I grew up with a noncomplex relationship with Irishness and identity. Three of those things: brown hair, blue eyes, living in Derry are where the conversation ends. Pre-Covid I had a really fun roster through the year where I would go to the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes and maybe Sundance or Tribeca. I remember once going to the Havana Film Festival and lots of different ones throughout the years in Toronto. There’s also a world in which people in Derry might have loved it, but it didn’t really travel.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2026 19:19 UTC