Jeda de Brí
Selected credits
- Naked LightsFocus Shorts/Screen Ireland/ Carbonated Comet
- GhostedActor as Creator Short/ Screen Ireland/ Bow Street
- TRYST (In Development)Feature / Treasure Entertainment/ Screen Ireland
- ProcessionGalway Film Fleadh 2018
- 14 Voices from the Bloodied FieldAbbey Theatre / GAA Film
- Chimneys RTÉ/ Shortscreen Programme 2016
About
Jeda de Brí is a director and writer for film and theatre based in Dublin.
Her latest film NAKED LIGHTS premiered at Galway Film Festival 2024 and won Best Short at the Irish Film Festival 2024 recently in London . Her debut feature film TRYST, based on the acclaimed stage play, is in development with Treasure Entertainment and Screen Ireland.
Other film credits include Ghosted winner of the Count Baise Spirit Award at the Dublin Comedy Film Festival 2023, and Procession which premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018 and was selected as part of the IFB Short Stories Scheme. Chimneys was nominated for Louis le Prince Award, Leeds International Film Festival and Spacer was nominated for Best Short, Fingal Film Festival, the latter two were both screened by RTÉ.
Featured work
Naked Lights
Focus Shorts / Screen Ireland
Written & Directed by Jeda de Brí
Produced by Gregory Burrowes
Winner Best Short Film Irish Film Festival London 2024
Official selection for 36th Galway Film Fleadh.
Ghosted
Screen Ireland/ Bow Street
Written by Sarah-Jane Scott
Directed by Jeda de Brí
Produced by Maggie Fagan
Winner Count Baise Spirit Award
Dublin Comedy Film Festival 2023.
Ghosted is a big-hearted comedy about modern dating, true crime and best friends. It tells the story of Corina, an unlucky-in-love single mother and her friend, serial killer obsessed Ann Marie.
14 Voices from the Bloodied Field
Written by Fionn Foley
Directed by Jeda de Brí
Costume Design by Catherine Fay
Produced by Craig Flaherty & Jen Coppinger
The Abbey Theatre and GAA marked the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday with 14 Voices From The Bloodied Field which brought together 14 writers, directors, and actors to give voice to the men, woman, and children who were killed at Croke Park on 21 November 1920.
Procession
925 Productions/ Screen Ireland
Producer: Clare McCabe
Cinematographer: Patrick Jordan
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
One-reeler Short Film Competition 2019
BEST SHORT FILM
Bellingham Music Film Festival 2019
A bedraggled community of misfits gather to mourn one of their own the only way they know how – an elaborately eccentric folk music funeral.
Spacer
Written by Ruairí Heading
Directed by Jeda de Brí
NOMINATED BEST SHORT FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
‘Spacer’ follows a young homeless man who befriends an unwanted dog. A film about friendship, homelessness and loneliness on the streets, but not in the way you might think. Is a dog really a Man’s best friend?
