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He Got 4 MILLION Views on a £500 Short… Then Made the Feature with Cathal Fitzpatrick

He Got 4 MILLION Views on a £500 Short… Then Made the Feature with Cathal Fitzpatrick25 Aug16 min

Send us Fan Mail Can you really make a feature film for £9,000? Filmmaker Cathal Fitzpatrick joins Jim to talk about the extraordinary journey behind Hollow Trees. The project began as a £500 proof-of-concept short film made while Cathal was at university. The short went on to attract around 4 million views online, giving Cathal the motivation to turn the idea into a feature. But the millions of views didn't suddenly bring a huge production budget. Instead, Cathal spent years saving, rewritin...