STORY
An award winning one-minute film

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Story (2021)

Have you got a minute? In this experimental short, Carey paints a picture of the homeless laments like “I’m sad”, “F*** them, out of sight”, ‘Chat, Empathy, Human”, ‘Rubbish Survive, Shit’ and possibly the most poignant image of all the heavily bandaged fingers of one of Dublin’s homeless people.


 "Strange, haunting and engaging imagery pulls you into this 1 minute short experimental film. Carey has blended several of his artistic mediums into one film, and the creativity therein is impressive. This film has a personal feeling, but also in sharing his art with the world, director Carey, is allowing us a peek into his mind."
- Imagine Rain Film Festival


"Great approach. Very artistic and experimental director's visual style."
- 1st Monthly Film Festival


Awards

Great Message International Film Festival

Best Smartphone


Virgin Spring Cinefest

Best One Minute Film


World Film Carnival 

Best Experimental Film

Best One Minute Film


1st Monthly FIlm Festival

Honorable mention Super Short Film


Art Film Awards

Best Super Short Film

Best Poster


Druk International Film Festival

Best One Minute Film


Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards
Best Experimental Short


Tagore International Film Festival
One Minute Film

Nominations/Finalist

Kosice International Monthly Film Festival

Best Super Short Film

Best Poster


Cult Movies International Film Festival

Short Film Categories


Prague International Monthly Film Festival

Best Super Short Film


Lisbon Film Rendezvous


Tokyo International Short Film Festival

Short Films Main Competition


Roma Short Film Festival

Best MicroFilm


4th Dimension Independent Film Festival

Experimental Films


Best Film Awards

Best Indie Film

Laurels

Film Posters

Story film poster showing brown paper coat under blanket with the film title STORY and faded text Move along scum

Interview with Art Film Awards - Skopje, North Macedonia


1. Tell us something about yourself?

Coming from a creative culture like Ireland, I believe that the arts can influence society and change people’s lives. An emotional connection to people, time and place, fuel my work and lead me to work in various creative mediums to convey the narrative. I think that this personal connection allows me to create and share my work. Perhaps giving people a small glimpse into my mind is a coping mechanism.


2. What are you working on at the moment?

I am continuing work on a project called ‘Invisible Reflections’, that looks at wider societal attitudes and feelings. I am really excited by this project as it examines themes of homelessness, vulnerability, isolation, explored through film, installation, photography, painting and sculptural pieces, using ready-made and found objects (these will be heads contained in clear acrylic pieces). ‘Story’ was one of the key elements in this process and I’m really happy with how it is being received by film festivals and a wider audience.


3. Pitch your film to those who haven’t watched it?

As an experimental art film Story can appear somewhat strange, you will be drawn to watch this repeatedly. It is an exploration through a blend of creative mediums that will give you a short insight into the mind of this director. The film asks the question “How will you feel in one minute?”


4. Share an anecdote from the shooting of the film?

More a tip. never cover your hands in glue and brown paper 15 minutes before you have to prepare dinner…


Reviews

 "Strange, haunting and engaging imagery pulls you into this 1 minute short experimental film. Carey has blended several of his artistic mediums into one film, and the creativity therein is impressive. This film has a personal feeling, but also in sharing his art with the world, director Carey, is allowing us a peek into his mind."

- Imagine Rain Film Festival



"Great approach. Very artistic and experimental director's visual style."
- 1st Monthly Film Festival

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