HIS & HERS
Feature Documentary
DIRECTED BY KEN WARDROP
ABOUT Seventy women across the Irish Midlands speak candidly about the men in their lives, from childhood to old age, creating a funny, tender and deeply moving portrait of love, family and men as seen through women’s lives.
SALES
The Film Sales Company
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Sundance Film Festival — World Cinema Documentary Competition / Winner, World
Galway Film Fleadh — Winner, Best Irish Feature, 2009 - National Premiere
Dublin International Film Festival — Winner, Audience Award, 2010
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival — Official Selection, 2010
Silverdocs — Official Selection, 2010
RiverRun International Film Festival — Winner, Special Jury Prize in Non-Fiction Storytelling, 2010
Traverse City Film Festival — Winner, Best Non-Fiction Foreign Jury Award, 2010
Irish Film & Television Awards — Winner, Best Feature Documentary, 2010
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
“A warm, funny and unexpectedly profound film.” — The New York Times
“A deeply humane and beautifully constructed film.” — The Guardian
“Wardrop reveals extraordinary emotional honesty in ordinary lives.” — Screen Daily
“One of the best Irish documentaries ever made.” — The Irish Times
“A triumph.” — Variety
Sunday World (5 stars)
"Touching.... Never short of charm"
Irish Times (4 Stars)
"Impossibly charming, sweetly profound"
Hot Press (4 Stars)
"Amazing and hilarious"
Sunday Tribune (4 Stars)
"A visual and emotional treat"
Totally Dublin
"Not to be missed"
Click Magazine (5 Stars)
"Sweet and wonderful award-winning gem"
The Examiner (4 Stars)
"Sweet, funny, insightful and incredibly moving, I cannot praise it highly enough"
Evening Echo
"Must See! I loved it. Completely unmissable film"
The View
"You'd need a heart of stone not to be moved by it. You will walk from the cinema with a smile on your face, and call your mother."
Sunday Business Post (5 Stars)
Movies.ie - 4 Stars
Irish Independent - 4 Stars
Totally Dublin - 4 Stars
Entertainment.ie - 4 Stars
CREDITS
Directed by
Ken Wardrop
Produced by
Andrew Freedman
DOP
Kate McCullough & Michael Lavelle
Editor
Ken Wardrop
Music
Denis Clohessy
Production Company
Venom Films
Production Company
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board