Aidan Duffy

Aidan Duffy is an award-winning writer/director based in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to his short films The Observation Level (2015), Nostalgia.exe (2014) and Mirrorman (2011), he has also worked on the feature films Justice for One (2019) and The Randomer (2016). His breakthrough short film Mirrorman (2011); which he also starred in, had its world premiere at the Short Film Corner of the 64th Festival de Cannes, was nominated for best screenplay at the Underground Cinema awards in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin and won the L.A. Diversity Film Festival's Ichi-Go Ichi-E award "for the film which encapsulates supreme uniqueness, creativity, and innovation" in Hollywood. It made it's TV premiere on the Shortscreen programme of Irish state broadcaster RTÉ. Nostalgia.exe (2014) premiered at the Short Film Corner of the 67th Festival de Cannes and competed for the Oscar-qualifying Grand Prix Irish at the 59th Cork International Film Festival. The short also competed in French subtitled form at the 2nd Festival Courts des Îles, Tahiti, French Polynesia before screening on RTÉ's Shortscreen. Citizen Vader (2014); an affectionate parody of two of Duffy's biggest influences, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) and George Lucas' Star Wars saga was only intended as a minor work but nevertheless won the Best Cinematography award at the 9th Firehouse Film Festival in Dublin and was selected for the From Beyond Online Film Festival as well as their live showcase in San Diego, California. It is available to view on YouTube. Duffy's most recent short film The Observation Level (2015) was picked up for international distribution by French company Gonella Productions at the 68th Festival de Cannes in an overall deal which included Nostalgia.exe (2014) and Mirrorman (2011), and is also available for purchase via FeelMakers. It won the Jury Award at the 2nd Pink City International Film Festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was also selected for the 2nd Global Short Film Awards in 2016; with a spring screening in New York followed by a reprise in the Carlton International Hotel alongside the 69th Festival de Cannes. The film was also selected as a 'Movie Of The Week' on Shorts HD, the world's most popular short film channel. More recently, Duffy held the dual role of casting director and script supervisor on The Randomer (2016) and script consultant for Justice for One (2019). He has also directed the music videos I Am Niamh: Creep (2015) and I Am Niamh: Bellend (2016), as well as the comedy sketch Father/Son/Time (2019) for the 50th and final Firehouse Film Contest.