Conspiracy of Silence (2003 film)

Conspiracy of Silence
Directed byJohn Deery
Written byJohn Deery
Produced byJohn Deery & Davina Stanley
StarringJonathan Forbes
Jason Barry
Hugh Quarshie
Hugh Bonneville
Sean McGinley
Chris O'Dowd
Brenda Fricker
CinematographyJason Lehel
Edited byJamie Trevill
Music byFrancis Haines
Stephen W. Parsons
Production
companies
Flick Features
Little Wing Films
Distributed byTLA Releasing
(USA - DVD)
Element Pictures
(UK and Ireland - DVD)
Watch Entertainment
(USA - theatrical)
Joejack Entertainment
(Non-USA - DVD)
Release dates
  • 2003 (2003) (limited)
  • 2014 (2014) (re-release)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$2,598[1]

Conspiracy of Silence is a British drama film set in Ireland and inspired by real events. The film challenges celibacy and its implication for the Catholic Church in the 21st century.

Written and directed by John Deery, the cast includes: Academy Award-winner Brenda Fricker, Hugh Bonneville, Chris O'Dowd, John Lynch, Jonathan Forbes, Jason Barry, Sean McGinley, Fintan McKeown, Jim Norton and Hugh Quarshie.

The movie won many international awards including the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures' Freedom of Expression Award in 2004, which it shared with Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.[2] Deery was also nominated for Best Film Director at the Irish Film Awards in 2003.[3] The screenplay was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab in Utah and won the Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Award presented to Deery at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

The film was invited to be shown at many film festivals in 2003 to be in Competition and/or Official Selection including: Taormina, Italy (first public screening, June 2003), Moscow International Film Festival, Opening Night film at the Galway Film Festival, Ireland, Montreal Film Festival, Hamburg Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Award, Dinard Festival of British Cinema, France, and the American Film Institute (AFI) Festival in Los Angeles.[4] It received an art house release in the United States.[5] The film is available on Amazon Prime in the UK.[6]

  1. ^ "Conspiracy of Silence (2004)". Box Office Mojo. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. ^ "National Board of Review, USA (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Winners 2003 | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". Ifta.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. ^ "John Deery Movies | Awards & Nominations | Conspiracy of Silence". Cosmovie.com. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ^ Gates, Anita (3 December 2004). "Sex, Conspiracy and Suicide: Just Another Day at Church". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Watch Conspiracy of Silence | Prime Video". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2024.