In the third year of the Rathmullan Film Challenge, amateur filmmakers were given 15 pieces of film from the UTV Archive and creative and editing training from Póca Productions. The task was to create a completely new piece, telling an original story – this year, as Gaelige.
Of working on his film, An Aigéan (The Ocean) Cormac said: I enjoyed this project. My aim was to create a story with music and film. When I saw all the archive footage, I knew what kind of story I wanted to make. For comedy, I wanted to hide the names of Irish actors in the story like Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan.
Bhain mé an sult as an tionscnamh seo. An aidhm a bhí agam ag crúthú an scannán seo nó scéal a chrúthu le ceol. Nuair a chonaic mé an na físeáin go léir bhí a fhios agam cén sort scéil a bhí mé ag iarraidh crúthú. Fá choinne greann, bhí mé ag iarraidh aimneacha aisteorí Éireannach a chuir i bhfolach as scéil cosúil le Paul Mescal agus Barry Keoghan.