Oonagh Kearney

Christening

Oonagh Kearney

Ailbhe is smart, confident and outspoken, nothing fazes her - except the christening of her nephew this weekend.

Wonder House

Oonagh Kearney

By inviting scientists to share memories of what sparked their imaginations, Wonder House is an exploration of how childhood objects and environments develop young minds. Taking these insights as a starting point and adopting the metaphor of a young girl discovering an old house, Wonder House combines live choreography and stop-motion animation with real scientists' voices to offer a synthesis of fact and fiction, science and art, imagination and reality.

Her Mother's Daughters

Oonagh Kearney

Joanna Banks, Jessica Kennedy

An older woman sits before a telephone in an empty house. Her daughters have flown the nest. As she prepares to phone them, their memory is brought back to life

Oíche Nollaig na mBan

Oonagh Kearney

Inspired by Seán Ó Ríordáin’s well known poem, this short film aims to capture the powerful energy of the work in a highly visual treatment. Working with a schoolgirl choir and inter-generational cast of female performers, the film pays tribute to Ó’Riórdáin’s language and radical vision of Women’s Christmas night.