Listen Back: Monaghan Director nominated for award Dublin Film Festival. A Co Monaghan woman receives a nomination for a Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival.
Local director Taine King nomination was for work on the short film - Molly and The Robot.
The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) Discovery Awards are a key Irish film industry accolade for emerging talent; covering directing, writing, performance, and cinematography.
Moreover, the talented director was filming in Morocco for the last two months; for a Netflix TV series when the call came through about her nomination.
Indeed, Taine said it was important for her to make use of the local landscape for this special project; adding that in her opinion "Co Monaghan is the Killarney of the North."
Furthermore, the film was shot in the Lough Muckno area; which she says fed into the story as this is a historic place where she walked around when she was younger.
The short film set in Co Monaghan will also feature at the Dublin Film Festival this year.
Jodie Curran has been speaking with the local film director:
