Interview
‘Irish is a living, active language and we’re part of that’– An Cailín Ciúin director Colm Bairéad
The writer and director of The Quiet Girl, the first Irish-language film ever to receive an Oscar nod, may have been rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s elite but his feet are firmly on the ground in Ireland
Down a crackling line from Los Angeles where he has spent the last couple of weeks on the pre-Oscars campaign trail, Colm Bairéad sounds calm and composed.
There isn’t a hint of stress in the Dublin writer and director’s gentle tones, a stray note of apprehension in his voice, or any suggestion that he is in any way daunted by the potentially life-changing opportunities he and his film are facing. If he had told me ...