Regina de Faoite
Director
Seventeen-year-old weirdo, George Lacey, is the first of the hermetic Laceys to go a disco, awakening nine-year-old little sister Jude to a world outside of the Lacey walls.
'The Lacey Way' gives voice to a subculture of families who do not want to fit into society’s rigid box. The Lacey world is Mammy’s perfectly crafted utopia, designed to protect herself and her wonderfully weird children from the unkindness of the real world.
What has festered and grown in the shadowy corners of the Lacey freedom is a darker chaos, twisting out of control. Worst of all, an ignorance to another world, the real world. Out of sight, but ever present; waiting for the Lacey children, waiting to chew them up.
George has always been fascinated by the real world. She has created her own image of it; a glittering, pulsating opportunity, a salvation from the Lacey world. She extends her hand and touches it.
The real world is not kind to beginners: It does not shield, it does not protect. Like the Lacey world, it has shadowy corners; whole segments that don’t bear talking about, guarded by rules. If you happen to be a girl with glittery eyelids who hasn’t been given the rulebook, that shadow might just swallow you.
I want to give voice to the George Laceys of the world. The real brave and vulnerable girls who are broken by the evil in our society.
My hope is that 'The Lacey Way' will give audiences an honest and uncomfortable look at the realities of a sheltered childhood and our society’s treatment of the vulnerable young people who emerge from one.
'Memory, Mismemory, and Moral Responsibility: Ethics in Irish Historical Film' explores ethical memory in the context of Irish historical film. This thesis explores the ethical complexity involved in portraying history as a containable narrative. It proposes experimental historical film as a solution to some of the ethical failings of mainstream historical film, particularly simplification, polarisation, catharsis and narrative closure.
Regina de Faoite is a Writer/Director from Cavan. 'The Lacey Way' is Regina’s graduate short film, and represents her emerging voice as a filmmaker.
Regina’s first short film, 'Wildflower Wake', was funded by Cavan Arts Council. Her second short film, 'God Save Us All' was nominated for a Student Royal Television Award for Best Drama.
Regina has been awarded a documentary filmmaking residency by Cavan Arts Council and the North East Housing Association to make a short documentary about the tenants of their social housing developments.
Regina’s filmography explores the themes of motherhood, grief and protection. Her films are particularly centred around the experiences of childhood and adolescence, and depicting emotions that defy words.
