Cathal Fitzpatrick
Directing
Biography
Cathal Fitzpatrick is an Irish writer, director, and producer. At 20 years of age, Cathal adapted his short film The Pooka into his debut feature Pooka, which he wrote and directed during his time in university. His short films Antlers and A Hollow Tree screened at multiple film festivals around the world. He has since completed Hollow Trees, the feature film adaptation, which is set to release in 2026.
Known For
Two detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for thirty days in a sealed gas chamber.
The Sleep Experiment
Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within.
The Ghost
After a nuclear holocaust wipes out millions, scattered survivors journey north in search of clean water and soil. But as hope fades in the wasteland, they discover a hidden predator far more dangerous than the remains of humanity.
A Hollow Tree
Years after a devastating war, a hardened survivor and a young boy are forced from their home by a creature capable of imitating humans. As they journey north in search of refuge, their fragile bond is pushed to its limits.
Hollow Trees
A retired detective moves to a rural village in Ireland where he discovers numerous missing children. He takes the investigation into his own hands due to the absence of police.
Pooka
Two Belfast detectives chase a ruthless criminal, but ambition and betrayal turn the case into a deadly game of double-cross.
Homebound
When a dying man’s attempt to reunite with his daughter fails, he finds redemption by protecting a young homeless woman and taking on the crime gang that exploits her.
An Ending And A Beginning
In 1870s Kansas, an Irish immigrant and her American husband build a prairie homestead, only to find their new life unsettled by strange and unsettling events.
The House That Was Not
On a research trip to Greece, Adam slips into a parallel life without marriage, children, or responsibility. With Nysa, a local, he drifts through enchanted freedom while haunted by the life he once took for granted.
Naxos
A man battling insomnia begins to lose his grip on reality as his fractured mind gives rise to a violent side he never knew existed.