A film about care. And love. And, Patrick Lydon.

In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon's life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing, with his wife, Gladys, the development in Ireland of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs and abilities. At a time when they couldn’t be more needed, Patrick’s story and his unique lens on the world ask searching questions about ideas of community and inclusion and shine a special light on the otherness of others in our society.

Director Biography - Éamon Little

Éamon Little is a film-maker, screenwriter and radio documentary maker living in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. His adaptation for the big screen of John McGahern's final novel, That They May Face the Rising Sun, (director Pat Collins, South Wind Blows & Cyprus Avenue Films) won the 2024 IFTA for Best Film and screened in festivals all around the world, including RIFF 2024, where it won the RIFF award for Best Ensemble.

Éamon has just finished making Born That Way, a documentary film on Patrick Lydon, an inspirational figure of the worldwide Camphill Movement, who recently died of Motor Neurone Disease. His other current documentary film project is an international feature on the violin bow, The Bow, being co-produced by Wildfire Films, Dublin, Kick Film, Munich and Allfilm, Tallin. His previous feature film documentaries include Living Colour (Wildfire Films, 2011), Red Mist (Wildfire Films, 2007 - nominated for an IFTA Award in 2008), and An Domhnach in Éireann - Sundays in Ireland (Harvest Films, 2005). His short documentary films include Camphill - The Essence from Within (2009), Nimble Spaces - An Introduction (2013) and Nimble Spaces - Enabling Space (2015), Nimble Spaces - Inclusive Neighbourhoods (2016).

His radio work can be heard here: https://on.soundcloud.com/qZASn