Future Tuesdays Presents Gone (2020). Gone is a moving depiction of a woman with dementia (Carol Moore) and her carer son (Darren Franklin) over the course of two days. Directed by Paula McFetridge the insightful script presents a heartfelt and wrenching representation of the effects of dementia on familial love, bonds and responsibilities. With outstanding performances by Moore and Franklin the film was shot during the first lockdown with the director McFetridge receiving the Award of Excellence Special Mention by The Best Shorts Competition.
Writer -Julie Dutkiewicz
Actors - Darren Franklin and Carol Moore
Director - Paula McFetridge
Camera/Sound - Ross McClean
Editor - Stuart Sloan
The launch was hosted by Eddie Lynch, Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland and feature actress Carol Moore. The video features discussion led by the creative team Carol Moore, Julie Dutkiewicz and Paula McFetridge
Eddie Lynch is the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland and started his appointment in June 2016. He was re-appointed for a second, four-year term in June 2020. Prior to his appointment, Eddie was the Chief Executive Officer of Age Sector Platform. In this role, he was responsible for managing the organisation's staff and supporting the organisation's board, committees and wider membership in its policy development and campaigns work. Eddie joined Age Sector Platform in February 2008 having previously worked at the Consumer Council for five years, where he was Head of Consumer Affairs. Previous to that, Eddie worked as an e-Business Consultant and as an I.T. trainer for a number of years.
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Carol Moore was co-founder/co-Artistic Director of Charabanc Theatre Company 1983 –’95, their adoption of research and oral interviewing, taking people’s life-experiences and transforming those into theatrical experiences, then delivering it back in non-traditional theatre venues was ground-breaking in reaching new audiences. Charabanc Theatre Co brought Northern Ireland to the attention of international academics and gained both a national/international reputation. Carol’s acting career includes work with many leading Northern Irish companies including Charabanc, the Lyric, Tinderbox, Brassneck and Kabosh as well as international touring to North America, the former Soviet Union, Germany, South Africa and Rwanda.
Gone was funded by the Future Screens NI Rewriting the Narrative Call in response to Covid-19.