First Disco
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WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM
NOMINEE - OUTSTANDING WOMAN DIRECTOR
2018
Ireland
19 mins
Short Film Competition
| Helen O'Reilly | |
| Helen O'Reilly | |
| Alex Deegan (Kelly Harrison), Nicola McKevitt (Anna) |
Culture Club are no. 1, everyone’s glued to “Knight Rider”, and Kelly Harrison is not only experiencing her first crush, she’s going to her first disco. The only problem is that she’s getting train tracks on her teeth before her big night and she’s not sure she’ll survive!

About the Director
Helen O’Reilly is a writer and director living in Dublin, Ireland. She graduated with a BA in Film and Video from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2014 and received a screenwriting award from the New York Women in Film and Television for her screenplay, “The High Heeled Fugitives”. “First Disco” is Helen’s directorial debut.
