Killarney

By Luke Courtney
<h3>A new filmmaker has entered the scene &#8211; 16-year-old Glen Bowler &#8211; and he&rsquo;s in the process of something special.</h3>
The young filmmaker and photographer is currently making a short film which will be submitted into the Fresh Young Filmmakers competition.
 &lsquo;The Legend of Patrick Greenwood&rsquo; is approximately 10 minutes long and is undergoing production. There are many local actors in the film, including Danny and Mikie Galvin, Don Rohan and Ellen O&rsquo;Shea. However, the main focus comes in the directing and scriptwriting, which is all done by Glen himself.
 Glen&rsquo;s history of filmmaking goes back to June 2020 when he began to make local films alongside some of his friends, such as &lsquo;The Aspen&rsquo;s Rain&rsquo; and &lsquo;Wyvern&rsquo;. However, his first film with a detailed production system came in 2021 with &lsquo;Inner Journey&rsquo; almost an hour long film of scenic cinematography &#8211; masterwork of an primordial Killarney, one where he submitted to the Fresh Film Festival and got nominated for Best Young Director. His longest-spanning project was a collaboration, again, alongside some of his friends, in &lsquo;That Was The River&rsquo;, a near three and a half hour biopic detailing the events of an escape from a corrupt school. The film was released on YouTube in May.
 &lsquo;The Legend of Patrick Greenwood&rsquo; is a short film with swelling, gorgeous pans, stills and slides of a wild, untamed, Killarney countryside.
 Glen aims for the film to be &ldquo;precise and impactful&rdquo;. He describes the plot revolving around &ldquo;showing the devastation of Muckross forest being cut down and replanted by Patrick Greenwood&rdquo;.
 He also explains how some of the themes stir on &ldquo;legacy, nature and what you leave behind&rdquo;.
 &ldquo;I&rsquo;m hyped again that I am making a film,&rdquo; Glen told the Killarney Advertiser. &ldquo;We are making progress with the film, I want to display Killarney in a wild, adventurous fashion.&rdquo;
 Although it is still undergoing production, Glen hopes to submit the final film into the &lsquo;Fresh Young Filmmakers Competition&rsquo; a prestigious award ceremony for young Irish entrepreneurs in the film business.

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