# Presents: Filmmaker Róisín Kearney (ÉIST, Paddy) on Puttnam Script Award Premiere Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-filmmaker-r-is-n-kearney-ist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-filmmaker-r-is-n-kearney-ist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere.md Podcast: [Film Ireland Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003) Published: 2026-05-22T15:31:40+00:00 Episode link: https://www.filmireland.net/filmmaker-roisin-kearney-eist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/6a1076dd55b99c7f89107c9c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-filmmaker-r-is-n-kearney-ist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere Duration seconds: 2799 ## Resource In this Film Ireland Podcast, we catch up with writer/director Róisín Kearney whose latest short, ÉIST , starring Stephen Rea , is set to premiere at the F astnet Film Festival on Sunday 24th May following its Puttnam Script Award win. Róisín has established a career across film, TV and theatre, from directing RTÉ documentary series Keep It Up to producing award-winning shorts including The Ferry and Prodigy . She directed the short multi-award-winning short PADDY, which screened at festivals around the world. In this episode, Róisín joins fellow filmmaker Rachel Melita to talk about coming back into the industry, the realities of funding and development, directing documentary versus drama, writing authentic characters, and the collaborative process of bringing ÉIST to life. ÉIST Starring Stephen Rea, Aaron Monaghan, and Louis Kirwan,  Éíst  is written and directed by Róisín Kearney and produced by her long-time collaborator Caroline Grace-Cassidy as well as Kevin Cassidy for Document Films. Éíst  is a meditation on memory, loss, and childhood trauma, explored through the quiet bravery of a young boy who listens. When he hears his ailing grandfather cry out, he hatches a plan to break him out of his nursing home and return him to his island home, where he hopes to make peace with the ocean that claimed his brother’s life. A story of innocence and empathy, the film explores a child’s sense of fairness as he breaks the rules to fulfil his grandfather’s wish.  A story of innocence and empathy,  Éíst  explores a child’s sense of fairness as he breaks the rules to fulfil his grandfather’s wish. Shot on location in West Cork, the film's cinematography is by Eleanor Bowman. Éíst will premiere at Fastnet Film Festival on Sunday, 24th May in the Pa… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-filmmaker-r-is-n-kearney-ist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-filmmaker-r-is-n-kearney-ist-paddy-on-puttnam-script-award-premiere.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.