Making Dust
Making Dust is an essay film directed by Fiona Hallinan, that takes an Ultimological approach to create a portrait of the demolition of Ireland's once second largest Catholic Church, the Church of the Annunciation in Finglas West, Dublin.
Understanding this moment as a 'rupture', the film maps an essay by architectural historian Ellen Rowley on to documentation of the building's dismantling. Featuring oral interviews recorded at the site of the demolition and in a nearby hairdressers, the film invites viewers to pause and reflect on this ending alongside the community of the building. The film is informed by Ultimology, and invites its audience to think about the life cycles of buildings and materials, how we mourn, what is sacred, how we gather, what we value and issues of sustainability in architecture.
Making Dust had its World Premiere at the IFI Documentary Festival 2023, in collaboration with aemi, followed by a Q&A with Fiona Hallinan and Ellen Rowley. It has since been screened at AFFR, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin, Ireland, Architecture at the Edge, Galway, Ireland and the Slow Film Festival, London, UK.
Running time 45.03 minutes
Upcoming Screenings
Directed by Fiona Hallinan
Based on an essay by Ellen Rowley
Produced by The Department of Ultimology: Fiona Hallinan, Kate Strain and Ellen Rowley
Written by The Department of Ultimology: Fiona Hallinan, Kate Strain and Ellen Rowley
Edited by Michael Barwise
Cinematography by Faolán Carey, Jamie Goldrick, Johnny Lyons, Francis O'Mahony and Tadhg O'Sullivan
Sound design and sound mix by Brendan Jenkinson
Composed by Davy Kehoe and Brendan Jenkinson
Organ music performed at Cavan Cathedral by Davy Kehoe and Hannah Curtin
Design by Alex Synge
Photography by Faolán Carey
Grade by Michael Higgins
Research by Ellen Rowley, Fiona Hallinan and Luke Corish
Voices of the community recorded in Finglas
Kathryn Dignam
Liz Carrick
Deirdre Clancy
Joan Kelly
Sandra Donnelly
Marian Beggs
May Ridgeway
Marie Quinlan
Bernie Enright
Paul Doyle
Janice Burn
Patrick McDonagh
Michelle Ward
John Ormsby
Corrina Flood
Pamela Hennessy