and went on to win the £50,000 Sean Connery prize for feature filmmaking excellence at the festival. The festival ran August 13-19. The Guardian opened its review with “Derry Girls meets Human Traffic in…
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Kieron J. Walsh
SDGI member Kieron J. Walsh’s feature Skintown has been selected to receive its World Premiere at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival on 16th August 2026. Skintown is set in the summer of 1994, when best friends Vinny and Jonty are desperate to escape their small-town life in conflict torn Enniskillen (Skintown), Northern Ireland. Just…
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Rachel Carey & Kieron J. Walsh
Rachel Carey directs Episodes 1-3 and Kieron J. Walsh directs Episodes 4-6 of The Hardacres, which airs on RTÉ from 22nd March 2026. From Playground, the award-winning production company behind the internationally acclaimed hit series All Creatures Great and Small, comes this new six-part period drama, first aired on Channel 5, based on CL Skelton’s best-selling series of…
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