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Title: BYE-CHILD

Reference number: 7653

Date: 2003

Director: d. Bernard MacLaverty

Sponsor: Scottish Arts Council, NIFTC, Scottish Screen Lottery Funded

Producer: Andrew Bonner

Production company: A Posh Pictures, Poetry in Motion Production

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 16.38 mins

Description: Ireland 1971 – the height of the space age is celebrated on TV, but in the home of one young woman lies a guilty secret. [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2003"]

Based on a poem by Seamus Heaney. See official website at http://www.byechildfilm.com/ [last accessed 15/2/2010] A resource pack for use in schools is available from this site.

Awards and Festivals: BAFTA nominee February 2004 ; London Film Festival October 2003 ; French Film Festival Edinburgh Nov 2003 ; Foyle Film Festival Derry, Nov 2003 ; Halloween Sh. Film Fest London Jan 2004.

Credits: w. Bernard MacLaverty after the poem by Seamus Heaney

exec. p. David Griffith, Garfield Kennedy
d. ph. Oliver Cheesman
p. designer Barbara-Anne Carville
sd. supervisor Deke Thompson
film ed. Bert Eeles

Cast
Woman Susan Lynch
Father Dick Holland
Priest Brian Devlin
Boy Daniel McGrady
Boy's Father Patrick FitzSymons
Bye-Child Jenna McCormick
Hide 'n' Seek Boys David Stratton, Paul Stuart
Bye-Child as a baby Ruari Ceddell

line p. NI Neil Martin
p. man. Lisa Woods
ass. p. Inge Sorensen
p. accountant Iain Reid
p. co-ordinator Emma McNeill
p. ass. Brian Walsh
office runner Glenn Upton, Kathryn Wright
1st ass. d. Amanda Black
2nd ass. d. Barry Keil
3rd ass. d. Lisa MacAtackney, Catherine Golden
sc. supervisor Iain Andrew, Helen Wilson
focus puller Conor Hammond
clapper loader Andrew Gardiner
video ass. Paul George, Andy McDonagh
grip Roy Lomas, Glynn Harrison
gaffer Davy Bates
electricians Glenn McCrum, Brett McCrum, David Fletcher, Niall Crawford
boom operator Kwa Daniels
art d. Kristina Telfer
stand-by props Kevin McCabe
art dept. ass. Sai Kelly, Peter Jones
art dept. trainees Bronagh McCartan, Brendan Mullen, Danny Meegan
costume designer Eilish Hogg
make-up designer Cathy Carooth
drama coach Julie Austin
catering ass. Joseph Ricketts
chaperones Noeleen McGrady, Emma McCabe
locations man. Suzanne Cromie
locations ass. Joanne Connere, Mary-Jane Smyth

Background artists Robert Cunningham, Eileen Curran, Ian MacDonald [... et al...]

post production supervisor Emma Murphy
post production dubbing The Base
dubbing mixer John Cobban
ass. dubbing mixer Craig Aitchison
original score Eddie McGuire
musicians James Durrant, Yan Mai Wu
online ed. Chris Timpson, Elite TV Facilities
grade Glenn Kyte, The Finishing School
animal handlers Susan Smith, June Clements
playback engineer Dan Bannister
first aid Northern Ireland Red Cross Society
catering En Route Catering Service
film stock by Kodak
camera, grip and lights by VFG, Belfast
digital internegative Swiss Effects
prints by Technicolor
titles Howell Opticals, Spectra Titles

Apollo 15 Moon Landing TV footage courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

"Acrostic Song" from Final Alice. Composed by David Del Tredici. Appears courtesy of Collins Classics.

"Bye-Child" from Wintering Out, Faber & Faber

Filmed on location at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Cultra, County Down and Rathbeg, County Antrim Ireland.

Thanks to Ian Ballantine, Sarah Barr, Frances Banner, Dr Charlotte Bryson [... et al...]

Special thanks to Liz Sams, Becky Lloyd, Andrew Reid, Elsie Brown

Scottish Arts Council, NIFTC, Scottish Screen Lottery Funded