A BAFTA for Ballymurn!

33-year-old Keith Kehoe (pictured above) from Ballymurn is the executive producer of the recent BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television) awardwinning short film An Irish Goodbye.

Keith and his production colleague Nick Sadler, and writers Ross White and Tom Berkely, were at the Royal Festival Hall for the award ceremonies and to collect their BAFTA for Best British Short Film, and now they will attend the upcoming Oscars in Los Angeles where their film has been nominated for Best Live Action Short Film.

A past pupil of St Peter’s in Wexford town, Keith started out in the production side of filmmaking and TV work, but in recent years has moved more into the the financial side helping to back creative ideas with the finance needed to make it all happen.

One of these ideas has turned into An Irish Goodbye – a 23-minute short film set on a farm in Northern Ireland, which sees two estranged brothers forced to reunite following the death of their mother.

Keith is married to a British girl and hopes to return home to Ireland at some stage in the future and continue his work in the film industry which is riding a wave of success here at present with huge BAFTA and Oscar recognition.

No doubt, Keith’s parents Ingrid and Jonathan are exceptionally proud of their son’s success. n