FOCUS IRELAND
The New Policy Regarding Homeless Asylum Seekers
Director
Dennis Harvey
Producer
Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall
Cinematographer
Dennis Harvey
Editor
Dennis Harvey
Sound
Thomas Jansson
Website
Contact
Josefina Mothander
[email protected]
2025
Sweden, Ireland
14 min 28 sec
Color
Dublin, June 2024: thousands of men seeking asylum in Ireland are homeless. Olivia and her group of volunteers are trying to find safe locations where the men can sleep each night, but the government is actively enforcing its new policy against homeless encampments, and the far-right are lurking.
Directors' Biography
Dennis Harvey is a filmmaker from Ireland. He is best known for his short documentary The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp (2024), which won the Swedish Academy Award (Guldbagge) for Best Short Film, was selected by the French Academy of Cinema (Les César) as one of the world’s best short films of 2024, and received many other awards. Dennis mainly writes and directs documentaries, but has also produced and edited his own films.
Director
Dennis Harvey
Producer
Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall
Cinematographer
Dennis Harvey
Editor
Dennis Harvey
Sound
Thomas Jansson
Website
Contact
Josefina Mothander
[email protected]
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