Cast Announced for Tristan Heanue's LANDLINES

Actors Dónall Ó Héalaí, Moe Dunford, Danielle Galligan and Olwen Fouéré have been confirmed as the lead cast for LANDLINES, the debut feature film from writer and director Tristan Heanue, which is currently in production in Connemara.

Set along Ireland's west coast, LANDLINES is described as an intimate rural drama examining themes of family, inheritance and the consequences of broken promises against the backdrop of the region’s landscape.

The Irish-UK-Belgian co-production brings together Black Gate Productions, Forty Foot Pictures and Wrongmen Films. The project is produced by Peadar King and Claire McCabe for Black Gate Productions, alongside Collie McCarthy and Diarmuid Hughes for Forty Foot Pictures, and Beata Saboova and Benoit Roland for Wrongmen Films. Eamon Day Lavelle serves as executive producer for Black Gate Productions.

The production has received support from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, TPC and The Post Republic UK.

The film marks Heanue’s feature directorial debut and draws on themes rooted in family tensions and disputes surrounding land ownership.

"Over the years, I’ve heard so many stories about inheritance disputes that began with a misunderstanding or a lack of communication and ended with families never speaking again—or worse. What fascinated me was how quickly land could become more important than the people fighting over it, and what people were willing to do to hold onto it. From the outset, I wanted to tell a story that explores that journey, while offering the possibility that compassion, rather than violence, can break the cycle."

LANDLINES is scheduled for distribution in Ireland and the UK through Break Out Pictures, with a theatrical release planned for 2027.