Cıarín Scott is currently directing a new feature documentary on the extraordinary life and work of Christina Noble. The film’s new working title is A Noble Cause.


















A striking, blond haired woman in her sixties, children’s rights advocate Christina Noble was born in Dublin into a childhood of abject poverty and institutional abuse. She has been described as one of the world’s great humanitarians for having transformed the lives of 750,000 children in Vietnam and Mongolia. The film explores one woman’s drive to save these children from horrific abuse and neglect, as she suffered in her own childhood. Christina has given Cıarín Scott unprecedented access to her life and work.


A  NOBLE  CAUSE

Production info


The film has received development finance from:

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)


Directed and Produced by Cıarín Scott


© Atlantic Film Alliance 2011

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Filming news

Mongolia 2011

Cıarín and the crew returned to Mongolia with Christina in April 2011 to follow up on some of the stories from the first shoot. They were able to film in detail some of the horrific and harrowing abuse of Mongolian children that Christina is battling against.


Texas 2010

Cıarín and the crew travelled to Austin, Texas with Christina as she faced her first reunion with her siblings in 53 years.


Dubai and Mongolia 2009

Cıarín and the crew travelled with Christina to Mongolia, visiting her foundation’s newer projects, and recording some harrowing sights of hardship and abuse among Mongolian children. By contrast, they also saw Christina fundraising with an all-star rugby match and gala dinner in Dubai.

Vietnam 2009

Cıarín and the production crew followed Christina Noble as she visited some of the projects her foundation runs in Vietnam, including schools, medical centres, refuges and a school for children with visual impairments.

UK and Ireland 2009

Cıarín, Christina and the production crew retraced some of the steps of Christina’s horrific childhood and early life in Ireland and the UK.

photo: Winker Withaneye