Andrew Khew

Meabh, a spirited fifteen-year-old, shields her two younger sisters, Lucy and Aine, from the ongoing neglect and abuse they are experiencing in their catholic children’s home by telling them transcendent Irish Fairy Tales. Desperate to protect them, Meabh takes the blame for her sisters’ rule breaking, resulting in severe punishment from the head nun, Sister Joan. Fearful her sisters will be adopted by another family without her, Meabh plots an escape.

Meabh, a spirited fifteen-year-old, shields her two younger sisters, Lucy and Aine, from the ongoing neglect and abuse they are experiencing in their catholic children’s home by telling them transcendent Irish Fairy Tales. Desperate to protect them, Meabh takes the blame for her sisters’ rule breaking, resulting in severe punishment from the head nun, Sister Joan. Fearful her sisters will be adopted by another family without her, Meabh plots an escape.

In a bleak wilderness two figures lie together, wrapped in a giant coat. A wind is blowing, worrying at the landscape, tugging at the fringes of the coat. One of the figures is awake, the other asleep. She rises. It's over, and all that is left to do is to move on. At the end of love, all that remains is the act of separation, the first tentative steps out into the silent lands.

The film is about an Irish and a Syrian family living as neighbours in a community housing project. The story follows the friendship developed by a young Irish boy, Paddy, and a young Syrian girl, Aamira. Their innocence breaks down barriers and brings them together as best friends.