AFA
Waiting for the Light (2008)
Morrison talks to camera about his stroke;
ever the director, he can’t resist calling the shots...
An intensely moving portrait of 85-year-old Irish film auteur George Morrison, as after suffering a stroke, he makes his first film in 30 years. We see his triumphs and obsessions, his long years of failure, and his great personal charm and humour.
Written, Directed and Produced by Cıarín Scott. © Atlantic Film Alliance 2008
70 min. HD.
TG4 & Documenting the Arts Fund 2006.
BCI Sound and Vision Fund 2007
Clips from Waiting for the Light
Waiting for the Light is now part of the Irish Film Institute’s Reel Ireland- a touring programme of Irish film
click here to visit the Reel Ireland site
TV broadcasts
The 50-minute Irish language version with narration by renowned Irish poet, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill has now been broadcast three times on TG4, on the 1st of October, the 7th of October and the 29th of December 2008.
Festival Screenings
-Seattle Irish Reels Festival - click here to visit the festival site
Seattle, USA, 12th-14th March 2010
-EU Film Festival
Bucharest, Brasov and other venues TBC, Romania, 6th-30th May 2010
-Stranger than Fiction Festival: Official Selection
Dublin, 27th September 2008
-Galway Film Fleadh
Galway, 11th July 2008
Reviews
Sunday Tribune
‘Scott’s portrait of Morrison is refreshingly frank and intimate… A challenging account of his extraordinary life’
Ciaran Carty, 20th July 2008
Irish Times
‘Ciarín Scott's absorbing Waiting for the Light pays welcome, long overdue tribute to George Morrison, the pioneering director of the remarkable historical documentaries, Mise Éire and Saoirse?’
Michael Dwyer, 16th July 2008
Accolades for George Morrison
February 2009 :George Morrison received the Industry Lifetime Contribution Award at the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards, and the IFTAs new Feature Documentary category is to be named the George Morrison Feature Documentary award in his honour.
February 09: At the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Morrison was awarded The VOLTA, the festival’s lifetime achievement award, at a special 50th Anniversary screening of his masterpiece, Mise Éire.
2008: Morrison was invited to become a Member of the European Film Academy; he was proposed by Jim Sheridan, and the proposal was seconded by Academy President Wim Wenders. He has also been awarded Honorary Membership of the Screen Directors’ Guild of Ireland, the first that the SDGI has ever awarded.