David Keenan - Words on Canvas | Focla Ar Chanbhás

Screening of 'David Keenan - Words on Canvas | Focla Ar Chanbhás' directed by Paddy Hayes

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Paddy Hayes and David Keenan, hosted by Stephen McCauley.

Four years after the breakthrough success of his debut album Beginner’s Guide to Bravery, Dundalk songwriter, musician, and composer, David Keenan, is at a crossroads. After touring extensively and building a reputation as one of Ireland’s leading live performers, he returns to the studio to record new music. “Anger is easy to portray, it’s the hurt that’s hard”, he says, as we explore David’s wordsmithing over the course of 500 days.

This is a portrait of one artist as a young man, which in turn is a portrait of every musical artist as they endeavour to stand out in a world of “algorithm and blues”, and remain authentically and powerfully true to themselves.

Director Paddy Hayes and David Keenan will take part in a Q&A after the film.

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