Guest of the Nation

Written, directed and Produced by Ronan Gallagher. An asylum seeker awaits news of his family back home. Starring Eugene Ebhonuaye. Supported by the Galway Film Centre.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• asylum
• seekers
• human
• rights
• justice
• law
• refugees
• Nigeria
• politics
• United
• Nations
• Ireland
• irish
• film
• Ronan
• Gallagher
• Dublin
• Agreement
• Galway
• Film
• Centre

[LambFilms]

enjoyed this, well made and great message

[RonanG]

@LambFilms Many thanks. Glad you liked it.

RonanG

[Ecalpon55]

Well done. The helplessness, hopelessness and humanity of the situation is so well captured. Lighting and sound are first class. Congrats to you all.

[RonanG]

@Ecalpon55 Many thanks for your comment. Much appreciated and gives me the will to go on making films.

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

millions of white women out-side ireland in countries like england france brazil spain holland and america give birth to millions of half-caste and quarter-caste children and out-breed redneck men because in the eyes of the white woman the white man is pure evil and a failure to normal society. hopefully irish women will also wake up from there slumber and join there many european sisters out-side ireland and also like them start breeding half-caste and quater-caste kids.

[RonanG]

@OBAMAisHalfCaste Technically, Black and White are not colours at all, so the argument about the colour of one's skin is in my mind, an irrelevance.

[DiegoDCvids]

awesome works!!

[sistalinda]

Brilliant work. Important topic. Moving story. Wonderfully artistic.

Thank you for using your gift in this way.

[cyphicle]

@RonanG well, as the son of a former colonial power and still a very active power in Africa, I have decided to be aware of this kind of questions since it is part of my political identity as a French citizen and as the son of a colonial family. But I was absolutely not counscious that Ireland could be now involved in this category of problems related to foreign policy. Your short movie demonstrates, once again, if necessary, how much good will or good counscience may produce disasters too.

[RonanG]

@cyphicle Many thanks Cyrille. On the button!

[cyphicle]

Very good work Roman. The "no solution" ending emphasizes the problem of the administrative responses to the chaos, with an administrative personnel which only defends itself & its professional logics against the real. The heroe is a man who has to start everything again in his life from scrap & does he have the good cards : a network, an education, a skill. So, he is like trapped btw 2 realities : the 1 of the world he comes from & on which he has lost any positive influence & his new unknown 1

[RonanG]

@kmacc390 Many thanks. Much appreciated.