BBFF2026 Meet the Filmmaker: Vic Sarin

Following lighthouse keeper Seamus Óg MacGrianna in post-war Ireland, The Lightkeeper is a haunting story of grief, love and the search for a way forward.

For director and cinematographer Vic Sarin, the film grew from meeting a real lighthouse keeper and discovering that the man responsible for guiding ships through the darkness was, in many ways, the one who needed guidance himself.