THE LIGHTKEEPER

OFFICIAL SELECTION | FEATURE FILM

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GENRE: FEATURE | YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2026 | LENGTH: 101 MIN | COUNTRY: CANADA + IRELAND

DIRECTOR: VIC SARIN | PRODUCER(S): LARRY BASS, AARON FARRELL, TINA PEHME, KIM ROBERTS

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A poster for the film 'The Light Keeper' featuring four characters with serious expressions: a man with curly hair and a beard, a woman with short hair, an older man, and a woman with long hair in profile.

Ireland, in the aftermath of the First World War and the Irish Civil War. Seamus Óg MacGrianna (Dominic Cooper) is the keeper of a remote lighthouse whose elaborate rituals keep him tethered to the past - tending the garden where he once lived and rowing out into the mist every morning, to listen for the call of the fabled Each-Uisce that might finally set him free.

By night he guides ships by the light burning in his lighthouse; by day he has lost his way.

But the walls Seamus has created begin to crack when three lives intersect with his own: Edith (Sarah Gadon), the mysterious American whose quest for closure ignites a long forgotten spark; Father MacGabhann (Aidan Quinn), the hard-line priest who makes it his mission to battle a man who has nothing to lose; and Máire (Sarah Bolger), the housekeeper whose unconditional love can no longer protect him from himself.

Directed by Vic Sarin, THE LIGHTKEEPER is a haunting, atmospheric Irish-Canadian drama about grief, penance and the possibility of being seen again.

Premiered at the 2026 Dublin International Film Festival

English & Gaelic

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A young boy with blue eyes and brown hair wearing a tan cap and dark jacket, looking over his shoulder near a red and black wagon with large wheels on a dirt ground.
A person with curly hair wearing a white shirt and pants is sitting in a small wooden boat on a calm body of water during dusk or dawn.
A man and a woman standing on a red railing overlooking the water. The man is pointing towards something in the distance. The woman is wearing a light blue hat and draped in a blue blanket. The scene is set outdoors with a cloudy sky and hilly landsc
A man dressed as a priest wearing a black hat and black robes standing near a stone wall, looking thoughtful or concerned.
A woman with short hair wearing an orange-brown sweater and a black ribbon, standing inside a room with soft natural light coming through a window, looking down at a small object in her hands.
A woman with a burgundy cloche hat and a gray knitted scarf, with short brown hair and light eyes, looks intensely at a man with dark curly hair and a beard, who is wearing a light-colored shirt. They are close together outdoors near a stone wall, wi