Documentary, 2019
Lift
A powerlifting granny from Cork sets out to become a world champion, just four years after discovering the sport.
- Role
- Writer, director & producer
- Official Selection, IndieCork Film Festival, 2019
We followed Karen Barry, a powerlifting granny from Cork, for three years as she tried to become a world champion just four years after discovering the sport.
“We instantly knew that there was a great story here worth telling.” — Ken Williams, in the Irish Examiner
Working so closely with a subject and telling a true story was new for me, and it gave me a fresh perspective. We ran a large press and social campaign that led to national coverage on TV, radio and in print.
Karen Barry on The Six O’Clock Show
“It sounds very (ahem!) uplifting.” — The Irish Times
Credits
- Written, directed and produced by
- Ken Williams and Denis Fitzpatrick
- Director of photography
- Donal Murphy
- Editor
- Shane Callan
- Poster design
- Richard Hughes
- In association with
- Diddlydory