Round 37: Stupid August
Hosted by: Kyle English
October 18th 2026
Discussing the Cork made feature film production STUPID AUGUST (2025)
A silent historical fantasy, which tells the story of an amnesiac clown exiled to 1960s Ireland, whose buried memories slowly resurface, forcing him to confront the ghosts of the past.
Pádraig Trehy
Pádraig is a filmmaker and lecturer based in Cork. Over the course of twenty-five years he has made documentaries, shorts and experimental videos. He has made two features, the first Shem the Penman Sings Again (2015) is an experimental narrative exploring the role of singing in the composition of Joyce's Finnegans Wake. His latest feature, Stupid August (2025) is a silent historical fantasy which received the Arts Council's Authored Works Award and premiered at Cork International Film Festival in November 2025; it is currently on a limited Irish cinema release and screening at international festivals.
Rupert MacCarthy-Morrogh
Rupert is a multiple award-winning filmmaker based in Cork, Ireland and a PhD scholar at MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, under the supervision of Dr. Jessica Shine.
Primarily working as a Director of Photography and Gaffer, Rupert has built a strong track record across the broadcast media and film industry, on a diverse range of productions from features and documentaries to light entertainment and scripted television drama. He is particularly skilled in camera and lighting. He holds a first-class M.Sc. in Music & Technology from Munster Technological University (Cork School of Music, 2014) and a Master's by Research in Fine Art from CCAD (2025), and is a member of both the Audio Engineering Society and the Guild of Television Camera Professionals.
His current research explores how advances in digital technology are enabling independent filmmakers to achieve high production values on modest budgets, situating these developments within broader debates in cinematography and screen production. In doing so, it highlights their impact on creative practice, particularly within the Irish film industry.
