SorsiCorti 19th Edition

Short Films in competition

Two for the road
Lochlainn McKenna | Ireland | 2023 | 18’35” | fiction

Viaggiando nell’Irlanda degli anni ’90, Oscar, un ragazzino, si ritrova immerso nella vera essenza dell’avventura e del caos con suo padre.

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Travelling through Ireland in the 1990s, Oscar, a young boy, finds himself immersed in the true essence of adventure and chaos with his father.

Lochlainn McKenna

Lochlainn McKenna è un regista e scrittore irlandese. Attualmente vive e lavora a Londra dove lavora prevalentemente in ambito pubblicitario dirigendo spot televisivi per marchi come Specsavers, Tesco, Guinness, Sky e molti altri.
Dirige anche video musicali per artisti del calibro di Westlife e Keane. Dirige inoltre 3 cortometraggi. Nel 2020 McKenna scrive un racconto intitolato “Guinness & Coca-Cola” nominato per il concorso RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story. La storia viene acquisita dal Dipartimento dell’Istruzione e assegnato all’Irish Junior Certificate Cirriculum prima di essere trasformato in un film. film. Two For The Road è il suo terzo cortometraggio. Attualmente sta lavorando per sviluppare da questa stessa storia un lungometraggio.

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Lochlainn McKenna is an Irish director and writer. He currently lives and
works in London, where he mainly works in advertising, directing television commercials for brands such as Specsavers, Tesco, Guinness, Sky and many others.
He also directs music videos for artists such as Westlife and Keane. He has also directed three short films. In 2020, McKenna wrote a short story entitled “Guinness & Coca-Cola”, which was nominated for the RTÉ Francis McManus Short Story competition. The story was acquired by the Department of Education and assigned to the Irish Junior Certificate Curriculum before being turned into a film. Two For The Road is his third short film. He is currently working on developing a feature film based on this same story.