Biography
Keith Farrell is a multi-award winning, four time IFTA (Irish BAFTA) nominated director, who began his career making docudramas for cinema and TV. In the recent years he has taken the step into narrative fiction, directing five successful short films including "Rabbit Punch" which was accepted into the OSCAR qualifying In The Palace Short Film Festival (2018) and which won Best Short Film at the Omaha Film Festival (one of Moviemaker magazines top 50 film festivals) and Best NW Short at the Bolton Film Festival. In his 17 years as a film-maker, he has made a diverse range of films, including the multi-award winning docudrama "A Terrible Beauty...." which was nominated for four IFTA awards, winning Best Cinematography and the concert film/docudrama "Death or Liberty" which won best documentary at Spotlight Documentary Film Festival in Atlanta and was nominated for best documentary at the 2016 IFTA's. His first short film,"Jubilee Nurse" won the Consulate Award at the Chicago Irish Film Festival and a Remi for Best Historical Short at WorldFest in Houston. He recently completed a children's drama commissioned by Quinnipiac University, "The Hunger Times" a short film about the Irish Famine. In 2018 he founded Old Hall Films to tell the universal stories that don’t get told. His most recent short films, "Girl Alone" & "Another Happy Ever After" bothpremiered in the OSCAR qualifying shorts competition at the Galway Film Fleadh. His first feature film “Wait for Me”, premiered at the Manchester Film Festival where Keith won Best Director, the film was released in UK and Irish cinemas in June 2023.
